Annual Meeting of the Androgen Excess Society

描述（由申请人提供）：雄激素过多是女性最常见的内分泌疾病，影响约10%的未选择女性人群，包括许多疾病，如多囊卵巢综合征、非典型性肾上腺增生、高雄激素-黑棘皮病-胰岛素抵抗综合征、雄激素分泌肿瘤和药物性高雄激素症。这些疾病会导致不孕症、多毛症、痤疮和雄激素性脱发、月经异常，并与子宫内膜癌和糖尿病的风险增加有关。雄激素过量协会（AES）是一个致力于在雄激素过量紊乱的各个方面促进知识和原始临床和基础研究的组织。作为其教育工作的一部分，美国内分泌学会主办了一次年度会议，在会议上，雄激素过量研究领域的领导人介绍了该领域的最新进展或争议。这些会议还旨在促进合作和进一步研究，提供一个互动和讨论的论坛，并提出由学会组成的特别委员会或工作组的结论，以解决该领域的争议或优先事项。此外，该协会还通过提供一个论坛来介绍和批评他们的科学工作，并通过提供一个环境，让他们可以与更资深的科学家互动并向他们学习，从而促进年轻研究人员在该领域的教育和参与。本提案的目的包括：1)目的1：组织一次年度会议，回顾雄激素过量相关疾病的研究现状和未来的研究途径，使基本概念能够转化为临床研究，从而提高对这些高度流行和病态疾病的检测、诊断、治疗和预防；2)目标2：提供一个年度论坛，促进研究思想的交流和争议和问题的公开讨论；促进科学合作的发展；并鼓励年轻的内科科学家参与雄激素过量研究领域；目标3：将获得的信息以电子和印刷形式传播给一般科学界和一般公众。本申请要求对2005-2009年AES年会的组织和承办提供部分支持，以帮助确保继续促进和促进这一重要临床领域的研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Androgen Excess is the single most common endocrinopathy of women, affecting approximately 10% of the unselected female population, and includes a number of disorders such as the polycystic ovary syndrome, non-classic adrenal hyperplasia, the hyperandrogenic-acanthosis nigricans-insulin resistant syndrome, androgen-secreting neoplasms, and drug-induced hyperandrogenism. These disorders result in infertility, hirsutism, acne and androgen alopecia, menstrual abnormalities, and are associated with an increased risk for endometrial cancer and diabetes. The Androgen Excess Society (AES) is an organization dedicated to promoting knowledge, and original clinical and basic research, in every aspect of androgen excess disorders. As part of its educational efforts, the AES sponsors an annual meeting in which leaders in the area of androgen excess investigation present the most recent advances or controversies in the field. These meetings are also meant to foster collaborations and further study, by providing a forum for interaction and discussion, and by presenting the conclusions of special committees or task forces formed by the Society to address controversies or priorities in the field. In addition, the Society fosters the education and involvement of young investigators in the field by providing a forum for the presentation and critique of their scientific work, and by providing a setting in which they can interact with and learn from more senior scientists. The Aims of this proposal include: 1) Aim 1: To organize an annual meeting reviewing current developments and future avenues of investigation regarding the study of androgen excess related disorders, so that basic concepts can be translated to clinical research, resulting in improved detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of these highly prevalent and morbid disorders; 2) Aim 2: To provide an annual forum fostering the exchange of research ideas and the open discussion of controversies and questions; promoting the development of scientific collaborations; and encouraging the involvement of young physician scientists in the field of androgen excess research; and 3) Aim 3: To disseminate the information obtained to the general scientific community and the lay public, electronically and in print. The present application requests partial support for the organization and undertaking of the 2005-2009 annual meetings of the AES, helping assure that investigation in this clinically important field continues to be fostered and facilitated.