9th annual Graylyn Conference: Women's Cognitive Health

描述（由申请人提供）：1995年，维克森林大学健康科学妇女健康中心开始了关于妇女健康的年度格雷林会议，以进行尖端的妇女健康研究。过去的会议重点关注雌激素在动脉粥样硬化和认知能力下降的发病机制和预防中的作用，并成功传播了雌激素、心脏病和认知方面的新研究。今年，我们将扩大我们的重点，包括一整天致力于激素治疗和认知。《妇女认知健康》将纳入认知健康的新问题，概述激素的风险和益处以及它们如何影响妇女的认知健康。会议还将审查在妇女中较为流行的疾病及其治疗对认知功能的影响，探讨认知衰退基础科学的进展，并调查诊断标准和新的预防和治疗方面的进展。会议的目标是将该领域的领导者聚集在一起，回顾当前的知识，以指导朝着有前途的研究途径努力。妇女认知健康将于2003年10月29日至31日在北卡罗来纳州温斯顿-塞勒姆举行。会议将在残疾人无障碍的格雷林会议中心举行，那里为外地客人预留了40个房间。参加者可以飞往北卡罗来纳州格林斯博罗的皮埃蒙特三合会国际机场。将为演讲者提供机场接送服务，与会者往返费用为39美元。为促进互动，本次活动仅限100位演讲嘉宾和与会者注册。海报环节将重点介绍认知能力下降和痴呆症的方法学和研究的最新进展，并将奖励提交的优秀学生和初级教师，以鼓励新研究者的工作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Women's Health Center of Wake Forest University Health Sciences began annual Graylyn Conferences on Women's Health for cutting-edge women's health research in 1995. Past conferences focused on the effects of estrogen on the pathogenesis and prevention of atherosclerosis and cognitive decline, and have successfully disseminated new research on estrogen, heart disease and cognition. This year, we are expanding our focus to include an entire day devoted to hormone therapy and cognition. Women's Cognitive Health will incorporate new issues in cognitive health, providing an overview of the risks and benefits of hormones and how they affect women's cognitive health. The conference will also examine the effects of diseases more prevalent in women and their treatments on cognitive functioning, explore advances in basic science of cognitive decline, and investigate advances in diagnostic criteria, and new preventions and treatments. The conference goal is to bring together leaders in the field to review current knowledge to guide efforts toward promising research avenues. Women's Cognitive Health will be held October 29-31, 2003 in Winston-Salem, NC. Meetings will be held in the handicapped-accessible Graylyn Conference Center, where 40 rooms have been reserved for out-of-town guests. Participants can fly into the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, NC. An airport shuttle service will be provided for speakers and is available to participants for $39, round-trip. Registration is limited to 100 speakers and attendees to promote interaction. A poster session will highlight the most recent advances in methodology and research on cognitive decline and dementia, and awards will be given to the top student and junior faculty submissions to encourage work by new investigators. Goals and Objectives: 1. Widen pool of knowledge from which to draw solutions by convening a small group who has knowledge particular of topic at hand. 2. Provide opportunities for researchers to present most recent data without compromising future publications. 3. Foster collaboration. 4. Encourage creativity in developing research strategies. 5. Provide opportunities for students and junior faculty to participate in the process. 6. Facilitate development of novel approaches to disease prevention, progression and treatment, which can be tested.