2012 Hilton Head Regenerative Medicine Workshop

描述（由申请人提供）：再生医学领域在过去十年中有了巨大的发展。随着新的发现几乎每周都会出现，特别是在干细胞研究领域，科学家，工程师和临床医生的论坛互动， 相互学习是将创新研究转化为临床应用必不可少。再生医学的希尔顿头部研讨会是由格鲁吉亚理工学院的佩蒂特生物工程和生物科学研究所主办的年度会议系列，始于1997年。会议重点关注最新的研究发现，吸引了国内和国际观众。会议的目标是促进讨论，推进知识，并促进学术研究人员，临床医生和行业领导者之间形成合作关系，以推动再生医学技术走向临床应用。2012年希尔顿头部研讨会定于2012年3月14日至17日在南卡罗来纳州希尔顿头部岛的海松度假村举行。珀蒂生物工程和生物科学研究所沿着与格鲁吉亚埃默里理工学院再生医学中心一起，与匹兹堡大学麦高恩再生医学研究所合作组织和主办这次会议，国家和国际社会对会议的关注。会议主题是连接科学和医学，并将重点关注再生医学在临床应用中的进展和挑战。会议主题将突出心血管，泌尿外科，整形外科和神经应用，以及干细胞技术，工程基质和免疫工程的进展和创新。希尔顿首席研讨会的独特之处在于，它保持小型（少于230名参与者），以最大限度地提高互动和网络，从而实现真正的合作。会议为研究生和博士后学员提供专业发展和网络机会，包括海报展示，职业发展小组讨论和午餐会，以及优秀海报摘要的展示机会。本提案的目的是为18名研究生、博士后见习生和青年研究人员提供资助，以参加会议，并资助学生/见习生职业发展计划。会议将得到大力宣传，以吸引妇女和代表性不足的少数民族，特别关注历史上的黑人大学和医学院以及残疾人大学和医学院。 公共卫生相关性：再生医学为治疗疾病和疾病提供了未来改变生活的疗法。这个医学领域应该在全球范围内提供给每个人。出于这个原因，至关重要的是要有一个高度训练有素的研究人员和医务人员参与这一研究领域的多样化池。2012年希尔顿再生医学研讨会为研究生和博士后学员提供的支持将为学员和年轻的研究人员提供一个独特的机会，与该领域的领导者互动和联系，并帮助培养下一代生物医学领导者 作为研究人员，临床医生和教师工作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The regenerative medicine field has expanded tremendously over the last decade. With new discoveries occurring almost weekly, particularly in the area of stem cell research, forums for scientists, engineers, and clinicians to interact and learn from one another are essential to move innovative research into clinical applications. The Hilton Head Workshop for Regenerative medicine is an annual conference series hosted by Georgia Tech's Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience that began in 1997. The conference focuses on the most current research discoveries and attracts both a national and international audience. The conference goals are to promote discussion, advance knowledge, and foster the formation of collaborative relationships between academic researchers, clinicians, and industry leaders to advance regenerative medicine technologies towards clinical applications. The 2012 Hilton Head Workshop is scheduled for March 14-17, 2012 at The Sea Pines Resort in Hilton Head Island, SC. For the first time, the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience along with the Georgia Tech Emory Center for Regenerative Medicine is partnering with the University of Pittsburgh's McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine to organize and host the conference for the purpose of gaining more national and international attention for the conference. The conference theme is bridging science and medicine and will focus on progress and challenges with regenerative medicine in clinical applications. Session topics will highlight cardiovascular, urologic, orthopedic, and neural applications, as well as progress and innovations in stem cell technologies, engineered matrices, and immunology engineering. The Hilton Head Workshop is unique in that it is kept small (less than 230 participants) to maximize interactions and networking so that true collaborations can emerge. The conference provides professional development and networking opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral trainees that include a poster presentation, career development panel discussion and luncheon, and presentation opportunities for outstanding poster abstracts. The purpose of this proposal is to provide funding support for 18 graduate students, post-doctoral trainees and young investigators to attend the conference and to fund the student/trainee career development program. The conference will be rigorously publicized to attract women and underrepresented minorities, with particular focus on historically black universities and medical schools, as well as those with disabilities. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Regenerative medicine offers the future promise of life changing therapies for treating illness and disease. This area of medicine should be afforded to everyone at a global scale. For this reason, it is critical to have a diverse pool of highly traine researchers and medical personnel involved in this field of study. The proposed support for graduate and postdoctoral trainees at the 2012 Hilton Head Workshop for Regenerative Medicine will provide a unique opportunity for trainees and young investigators to interact and connect with leaders in the field and to aid in fostering the next generation of biomedical leaders working as researchers, clinicians, and teachers.