American Society of Andrology Annual Meeting

描述(由申请人提供)：美国男科学会(ASA)是一个全球性的、多学科的专业学会，致力于男性健康科学。它成立于1975年，拥有600多名成员，来自广泛的专业、研究兴趣和组织。我们的成员包括男性生殖生物学、遗传学、内分泌学、泌尿学、妇产科、生物化学、兽医科学、分子和细胞生物学以及生殖技术。大约10%的成员是实习生，即学生、住院医生和研究员。我们的总体目标是通过一次智力刺激和职业回报的会议来推进基础、翻译和临床男科学的研究。我们的年会反映了我们会员的实力。由于规模可控，兴趣多样，会议是一个丰富的市场，汇集了想法、讨论、合作以及培训和就业机会。科学的创新来自于以新的方式将概念和方法结合在一起。我们的会议提供了这些互动。一支充满活力和多样化的生物医学队伍来自于将学生和实习生暴露给从事尖端研究的研究人员。我们的会议提供了这些介绍。作为科学家，我们不仅生产数据，而且生产我们的下一代。我们的具体目标略有更新，其他方面与上一个资助期保持不变。目标1：提供一个杰出的科学计划，涵盖男科学多学科领域的最新研究概念和进展，并适当平衡临床、翻译和基础科学演讲。目标2：吸引来自男科学领域所有学科和背景的不同会议参与者，包括大量受训人员，其中包括妇女、少数群体和残疾人。目标3：为与会者提供一个展示研究成果的论坛，并为讨论男科学领域的问题提供充足的时间。我们预计，作为正在进行的年度会议的结果，与会者将了解到新的发现，并将其应用于自己的研究和/或实践。参与者将 深入听取各自特定领域的最新消息。他们还将能够了解自己所在领域以外的进步和争议。男科学和相关领域将从新思想的产生和新的专业联系的形成中受益。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The American Society of Andrology (ASA) is a global, multidisciplinary professional society dedicated to the science of men's health. Founded in 1975, it has over 600 members from a wide range of professions, research interests, and organizations. Our membership encompasses male reproductive biology, genetics, endocrinology, urology, gynecology/obstetrics, biochemistry, veterinary science, molecular & cell biology, and reproductive technologies. Roughly 10% of the members are trainees, i.e., students, residents and fellows. Our overall goal is to advance research in basic, translational and clinical Andrology through a meeting that is intellectually stimulating and professionally rewarding. Our annual meeting reflects the strength of our membership. With its manageable size and diversity of interests, the meeting is a rich marketplace of ideas, discussions, collaborations, and opportunities for training and employment. Innovation in science comes from bringing concepts and approaches together in new ways. Our meeting provides these interactions. A vibrant and diverse biomedical workforce comes from exposing students and trainees to investigators doing cutting-edge research. Our meeting provides these introductions. As scientists, we produce not only data, but also our next generation. Our Specific Aims are slightly updated, otherwise unchanged from the previous funding period. Aim 1: To provide an outstanding scientific program that covers the latest research concepts and progress in the multidisciplinary field of Andrology, with an appropriate balance of clinical, translational, and basic scientific talks. Aim 2: To attract a diverse group of meeting participants from all disciplines and settings within the field of Andrology, including significant numbers of trainees, with inclusion of women, minorities, and people with disabilities. Aim 3: To provide a forum for presentation of research findings by meeting attendees, and ample time for discussion of issues in the field of Andrology. We anticipate that as a result of the ongoing Annual Meeting, attendees will learn new findings to apply in their own research and/or practice. Participants will hear in depth updates in their own specific areas. They will also be able to learn about advances and controversies in fields outside their own. Andrology and related fields will benefit from the generation of new ideas and from the formation of new professional contacts.