Sixth Annual OSSD Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请申请为性别差异研究组织（OSSD）第六届年会提供部分支持，该会议将于2012年6月7日至9日在马里兰州巴尔的摩举行。OSSD是一个成立于2006年的科学会员协会，是妇女健康研究协会（SWHR）的附属机构。社会科学司的任务是增进对健康和疾病方面性别差异的生物学基础的认识。OSSD年会的主要目标是为科学家提供一个论坛，探讨人类和模型系统在遗传、分子、细胞、器官和系统水平上的性别差异研究。今年是与国际性别医学学会（IGM）的第一次联合会议，IGM是一个以欧洲为基地的会员学会，其使命和目标与OSSD的使命和目标相一致。年会包括两个独立的专题讨论会，八个平行的专题讨论会和两个海报会议，这些专题讨论会将围绕这些专题讨论会所涵盖的主题进行安排，并将突出新研究者和学员的工作，以及一个新研究者研讨会。2012年会议的专题讨论会主题包括：在医学和研究生课程中建立基于性别/性别的能力、胎儿程序设计中的性别差异、性别差异及其对骨关节炎、抑郁症和焦虑症的影响。性别特异性治疗的新靶点，癌症的性别差异，创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）和人的性别，心血管疾病机制途径的性别差异，成人大脑的激素调节，严重冠状动脉疾病的全球评估和全球健康的性别差异。OSSD和IGM项目委员会从两个组织的成员提交的提案中选择专题讨论会的主题。建议是根据科学价值、主题事项与总体目标的相关性和轮换来选择的

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests partial support for the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD), to be held June 7-9, 2012 in Baltimore, MD. The OSSD is a scientific membership society established in 2006, and is an affiliate of the Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR). The mission of the OSSD is to enhance the knowledge of the biological basis of sex/gender differences in health and disease. The primary goal of the OSSD annual meeting is to provide a forum for scientists to explore aspects of sex differences research at the genetic, molecular, cellular, organ, and systems levels in humans and model systems. This year marks the first joint meeting with the International Society of Gender Medicine (IGM), a European-based membership society whose mission and goals parallel those of OSSD. The annual meeting consists of two independent symposia, eight parallel symposia, and two poster sessions, which will be arranged around topics covered in these symposia and will highlight the work of new investigators and trainees, and a New Investigator symposium. The meeting will be bookended by a Keynote lecture at the start, and Capstone lecture at the end of the meeting, The symposia topics for the 2012 meeting include a workshop on Building Sex/Gender-Based Competencies Into Medical and Graduate Curricula, Sex Differences in Fetal Programming, Sex Differences and their Impact on Osteoarthritis, Depression and Anxiety Disorders: Novel Targets for Sex-Specific Treatments, Sex Differences in Cancers, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and One's Sex, Sex Differences in Mechanistic Pathways of Cardiovascular Disease, Hormonal Modulation of the Adult Brain, Global Assessment of Severe Coronary Artery Disease and Sex Difference in Global Health. The OSSD and IGM Programs Committee selected the symposia topics from among proposals submitted by the membership of both organizations. Proposals were selected on the basis of scientific merit, relevance of the subject matter to the overall goals and rotation of topics of interest to both groups and inclusion of basic and clinical speakers. The size (about 200 people) and the organization of this meeting provide an excellent opportunity for networking and interactive discussions. Funds are requested to support travel and lodging costs for the Keynote and Capstone speakers, registration fees for invited speakers, and travel expenses for junior investigators. The annual meeting program, including speaker and poster abstracts will be made freely available on the OSSD website (www.ossdweb.org). We will partner with the University of Maryland Medical School and Johns Hopkins University to organize this event and are requesting support from the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, as well as from private foundations. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This proposal requests partial support for the Sixth Annual meeting of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD) to be held June 7-9, 2012 in Baltimore, MD. The OSSD is a scientific membership society with the mission to enhance the knowledge of sex/gender differences in human health and disease by facilitating interdisciplinary communication and collaboration among scientists and clinicians from diverse backgrounds. This year the meeting will be held in collaboration with the International Society of Gender Medicine (IGM), a European Union-based group whose mission and goals parallel those of the OSSD.