31st Annual International Conference of IEEE Engineeering in Medicine and Biology

描述(申请人提供)：第31届IEEE医学与生物工程学会年会将于2009年9月2日至6日在美国明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯市举行。这次会议的主题是：“设计生物医学的未来”。计划的重点是将生物工程方法转化为医学和保健实践。大会主席由何斌博士担任，联席大会主席由金永民博士担任，科学计划主席由潘晓川博士担任，科学计划联席主席由Gregory Worrell博士担任。会议的目标受众非常多样化，包括主题领域和专业知识的广泛差异(包括工程师、科学家、医学研究人员、从业者、教育工作者和学生)。主题领域涵盖了生物医学工程的各个领域，其中传统的信号处理、神经工程和图像处理等领域与组织工程和技术商业化等新兴领域并存。跨学科研究在很大程度上处于生物工程的前沿，会议与会者的组成将反映这一点。会议的科学计划通过口头科学会议、海报会议和应邀的小型研讨会来阐述。除了在会议记录中发表外，来稿的口头和海报演示文稿还将经过评审并纳入PubMed可搜索数据库。这项R13提案的具体目的是寻求注册和旅行资金，以增加初级科学家(研究生、博士后研究员和初级教员)对大会科学活动的参与。 公共卫生相关声明(由申请人提供)：这份R13提案寻求美国国立卫生研究院的注册和旅行资金，以增加初级科学家，包括研究生、博士后研究员和初级教师，参与IEEE医学和生物工程学会第31届年会的科学活动。生物医学工程是目前学术和应用工程中发展最快的领域，对最先进的培训有着强烈的需求。这笔赠款的目的是扩大初级科学家在这一领先的生物医学工程国际会议的科学活动中的参与。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The 31st Annual Meeting of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, between September 2 and 6, 2009. The theme for the conference is: "Engineering the Future of Biomedicine". The intended emphasis is on the translation of bioengineering approaches to the practice of medicine and healthcare. The General Conference Chair is Dr. Bin He, the Co-general Conference Chair is Dr. Yongmin Kim, the Scientific Program Chair is Dr. Xiaochuan Pan, and the Scientific Program Co-chair is Dr. Gregory Worrell, respectively. The intended audience for the conference is very diverse, encompassing broad variation in thematic areas and expertise (including engineers, scientists, medical researchers, practitioners, educators, and students). Thematic areas include all of biomedical engineering diverse fields, among which traditional ones, such as signal processing, neural engineering and image processing, coexist together with emerging areas such as tissue engineering and technology commercialization. Interdisciplinary research is very much at the forefront of bioengineering, and the composition of the conference attendees will reflect this. The scientific program of the conference is articulated among oral scientific sessions, poster sessions and invited mini-symposia. Contributed oral and poster presentations are refereed and included in the PubMed searchable database, in addition to being published in the conference proceedings. The specific aim of this R13 proposal is to seek registration and travel funds to increase the participation of junior scientists (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty) to the scientific activities of the conference. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE STATEMENT (provided by applicant): This R13 proposal seeks registration and travel funds from NIH to increase the participation of junior scientists, including graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty, to the scientific activities of the 31st Annual Meeting of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Biomedical engineering is currently the fastest growing area in academic and applied engineering, and there is a strong need for state of the art training. The intent of this grant is to broaden the participation of junior scientists in scientific activities of this leading international conference on biomedical engineering.