Research Symposia in Communication Sciences and Disorders

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请寻求支持一系列的五个，为期一天的主题为导向的研究研讨会，旨在刺激和指导研究新兴课题在通信科学和疾病（CSD）。自1991年以来，美国语言听力协会（阿莎）成功地协调了16次研讨会。这些会议代表了阿莎、国家防治荒漠化和干旱研究所之间的全面或协作筹资努力，有一次还代表了国家排雷中心。这些会议将在美国言语-听力-听力协会（阿莎）年会期间举行，将介绍对沟通过程和障碍研究具有重要临床意义的研究。会议的目标是：1）为科学家和临床医生提供一个讨论最新研究进展的场所; 2）促进CSD和相关学科科学家和临床医生之间互动的连续性。此外，这些会议将有助于发展惩教署的新调查员。为此目的，请求提供资金，以支持这一系列研究专题讨论会和20名旅行奖获得者（10对导师-学员），为期5年（2007-2011年）。本申请将描述会议系列的内容和形式（包括主题和潜在发言人）、会议材料的广告和传播过程以及评估会议短期和长期成功的机制。此外，将提供学生和教师的旅行奖励计划的完整描述。 该应用程序寻求支持一系列的五个年度为期一天的研究研讨会，旨在刺激和指导有关传播科学和疾病（CSD）的主题的研究。美国言语语言听力协会（阿莎）自1991年以来每年举办一次研究研讨会。除了1991年和1993年举行的专题讨论会之外，这些会议得到了国家耳聋和其他交流障碍研究所的大量财政支助。阿莎正在寻求财政支持，以便在下一个五年期（2007-2011年）继续提供这一系列研究专题讨论会。研究座谈会的目标受众是科学家，临床医生和学生，他们寻求有关最先进的研究成果和这些成果在学科中的应用的信息。研讨会的主要目标是为专业人士提供有关神经科学和遗传学最新发展的前沿信息，并促进研究成果转化为临床实践和CSD领域的进一步基础研究活动。这些专题讨论会还为确定可持续发展委员会有前途的新调查人员提供了途径，并促进建立可行的指导关系，这将有助于可持续发展委员会未来研究人员的发展。本申请中所描述的一系列专题讨论会将在阿莎年会期间提供。这一备选办法有助于：（a）增加出席人数，（B）取消额外的登记费和旅馆费用，（c）减少离开工作和家庭的天数，（d）增加与活跃科学家进行指导和建立联系的机会。目前的系列专题讨论会的结构将尽量减少与类似主题的其他竞争性科学会议的冲突，并不影响与专题讨论会发言者和与会者进行深入讨论的机会。阿莎成员可能代表了研讨会与会者的很大一部分;然而，研究研讨会也旨在吸引（并将旨在吸引）广泛的跨学科科学和临床观众，包括例如生物医学专家，心理学家和神经科学家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks support for a series of five, one-day topically-oriented research symposia designed to stimulate and guide research on emerging topics in communication sciences and disorders (CSD). The American Speech-Language- Hearing Association (ASHA) has successfully coordinated 16 symposia since 1991. The conferences represented full or collaborative funding efforts between ASHA, NIDCD, and on one occasion, NICHD. These conferences, to be held within the annual convention of the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), will present research that has important clinical implications for the study of communication processes and disorders. The goals of the conferences are to 1) provide a venue for discussion among scientists and clinicians about recent research developments; and 2) foster continuity of interactions among scientists and clinicians in CSD and related disciplines. In addition, the conferences will serve to contribute to the development of new investigators in CSD. To that end, funds are requested to support this series of research symposia, and 20 travel award recipients (10 mentor-mentee pairs), for an additional 5-year period (2007-2011). A description of the content and format of the conference series (including topics and potential speakers), processes for advertising and disseminating conference materials, and mechanisms for evaluating the short- and long-term success of the conferences, will be delineated in this application. In addition, a full description of the travel award program for students and faculty will be provided. This application seeks support for a series of five annual 1-day research symposia designed to stimulate and guide research on topics relevant to communication sciences and disorders (CSD). The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has sponsored a research symposium annually since 1991. With the exception of the symposia held in 1991 and 1993, the meetings received substantial financial support from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). ASHA is seeking financial support to continue offering this series of research symposia for another 5-year period (2007-2011). The target audiences for the research symposia are scientists, clinicians, and students who seek information about state-of-the art research findings and applications of these findings within the discipline. The primary goals of the symposia are to provide professionals with cutting-edge information about recent developments in neuroscience and genetics, and to facilitate the translation of research findings to clinical practice and further fundamental research activity in CSD fields. The symposia also provide avenues for identifying promising new investigators in CSD and facilitate the establishment of viable mentoring relationships, which will contribute to the development of future researchers in CSD. The series of symposia described in this application will be offered during ASHA's Annual Convention. This option lends itself well to (a) an increased attendance, (b) elimination of an additional registration fee and hotel costs, (c) a reduction in the number of days away from work and home, and (d) the enhancement of opportunities for mentoring and networking with active scientists. The current series of symposia will be structured in such a way that conflict with other competing scientific sessions of a similar subject matter will be minimized, and opportunities for in-depth discussion with symposium speakers and attendees will not be compromised. ASHA members will likely represent a substantial portion of symposium attendees; however, the research symposia are also intended to appeal to (and will be designed to attract) a broad interdisciplinary scientific and clinical audience, including, for example, biomedical specialists, psychologists, and neuroscientists.