9th Hershey Conference on Developmental Brain Injury

描述（由申请人提供）：好时发育性脑损伤会议始于1997年，现已发展成为一个受欢迎的，参加人数众多的内科科学家和基础科学家的国际会议，其中包括很大比例的学员。在发育性脑损伤研究领域中，这一成果是无与伦比的。2014年第9届好时会议的总体目标是再次汇集致力于研究和治疗新生儿大脑的国际知名临床和基础科学家。2014年的总体主题将集中在发展中的动物模型和人类脑损伤后细胞死亡和可塑性的机制。基本的方法是一样的。具体而言，三个目标是：1)将基础科学的最新研究应用于临床问题；2)认识和讨论发育性脑损伤研究中存在的争议和解决进展；3)确定发育性脑损伤领域的未来发展方向。本次R13的目标是：1)为受邀演讲者提供部分支持，他们中的许多人不在发育性脑损伤领域，但将对会议的教育方面做出重大贡献；2)为学员、初级教师和代表性不足的少数民族（URM）提供支持，主要来自美国，参加本次会议；3)为会议的规划和管理提供基本的基础设施支持。随着回归的是

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Hershey Conference on Developmental Brain Injury was started in 1997 and has grown into a popular, well-attended international conference of physician-scientists and basic scientists, including a large proportion of trainees. It is withot peer in the field of Developmental Brain Injury. The overall goal of the 2014, 9th Hershey Conference is to once again bring together internationally known clinical and basic scientists committed to studying and treating the neonatal brain. The overall theme in 2014 will focus on mechanisms of cell death and plasticity following brain injury in developing animal models and in humans. The basic approach remains the same. Specifically the three objectives are: 1) application of the latest research in basic science to the clinical questions; 2) recognition and discussion of ongoing controversy and progress toward resolution in developmental brain injury research; 3) identification of future directions for the developmental brain injury field. The objectives of this R13 are: 1) to provide partial support for the invited speakers, many of whom are outside of the developmental brain injury field but will contribute significantly to the educational aspects of the conference 2) to provide support of trainees, junior faculty, and underrepresented minorities (URM), primarily from the US, to attend this meeting, 3) to provide basic infrastructure support for planning and administration of the meeting. With the return of the meeting to the US in 2014, we are applying for funding for the meeting itself as well as the trainee support. New to this proposal is request for funds to specifically fully support US URM to attend the meeting. Extensive participation of trainees, both from US and foreign institutions, has been a hallmark of the Hershey Conference. Trainees, both MD and PhD, constitute 30-50% of all participants and we hope to partially defray the expenses for most of this group. This meeting has historically been an excellent opportunity for informal interaction among trainees and the leaders in the field as well as a mechanism for post-doctoral and visiting scientist recruitment. In 2016 the conference will once again be primarily funded by foreign sources.