Society for Pediatric & Perinatal Epidemiologic Research 25th Anniversary Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：儿科和围产期流行病学研究协会（SPER）的目标是促进生殖，围产期和儿科研究。这项研究包括对从受孕到青春期影响产妇健康和儿童健康与发展的任何因素的研究。为了促进这方面的研究，组织者的任务是召开年度会议，包括执行委员会会议和向会员和非会员开放的科学计划。该申请是为了支持SPER 25周年会议，题为“SPER 25年：一生的研究历程”。它将于2012年6月在明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯市举行，紧在流行病学研究学会（SER）年会之前举行。一年一度的SPER会议提供了一个独特的机会来介绍和了解生殖、围产期和儿科健康方面的最新研究，并与来自不同学科的其他研究人员互动，这些研究人员对这一研究领域有共同的兴趣。没有其他会议与这个特定的焦点汇集了如此广泛的学科和研究兴趣的研究人员。25周年纪念会议代表了对常规年会的创新扩展，通过更详细地探讨特定主题，通过将更多时间集中在确定知识差距上，通过促进对未来方向的更多讨论，并试图扩大会议出席人数。特别是，鉴于环境卫生在生命历程的每个阶段都发挥着关键作用，组织者热衷于在议程中强调环境卫生主题。本次会议为期2.5天，而不是通常的1.5天，将包括一个重要临床问题的辩论，以及一系列的8次全体会议，每次会议将邀请一位主讲人，并根据他们提交的摘要选出3-4位研究人员进行报告。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER) shall be to foster reproductive, perinatal and pediatric research. This research includes the study of any factors that influence maternal health and the health and development of children, from their conception through their adolescence. In order to foster this research it is the organizers' mandate to hold an annual meeting of the Society to include both a meeting of the Executive Committee and a scientific program open to members and non-members. This application is being requested to support the 25th Anniversary SPER meeting, entitled "25 Years of SPER: A Lifetime of Research through the Life Course." It will be held in June 2012 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, immediately preceding the annual meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER). The annual SPER meeting provides a unique opportunity to present and learn about current research in reproductive, perinatal and pediatric health, and to interact with other investigators from a variety of disciplines that have a shared interest in this area of research. No other meeting with this particular focus brings together researchers from such a broad swath of disciplines and research interests. The 25th anniversary meeting represents an innovative expansion of the usual annual meeting, by delving into specific topics in greater detail, by focusing more time on identifying knowledge gaps, by fostering more discussion of future direction, and by attempting to broaden the meeting attendance. In particular, the organizers are enthusiastic about emphasizing environmental health topics in the agenda, given its critical role in each stage of the life course. The program s 2.5 days rather than the usual 1.5 days and will include a debate on an important clinical issue and a series of eight plenary sessions that will each include an invited keynote speaker and 3-4 presentations from selected investigators based on their submitted abstracts.