Human Amyloid Imaging (HAI) Meeting

描述(由申请人提供)：本提案请求支持由医学博士Keith A.Johnson、医学博士William J.Jagust、医学博士William E.Krunk和医学博士Chester Mathis组织的第七届人类淀粉样成像会议，会议将于2013年1月17-18日在佛罗里达州迈阿密举行。会议将以简短的研究报告、口头陈述、主旨演讲、开放讨论、简短的教学方法讲座、海报会议和网络广播的独特组合为特色。这些报告将经过同行评审，并将集中在阿尔茨海默病生物学和生物标记物研究的核心争议上。其目的是延续前六届HAI会议的传统，聚集一大批跨学科的小组成员和演讲者，他们将从神经病理学、神经化学、心理学、神经学、分子成像、临床试验和生物标记物研究提供观点。这次会议将为学术和行业科学家提供一个高度互动的平台，旨在讨论人类淀粉样β蛋白成像和/或与阿尔茨海默氏症相关的其他生物标记物的尖端研究。我们还将延续只介绍实地最新、最重要工作的传统，在会议前不到两个月再次对提交的材料进行同行审查。 公共卫生相关性：该提案请求支持一项名为人类淀粉样蛋白成像会议的科学会议，该会议每年举行一次，由Keith A.Johnson医学博士、William J.Jagust医学博士、William E.Krunk医学博士和Chester Mathis博士组织。自2007年以来，该会议每年举行一次，是来自学术界、工业界和政府的科学家的一次非常成功的聚会，他们听取和交流了关于早期阿尔茨海默病的各种测试的想法。由于会议的范围和长度正在扩大，而且出席人数也在增加，我们正在寻求NIH的支持，以补充我们从基金会和行业获得的支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests support for the 7th Human Amyloid Imaging conference organized by Keith A. Johnson, MD, William J. Jagust, MD, William E. Klunk, MD, PhD, and Chester Mathis, MD, to be held in Miami, Florida, January 17-18, 2013. The meeting will feature a unique combination of brief research reports, oral presentations, keynote lectures, open discussion, brief didactic methods lectures, a poster session, and a webcast. These presentations will be peer-reviewed and will focus on the core controversies in Alzheimer's disease biology and biomarker research. The aim is to continue the tradition of the first six HAI meetings, bringing together a cross-disciplinary mass of panelists and presenters who will provide perspectives from neuropathology, neurochemistry, psychology, neurology, molecular imaging, clinical trials and biomarker research. The meeting will serve as a highly interactive platform for academic and industry scientists intent on discussing cutting- edge research in human imaging of amyloid-beta and/or other biomarkers that pertain to Alzheimer's- related disease. We will also continue the tradition of featuring only the most recent, important work in the field by again conducting peer -review of submitted material less than two months prior to the meeting. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This proposal requests support for a scientific meeting called the Human Amyloid Imaging conference that is to be held annually and is organized by Keith A. Johnson, MD, William J. Jagust, MD, William E. Klunk, MD, PhD, and Chester Mathis, PhD. This conference has been held each year since 2007, and has been a highly successful gathering of scientists from academia, industry and government who hear and exchange ideas on various tests for early Alzheimer's disease. Because the scope and length of the meeting are enlarging, and because the attendance has increased, we are seeking NIH support to supplement support we have obtained from foundations and industry.