SGI Annual Meeting: Fostering a Multidiscipinary Approach to Research in Women's

描述（由申请人提供）：医生和其他卫生专业人员在产科、妇科、发育生物学、生殖生物学和医学方面面临新的挑战。为了在妇科肿瘤学、母胎医学、生殖内分泌学以及生殖和发育生物学等亚专科取得重大进展，需要对妇女健康的转化研究采取多学科方法。在对致力于妇女健康的专业人员的需求不断增加的同时，我们同时面临着在转化生殖生物学和医学领域工作的学术医生和科学家不断增长的短缺。短缺的原因是进入这些领域的医生和科学家越来越少，以及来自前几代受过训练的研究人员的流失。作为从事生殖生物学和医学的临床医生和研究人员的卓越的国内和国际专业组织，妇科研究学会（SGI）必须在解决这些问题方面发挥重要作用，并提供一个交流思想、展示最佳科学、建立网络和指导的论坛。SGI是该领域唯一一个代表致力于转化生殖医学的妇女健康所有领域的广泛临床医生和科学研究人员的组织。本提案寻求资金支持未来SGI年度科学会议，与NICHD工作人员合作，实现以下具体目标：#1：为生殖科学各个方面的年轻研究人员提供支持，并通过教育，学院和有奖奖励鼓励他们参加SGI年度科学会议；#2：在SGI年度会议上提供杰出的演讲者，他们的研究体现了生殖生物学、基因组学和遗传学等领域的前沿科学，试图向学员介绍这些领域的高质量科学。第54届SGI年度科学会议将于2007年3月在内华达州里诺市举行，会议的主题是“生殖、发育和妇女健康的多学科转化研究方法”，这一主题贯穿了为期4天的会议。该提案的目的是继续支持会议的杰出科学内容，并吸引年轻的研究人员参加并加入这个独特的协会。整个会议强调了受训者对研究的贡献；在全体会议上，将颁发排名最高的学员摘要，并为排名最高的摘要的作者颁发奖项。SGI理事会成立了一个专门的学员委员会，为SGI会员的学员提供基础设施支持。这些努力的理由是，通过向社会上的年轻研究人员介绍妇女健康方面的跨学科研究，将鼓励更多的受训者从事这些领域的工作，并将促进转化生殖科学的发展。这项提议的基本原理是支持妇科研究学会年会，以便向年轻的研究人员介绍妇女健康方面的跨学科研究，以此吸引更多的年轻医生/科学家进入这些生物医学研究领域。SGI是这一领域的首要组织，也是唯一一个代表妇女健康所有领域致力于转化生殖医学的临床医生和科学研究人员的组织。我们的目标是对年轻研究人员的培训产生重大影响，以推进生殖科学。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Physicians and other health professionals face new challenges in obstetrics, gynecology, developmental biology, and reproductive biology and medicine. A multidisciplinary approach to translational research in woman's health is needed to make significant advances in the subspecialties of gynecologic oncology, maternal fetal medicine, and reproductive endocrinology, as well as reproductive and developmental biology. While the need for professionals devoted to women's health escalates, we are simultaneously confronted with a steadily growing shortage of academic physicians and scientists who work in the fields of translational reproductive biology and medicine. The shortfall is due both to fewer physicians and scientists entering these fields and to the attrition of trained researchers from earlier generations. As the preeminent national and international professional organization for clinicians and researchers involved in reproductive biology and medicine, the Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI) must play a major role in addressing these issues and providing a forum for exchange of ideas, presentation of the best science, networking, and mentoring. The SGI is the only organization in this field that represents the breadth of clinicians and scientific investigators in all areas of women's health dedicated to translational reproductive medicine. This proposal seeks funds to support future SGI Annual Scientific Meetings to fulfill, in cooperation with NICHD staff, the following specific aims: #1: To provide support to young investigators in all aspects of reproductive sciences and encourage them to attend the SGI Annual Scientific Meeting by educational, collegial and meritorious incentives; #2: To provide outstanding speakers at the annual SGI meeting whose research exemplifies cutting edge science in the collective fields of reproductive biology, genomics, and genetics, in an attempt to introduce trainees to the high quality of science conducted in these areas. The 54th Annual SGI Scientific Meeting to be held in Reno NV in March 2007 is entitled "Multidisciplinary Approach to Translational Research in Reproduction, Development and Women's Health," and this theme prevails throughout the 4 day meeting. The objective of this proposal is to continue support for the outstanding scientific content of the meeting and to attract young investigators to attend and join this unique society. Throughout the meeting the contributions of trainees to research is emphasized; there is a plenary session at which the top ranked trainee abstracts will be presented and awards granted to authors of top-ranked abstracts. A new ad hoc trainee committee has been created by the SGI Council for supportive infrastructure for trainees within the SGI Membership. The rationale of these efforts is that by presenting interdisciplinary research in women's health to young investigators in the community of the society, more trainees will be encouraged to pursue these areas and translational reproductive science will advance. The rationale of this proposal is to support the Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI) in order to present interdisciplinary research in women's health to young investigators as a means to attract more young physician/scientists to these biomedical research areas. The SGI is the premier organization in this field and is the only one which represents the breadth of clinicians and scientific investigators in all areas of women's health dedicated to translational reproductive medicine. Our goal is to make a significant impact on the training of young investigators in order to advance reproductive science.