2014 AUA/SBUR Summer Research Conference Patient Phenotyping: Advancing Treatment

描述（由申请人提供）：2014年美国泌尿学会/基础泌尿学研究学会夏季研究会议的主题将是“患者表型：推进下尿路功能障碍的治疗”。这标志着美国泌尿外科协会第21届夏季研究会议的召开，延续了美国泌尿外科协会在泌尿外科及时讨论主题的历史，并在泌尿外科研究人员专业发展的关键早期阶段培养他们的职业生涯。会议的暂定日期和地点将于9月13日至14日在马里兰州林西克姆的美国航空协会总部举行。然而，会议组织者正在寻求增加会议的协同作用，可能将会议安排在慢性盆腔疼痛研究多学科方法（MAPP）研究网络的一个会议之后。这种日程安排模式也将增加MAPP研究人员的参与，从而为潜在的与会者提供吸引力。有关日期和地点的最终决定预计将于2014年1月做出。会议分为五个主要环节，每个环节将包括3 - 5个演讲，每个环节结束后有20分钟的问答时间。它还将包括一个关于美国国立卫生研究院资金和研究信息的讲习班。每天开始都会有一个主题演讲。每次会议的主题领域将包括但不限于：1)定义当前存在的临床问题和进展障碍；2)探索其他领域（如心脏病学和肺脏学）的领导者如何处理这个问题；3)检查系统生物学方法并使其适应下尿路功能障碍（LUTD）的复杂相互作用；4)探索如何更好地对LUTD患者进行表型分析，5)讨论与患者评估结果相关的问题。本次会议旨在补充和协同国家糖尿病、消化和肾脏疾病研究所泌尿症状测量（MOMUS）和下尿路功能障碍研究网络（LURN）的倡议。此外，AUA的国家泌尿学研究议程（NURA）明确将BPH和尿失禁确定为主要优先领域，推进这些领域的进展是我们使命的一部分。会议期间展示的科学报告和海报将推动泌尿学研究的进展。这也可能为基础和临床参与者之间的合作带来新的机会，并最终将实验室研究结果转化为临床环境，反之亦然。本次会议期间分享的信息有望有助于推进MOMUS和LURN的目标，促进对LUTD的病因学和自然史的了解，以及通过患者表型开发综合症状评估工具。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The topic of the 2014 American Urological Association/Society for Basic Urologic Research Summer Research Conference will be "Patient Phenotyping: Advancing Treatment of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction." This marks the AUA's 21st Summer Research Conference, extending AUA's history of addressing timely topics in urology and nurturing the careers of urology investigators in the pivotal early stages of their professional development. The tentative date and location for the conference will be September 13-14 at the AUA Headquarters in Linthicum, Maryland. However, the meeting organizers are seeking to increase the synergy of the meeting by possibly scheduling the meeting immediately following one of the meetings of the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) Research Network. This scheduling model will also increase participation from MAPP investigators and thus provide a draw for potential attendees. A final decision on the date and location is expected by January 2014. The meeting is organized into five main sessions, each of which will consist of 3 - 5 presentations and a 20 minute Q&A period at the end of each session. It will also include a workshop on National Institutes of Health funding and research information. There will be a keynote lecture beginning each day. Topical areas for each session will include, but are not limited to: 1) defining the clinical problems and barriers to progress tht currently exist; 2) exploring how leaders in other fields, e.g., cardiology and pulmonology, are approaching this problem; 3) examining systems biology approaches and adapting those to the complex interactions underlying lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD); 4) exploring ways to better phenotype patients with LUTD, and 5) discussion of issues related to patient assessed outcomes. This conference is intended to complement and synergize with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases' Measurement of Urinary Symptoms (MOMUS) and Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network (LURN) initiatives. Additionally, the AUA's National Urology Research Agenda (NURA) specifically identifies BPH and urinary incontinence as major priority areas, and advancing progress in those areas is part of our mission. The scientific presentations and posters displayed during the meeting will advance progress in urology research. This may also lead to new opportunities for collaborations between basic and clinical participants and eventually lead to the translation of laboratory bench findings into clinical settings and vice versa. The information shared during this meeting is expected to assist in advancing the goals of the MOMUS and LURN in terms of catalyzing progress in understanding the etiology and natural history of LUTD and development of comprehensive symptom assessment tools through patient phenotyping.