Conferences for Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neurophysiology (APAN)

描述(由申请人提供)：听觉神经生理学进展和前景年会(APAN；http://www.med.upenn.edu/APAN/)是神经科学学会年会的一个为期一天的卫星会议；第一次APAN专题讨论会于2003年举行。APAN是在神经科学学会会议开始的前一天举行的。2014年，这一日期将是11月14日。APAN的典型出席人数约为200人。由于听力科学和听觉神经科学的基本目标是了解声音感知的生物学基础并利用这一知识来缓解听力障碍，APAN的主要目标是将致力于识别听觉行为的神经相关(包括感知、认知和感觉运动因素)的听觉神经科学家队列聚集在一起，这些因素构成了通信处理、多感觉处理和神经可塑性的基础。将这群科学家聚集在这个论坛上是至关重要的，因为这个研究领域的许多理论途径、技术和方法论都是相对独特的，其他听力研究人员不能分享。因此，一次有针对性的研讨会推动了这一重要研究领域的科学事业。我们的第二个目标是在整个项目中促进初级和高级听觉神经科学家之间有意义的和有教育意义的互动，并促进有价值的女性和少数族裔科学家。在我们的口头陈述选择标准中，我们从一开始就一直强调初级科学家以及女性和少数族裔科学家的贡献。2013年，我们建立了“海报引导者”，让初级科学家干部有机会将自己的海报作为简短的口头演示吸引人们的注意。2014年，我们建立了一个“青年研究员聚焦”讲座，将有一位杰出的初级科学家参加。我们计划继续为初级科学家提供旅行奖励，以抵消在阿潘的旅行费用。在计划层面上，我们感到自豪的是，女科学家一直是计划委员会和组织委员会中的一支重要成员队伍。最后，APAN与NIDCD的科学使命极其相关，原因有三。首先，参加这次研讨会的大多数科学家都是通过NIDCD机制资助的，他们在听力加工和可塑性方面进行基础研究，包括使用和不使用听力假体。其次，APAN为初级听觉神经科学家提供了一个杰出的培训机会。最后，许多陈述的翻译和临床影响是很高的，因为它们关注的是听觉感知的基本机制，其功能障碍可能导致各种与听力有关的问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The annual meeting of Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neurophysiology (APAN; http://www.med.upenn.edu/APAN/) is a one-day satellite meeting of the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience; the first APAN symposium was in 2003. APAN is held the day prior to the start of the Society for Neuroscience meeting. In 2014, this date will be November 14. The typical attendance of APAN is approximately 200 participants. Because the funda-mental goal of hearing science and auditory neuroscience is to understand the biological basis of sound perception and to use this knowledge to mitigate hearing disorders, the primary Aim of APAN is to bring together the cohort of auditory neuroscientists who are engaged in identifying the neural correlates (both cortical and sub-cortical) of auditory behavior-including the perceptual, cog-nitive, and sensorimotor factors-that underlie communication processing, multi-sensory processing, and neural plasticity. Bringing together this group of scientists in this forum is critical because many of th theoretical approaches, techniques, and methodologies of this research field are relatively unique and not shared by other hearing researchers. Consequently, a focused symposium spurs the scientific enterprise in this important research area. Our second Aim is to facilitate meaningful and educational inter-actions between junior and senior auditory neuroscientists throughout the program and to promote meritorious women and minority scientists. In our selection criteria for oral presentations, we have consistently, since our inception, highlighted the contributions of junior scientists as well as women and minority scientists. In 2013, we established "poster teasers" that give a cadre of junior scientists' opportunities to draw attention to their posters as a short oral presentation. In 2014, we have established a "Young Investigator Spotlight" talk that will feature an outstanding junior scientist We plan on continuing to offer travel awards for junior scientists that offset the cost of travel t APAN. At a programmatic level, we are proud that women scientists have always been a substantial contingent of members on the Program Committee and, more currently, on the Organizing Committee. Finally, APAN is extremely relevant to the scientific mission of the NIDCD for three reasons. First, most scientists at this symposium are funded through NIDCD mech-anisms, and conduct basic research on auditory processing and plasticity, both with and without hear-ing prosthetics. Second, APAN provides an out-standing training opportunity for junior auditory neuro-scientists. Finally, the translational and clinical impact of many of the presentations is high due to their focus on fundamental mechanisms underlying auditory perception, whose dysfunction can lead to various hearing-related problems.