The Gatlinburg Conference on Research in ID/DD

简介（由申请人提供）：加特林堡智力和发育障碍研究与理论会议是一年一度的科学会议，在会议上，一个跨学科的研究小组提出并讨论了智力和发育障碍（IDD）的前沿生物行为理论和研究。会议的重点是特定疾病的原因、后果、治疗和干预措施，以及更普遍的IDD潜在过程。每年的会议都有一个科学主题，通过主题演讲进行探索，但主题并不限制专题讨论会或海报会议，这些会议涵盖了广泛的主题，从基础科学到转化科学和应用科学。具体目标是：1。促进相关领域的观点、方法和理论融入IDD研究，促进与IDD相关的科学信息、理论观点和方法创新的交流。2. 促进对缺乏症的合作研究，汇集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、脑结构和功能以及分子生物学的研究人员。3. 为研究生、博士后和其他进入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，为他们提供最前沿的科学演讲、建立网络的机会，并接触NIH项目和审查领导，特别是与NICHD IDD分支相关的领导。

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.