International Research Conference on Integrative Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）：此R13申请请求支持将于2012年5月15日至18日在波特兰市中心海滨万豪酒店举行的题为2012年国际中西医结合医学与健康研究大会的会议。本次会议由中西医结合学术健康中心联盟（CAHCIM）赞助，该联盟目前代表美国和加拿大的46个学术健康中心，其项目专注于补充疗法和中西医结合模式的教育，研究和临床交付。会议的现场主办单位是俄勒冈州健康科学大学（OHSU），CAHCIM的成员。OHSU也是波特兰内独特的机构团体的成员，俄勒冈州合作的综合医学，其中包括针灸和东方医学，脊椎按摩，自然疗法医学，以及对抗疗法医学院。本次研究会议旨在通过主题演讲和全体演讲，海报，研讨会和研讨会，以及涉及补充和综合医学疗法的原创科学研究来展示。基础科学研究人员，临床和卫生服务研究人员将提出原始研究和通过同行评审过程中选择的温和的小组报告。将邀请该领域的领导人发表主旨演讲，并主持同时进行的研究报告。会议的规划由组织委员会监督，该委员会由六个委员会的主席组成（计划，科学审查，财务，筹款，通信和当地物流，与联盟的执行和指导委员会保持联系）。委员会的主席和成员是来自美国，加拿大和欧洲的传统和补充医学研究社区的领导者，包括受资助的研究人员，综合中心主任，教育工作者和政策研究人员。大会将确定会议的主题，并选出五位主讲人。将征求会议（专题讨论会、专题讨论会和讲习班）的建议以及研究摘要的提交。所有这些项目都将在科学审查委员会进行的一个过程中接受同行质量审查。超过100名专家评审员将被任命，由联盟的研究委员会管理的过程。这将是该联盟主办的第三次科学会议。第一次会议于2006年5月在加拿大AB省的埃德蒙顿举行，吸引了来自19个国家的近600名与会者。最近一次会议于2009年5月在明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯举行，来自24个国家的约800名与会者参加了会议。我们的既定目标是加强全球一体化医疗保健的研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This R13 application requests support for a conference entitled 2012 International Research Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health to be held at Marriott Portland Downtown Waterfront Hotel on May 15-18, 2012. This conference is sponsored by the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (CAHCIM), which currently represents 46 academic health centers in the U.S. and Canada with programs focusing on education, research and clinical delivery of complementary therapies and models of integrative medicine. The site host for the conference is the Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU), a member of CAHCIM. OHSU is also a member of the unique group of institutions within Portland, the Oregon Collaborative for Integrative Medicine, which include schools of acupuncture and oriental medicine, chiropractic, naturopathic medicine, as well as an allopathic medical school. This research conference is meant to showcase by way of keynote and plenary presentations, posters, symposia and workshops, original scientific research involving complementary and integrative medical therapies. Basic science investigators, clinical and health service researchers will present original research and moderate panel presentations selected through a peer-review process. Leaders in the field will be invited to provide keynote addresses and to moderate concurrent research presentations. The planning for the conference is overseen by the Organizing Committee, composed of the chairs of six committees (Program, Scientific Review, Finance, Fundraising, Communications, and Local Logistics, with liaison to the Consortium's Executive and Steering Committees). The chairs and members of the committees are leaders from the conventional and complementary medical research communities of the United States, Canada and Europe, including funded investigators, directors of integrative centers, educators and policy researchers. The Program Committee will determine the themes for the conference and select five keynote speakers. Proposals for sessions (symposia, featured discussions and workshops) will be solicited, as will submission of research abstracts. All will undergo peer-review for quality in a process conducted by the Scientific Review Committee. Over 100 expert reviewers will be named, by a process governed by the Consortium's Research Committee. This will be the third scientific conference sponsored by the Consortium. The first was held in Edmonton, AB, Canada in May of 2006 and attracted close to 600 participants from 19 countries. The most recent conference was held in Minneapolis, MN in May 2009 and included approximately 800 participants from 24 countries. Our stated goal is to strengthen research in integrative healthcare around the world.