NIAAA Center Directors Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：本次会议的目的是召集将在耶鲁大学举行的下一届NIAAA中心主任会议。本次会议旨在让中心主任和NIAAA审查中心运营、后勤和未来规划的关键方面。为此，会议将包括为期半天的一系列商务会议，以促进NIAAA与中心主任和受邀设计人员之间的互动。除了会议的后勤方面外，主任会议的目的是促进以酒精研究领域的关键问题和最新发展为中心的科学交流和互动。过去，主任会议提供了一个具有广泛吸引力的共同主题，以促进跨国家中心的多学科研究的介绍。会议的拟议主题将围绕脆弱性的构建。具体而言，重点将放在以下与脆弱性相关的跨探究层次的综合主题上：1)由于学习机制的改变而导致的脆弱性；2)应激和认知控制在脆弱性中的作用；3)酒精反应模式改变导致脆弱性改变；4)社会与社区脆弱性因素及防治；我们相信，拟议的项目将为讨论和交流提供一个肥沃的平台，旨在推进对这种疾病及其潜在神经生物学的认识。该计划通常将与NIAAA董事会议的先前迭代并行。预计听众将包括来自NIAAA中心的约100名研究人员，受邀设计师以及耶鲁当地的研究人员。建议会议日期为2013年4月29日至30日。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this conference is to convene the next NIAAA Center Directors meeting to be held at Yale University. This conference is designed to allow Center Directors and NIAAA to review critical aspects of Center operation, logistics and outline plans for the future. To this end, the conference will feature a half-day series of busines meetings to facilitate interaction between the NIAAA and the Center Directors and invited designees. In addition to the logisitical aspect of the conference, the purpose of the Directors Meeting is to facilitate scientific exchange and interaction centered on key problems and state-of-the-art developments in the field of alcohol research. In the past, the Directors Meeting conferences provided a common theme with broad appeal to facilitate presentation of multi-disciplinary research across national Centers. The proposed theme for the conference will center around the construct of vulnerability. Specifically, the focus will be placed on the followig integrative topics related to vulnerability across levels of inquiry: 1) Vulnerability due to Alterations in Learning Mechanisms; 2) Role of Stress and Cognitive Control in Vulnerability; 3) Vulnerability Alterations due to Altered Alcohol Response Patterns; 4) Social and Community Vulnerability Factors, Prevention and Treatment; We are confident the proposed program will provide a fertile platform for discussions and exchange with the aim of advancing knowledge about this disorder and its underlying neurobiology. The progam will generally parallel prior iterations of the NIAAA Directors Meeting. The audience is expected to include ~100 researchers from NIAAA Centers, invited designees as well as local Yale researchers. The proposed meeting dates are April 29-30th, 2013.