2015 International Conference on Neural Tube Defects

 描述（由申请人提供）：神经管缺陷（NTD）是第二常见的出生缺陷，每年影响全球约324，000例出生和美国超过3，000例妊娠。虽然人类NTD的原因已被广泛研究，但已知的风险因素仅解释了一小部分人口负担，因此仅提供了预防NTD的部分解决方案。进一步努力了解NTD的原因，后果和预防具有高度的临床和公共卫生意义，因此非常必要。自1999年成立以来，国际神经管缺陷会议系列为NTD研究界提供了一个独特的论坛，以分享研究成果，确定研究差距和优先事项，并计划未来的研究项目，解决NTD的原因，后果和预防。这些会议为学员提供了融入更大的NTD研究社区的机会，展示研究成果，并在具有共同研究兴趣的群体中确定博士后和教师级别的职位。与过去一样，第九届国际神经管缺陷会议的目标是：1。将来自不同研究学科的已建立和新的研究人员聚集在一起，对NTD的原因，后果和预防有共同的兴趣。为NTD研究人员提供一个论坛，介绍他们的最新研究成果，3。促进多学科、多国合作的发展; 4.为学员提供机会，了解NTD研究领域的机会，并与塑造NTD领域的科学家和临床医生建立关系。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Neural tube defects (NTDs) are the second most common birth defect, affecting approximately 324,000 births worldwide and over 3,000 pregnancies in the United States annually. Although the causes of NTDs in humans have been extensively studied, the known risk factors explain only a small proportion of the population burden and, thus provide only a partial solution towards their prevention. Additional effort to understand the causes, consequences and prevention of NTDs is of high clinical and public health significance, and therefore strongly warranted. Since its inception in 1999, the International Neural Tube Defects Conference series has provided a unique forum for the NTD research community to share research findings, identify research gaps and priorities and plan future research projects that address the causes, consequences and prevention of NTDs. The conferences have provided trainees with the opportunity to integrate into the larger NTD research community, present research findings and identify post-doctoral and faculty level positions within groups with shared research interests. As in the past, the goals of the 9th International Neural Tube Defects Conference are to: 1. bring together established and new investigators, from a variety of research disciplines, with a shared interest in the causes, consequences and prevention of NTDs, 2. provide a forum for NTD researchers to present their latest research findings, 3. foster the development of multidisciplinary, multinational collaborations, 4. afford trainees an opportunity to learn about the opportunities in the field of NTD research and establish relationships with the scientists and clinicians who shape the NTD field.