Biological Science Program at The Gerontological Society of America's 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting

项目总结 这项提案要求国家老龄研究所为生物科学(BS)部门提供资金 计划在坦帕举行的美国老年学会(GSA)2023年年度科学会议(ASM)上， 佛罗里达州我们BS节目的目标是突出最高质量的衰老研究，重点是生物学 老龄化研究：下一个前沿。我们相信，该领域最好的工作将出现在基础研究人员 与医学研究人员和从业者交流与衰老相关的健康生物学信息， 心理学家、社会学家和公共政策专家。反过来，临床护理和公共卫生的改善是 当来自不同学科的老年学家更好地了解衰老的基本机制和 接触到最新和最好的研究，并承诺提供干预措施来缓解衰老和 与年龄相关的疾病。我们在BS部门有责任揭露我们的成员，那些生物 科学和整个GSA，到沟通良好的尖端科学，最终服务于信息和 非常认真地改进所有与会者的工作。ASM在美国是独一无二的，旨在促进 这种规模的跨学科努力，以及2023年11月在坦帕举行的会议将提供一个杰出的 有机会扩大参与的科学家的多样性。BS部门已经证明了可以量化 成功地制作了尽可能高质量的科学节目，并为产生 来自不同领域的科学家之间的互动和思想交流。在2023年11月，我们建议 加强和扩大我们的努力，通过以基本概念为特色的单轨会议计划 老龄化生物学；促进不同部门与会者之间的讨论和联系；制定性别 口语课程的平衡性和多样性；并突出有才华的早期职业调查人员在 生物科学研讨会。在坦帕，我们将从国家老龄研究所老年化部开始 生物学赞助了会前会议，由罗纳德·科汉斯基和约翰·威廉姆斯组织了两个半天的研讨会。 在主要会议期间，将举行15次(非竞争)口头会议。这些课程是由一个团队设计的 因为他们的专业知识和老龄化研究的领导者而被招募的十名研究人员中的一员。团队中的每个成员都将 主持会议，并将参与会议组织、评估和学生的方方面面 订婚，在皮罗吉纳的指导下。还将安排两次海报会议，以避免 与任何谈话竞争。与GSA领导层一起，我们制定了招聘代表性不足的战略 科学家和支持8个少数民族学者旅行奖。我们的节目显示，34%的演讲者处于早期阶段 调查人员称，超过一半的受邀演讲者是女性，20%的人来自代表性不足的少数族裔 组。

PROJECT SUMMARY This proposal requests funding from the National Institute on Aging for the Biological Sciences (BS) Section Program at the 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) in Tampa, FL. Our aim for BS programming is to highlight the highest-quality aging research with a focus on Biology of Aging Research: Next Frontiers. We believe that the best work in the field will emerge when basic researchers exchange information about health-related biology of aging with medical researchers and practitioners, psychologists, sociologists, and public policy experts. In turn, improvements in clinical care and public health are likely to result when gerontologists from diverse disciplines better understand basic mechanisms of aging and are exposed to the latest and best research with the promise of yielding interventions to ameliorate aging and age-related disease. We in the BS Section take our responsibility to expose our members, those of the Biological Sciences and the GSA at large, to well-communicated, cutting-edge science that ultimately serves to inform and improve the work of all who attend, very seriously. The ASM is situated uniquely in the U.S. to promote an interdisciplinary effort of this scope, and the 2023 November meeting in Tampa will provide an outstanding opportunity to expand the diversity of participating scientists. The BS Section has demonstrated quantifiable success in producing a scientific program of the highest possible quality and providing a forum to engender interaction and exchange of ideas among scientists from diverse fields. In November 2023, we propose to intensify and extend our efforts, through a single-track meeting program featuring emerging concepts in the basic biology of aging; to promote discussion and networking among attendees across sections; to enact gender balance and diversity in the oral program; and to feature talented early career investigators prominently in Biological Sciences symposia. In Tampa, we will begin with the National Institute on Aging, Division of Aging Biology sponsored pre-meeting, two half-day workshops organized by Ronald Kohanski and John Williams. During the main meeting 15 (non-competing) oral sessions will be held. These sessions were devised by a team of ten Investigators recruited for their expertise and as leaders in aging research. Each member of the team will Chair a session and will participate in all aspects of the meeting organization, evaluation, and student engagement, under the mentorship of PI Rogina. There will also be two poster sessions scheduled so as not to compete with any talks. Along with GSA leadership, we have devised strategies to recruit underrepresented scientists and support 8 minority scholar travel awards. Our program shows 34% of all speakers are Early-Stage Investigators, more than half of the invited speakers are women, and 20% are from underrepresented minority groups.