The Gatlinburg Conference on Research in ID/DD

描述（由申请人提供）：加特林堡智力和发育障碍研究和理论会议是一个年度科学会议，在该会议上，一个跨学科的研究小组提出并讨论尖端的生物行为理论和智力和发育障碍（IDD）的研究。会议的重点是原因，后果，治疗和干预的具体疾病以及过程的基础缺碘症更普遍。每年的会议都有一个科学主题，通过主题演讲进行探讨，但主题并不限制专题讨论会或海报会议，这些会议涵盖了从基础科学到转化科学和应用科学的广泛主题。具体目标是：1.促进将相关领域的观点、方法和理论注入碘缺乏病研究，并促进与碘缺乏病相关的科学信息、理论观点和方法创新的交流。2.促进对缺碘症的合作研究，汇集了一个跨学科的研究小组，从行为和社会科学家到专门研究遗传学、大脑结构和功能以及分子生物学的人。3.为研究生、博士后研究员和其他进入IDD研究领域的早期职业科学家提供独特的培训和职业发展资源，为他们提供前沿科学演讲、网络机会、接触NIH计划和审查领导，特别是与NICHD IDD分支有关的领导。 公共卫生相关性：IDD领域日益成为跨学科的、生物行为的领域，旨在通过将研究成果转化为治疗和干预措施，对IDD患者及其家庭的生活产生影响。加特林堡会议提供了一个独特的场所，在那里发起了与碘缺乏病有关的新的科学合作，介绍和讨论了研究成果，并支持了对碘缺乏病感兴趣的研究人员的职业生涯。最终，会议致力于制定IDD领域的生物行为科学议程，并推动将研究成果转化为治疗创新的努力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is an annual scientific meeting at which an interdisciplinary group of investigators present and discuss cutting-edge biobehavioral theory and research on intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The conference focuses on the causes, consequences, and treatments and interventions for specific disorders as well as processes underlying IDD more generally. Each year's conference has a scientific theme which is explored through keynote presentations, but the theme does not constrain the symposia or poster sessions, which span a broad range of topics, from basic to translational and applied science. The specific aims are: 1. to foster the infusion of perspectives, methods, and theories from related fields into IDD research and to promote the exchange of scientific information, theoretical perspectives, and methodological innovations relevant to IDD. 2. to promote collaborative research on IDD, bringing together an interdisciplinary group of investigators ranging from behavioral and social scientists to those specializing in genetics, brain structure and function, and molecular biology. 3. to serve as a unique training and career development resource for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and other early career scientists entering the field of IDD research by providing them with access to cutting- edge scientific presentations, opportunities for networking, and exposure to NIH program and review leadership, particularly those associated with the IDD Branch of NICHD. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Project Narrative The field of IDD is increasingly interdisciplinary, biobehavioral, and aiming to have an impact on the lives of individuals with IDD and their families by translating research results into treatments and interventions. The Gatlinburg Conference provides a unique venue where new scientific collaborations relevant to IDD are initiated, where research results are presented and discussed, and where the careers of researchers interested in IDD are supported. Ultimately, the conference endeavors to shape the biobehavioral scientific agenda of the field of IDD and to advance efforts to translate research results into therapeutic innovations.