2012 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Investigative Pathology

描述(由申请人提供)：本提案的目的是寻求对美国研究病理学学会(ASIP)年会的支持，该年会将于2012年4月21-25日在圣地亚哥会议中心与实验生物学大会一起举行。ASIP年会为展示和分享实验病理学的前沿研究提供了一个独特的论坛。会议的目标受众和主题各不相同，但由于对疾病机制的共同关注而团结在一起。反映了ASIP成员的兴趣，2012年年会包括肿瘤方面的重要组成部分，包括乳腺癌的靶向治疗、癌症的代谢方面以及肝细胞癌的病理生物学等主题。该计划包括两个全天的、单一主题的“会议中的会议”、座谈会、研讨会、获奖者的讲座，以及抽象驱动的小型研讨会和海报会议。该计划还提供了一些教育倡议，既有针对性的，也有整个生物医学研究社区感兴趣的。ASIP将促进实习生和青年调查员的职业发展作为年会的一个极其重要的方面。因此，会议提供了针对他们的需要而设计的特别活动和展示他们工作的会议。同样，方案委员会努力确保妇女和代表性不足的少数群体的参与。这项申请的唯一具体目的是通过扩大旅行奖励和指导计划，并提供针对研究生、博士后研究员、临床住院医师和病理学研究员的特别会议，促进受训人员和初级研究人员参与年会。 公共卫生相关性：美国研究病理学学会年会提供了一个独特的论坛，用于分享与广泛的人类疾病相关的研究成果，特别是癌症的分子机制。这种共享促进了对癌症等人类疾病的理解的更快进展，并加快了将这些知识应用于诊断和预后测试以及靶向治疗的速度。会议的一个主要目标是为对癌症生物学和实验病理学感兴趣的年轻研究人员提供教育和职业支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this proposal is to seek support for the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP), which will be held at the San Diego Convention Center on April 21-25, 2012, in conjunction with the Experimental Biology convention. ASIP's Annual Meeting provides a unique forum for presentation and sharing of cutting-edge research in experimental pathology. The target audience and subject matter for the meeting are diverse but united by a common focus on mechanisms of disease. Reflecting the interests of the ASIP membership, the 2012 Annual Meeting includes strong components in neoplasia, including topics such as targeted therapies for breast cancer, metabolic aspects of cancer, and the pathobiology of hepatocellular carcinoma. The program comprises two full-day, single-topic "meetings-within-a meeting," symposia, workshops, lectures by award recipients, and abstract-driven minisymposia and poster sessions. The program further provides a number of educational initiatives, both targeted and of interest to the biomedical research community as a whole. ASIP regards promotion of the career development of trainee and young investigators as an extremely important aspect of the Annual Meeting. Accordingly, the meeting provides special events designed for their needs and sessions that showcase their work. Similarly, the Program Committee works hard to ensure participation of women and under- represented minorities. The sole specific aim of this application is to promote the participation of trainees and junior investigators in the Annual Meeting through expansion of travel award and mentoring programs and provision of special sessions targeted to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and clinical residents and fellows in pathology. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Annual Meeting of the American Society for Investigative Pathology offers a unique forum for the sharing of research results related to a wide spectrum of human disorders, with particular emphasis on the molecular mechanisms of cancer. Such sharing fosters more rapid advances in the understanding of human diseases such as cancer and accelerates the rate at which this knowledge can be applied to the development of diagnostic and prognostic tests as well as targeted therapies. A major goal of the meeting is to provide educational and career support to young investigators who are interested in cancer biology and experimental pathology.