National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse (NHSN) Annual Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：此R13会议奖助金申请寻求支持于2009年秋季开始在选定地点举行的5次为期3天的年度独立会议。这项提案反映了路易斯安那州立大学健康科学中心和迈阿密大学的国家西班牙裔药物滥用科学网络（NHSN）之间的合作倡议。年度科学会议通过促进生物学、社会、行为和文化科学家之间的对话，并将研究成果传播回该领域，帮助完成NHSN促进跨学科和转化研究的使命。以前的会议是由nida资助的合同支持的，是实现NHSN目标的有效平台，特别强调指导和培训西班牙裔研究生和早期职业科学家。这些会议的目的是：A)促进药物滥用及其共病条件研究领域的科学发展，特别是它对西班牙裔人口的影响。它将促进从实验室到社区的双向转化研究，并促进来自所有药物滥用领域的科学家之间跨学科的思想交流，帮助确定未来的研究重点。(B)促进西班牙裔研究人员的发展，通过促进发展综合和持续的合作和指导网络，重点放在与药物滥用研究有关的领域。请拨经费支持50名受训人员/早期职业科学家和20名研究科学家参加科学小组会议。预计每届年会平均有150名代表国家和国际科学界这一领域的与会者，其中包括全球研究界的成员，他们的兴趣包括从流行病学到环境卫生、心理学、社会学、卫生政策、神经科学和其他生物医学科学，从多方面了解与药物使用和滥用有关的健康差异的潜在因素。和表观遗传学。第一次会议提议“整合少数民族健康中的人口、实验室和临床科学”，将于2009年12月1日至3日由迈阿密大学主办。会议的形式旨在为讨论、联网和合作讨论提供充分的机会，并为培训和指导下一代药物滥用领域的研究人员提供新思路。每次会议的主题、科学内容和计划将由一个由NHSN成员、NIH官员和联邦联络员组成的科学会议委员会制定。主题将与NIDA的战略计划和NIH蓝图直接相关，解决该领域的及时主题和发展挑战。公共卫生相关性：西班牙裔药物滥用问题国家科学网络年度会议为在药物滥用和相关领域有兴趣推进科学，特别是与西班牙裔人口有关的科学的多学科科学家提供了一次学院交流，为讨论和传播研究成果提供了论坛，并为药物滥用研究领域的学员提供了建立联系和指导的机会。这一独特的机会将促进从实验室到社区的双向转化研究，并促进来自所有药物滥用领域的科学家之间跨学科的思想交流。PI和组织委员会相信，拟议的会议将作为一个平台，为与西班牙裔人口有关的药物滥用领域确定未来的研究重点。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This R13 meetings grant application seeks support for five yearly three-day stand alone conferences to be held at selected locations beginning in the fall of 2009. This proposal reflects a collaborative initiative between Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and the National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse (NHSN), based at the University of Miami. The annual scientific conferences help to accomplish the NHSN mission of fostering both interdisciplinary and translational research, by promoting dialogue between biologic, social, behavioral, and cultural scientists and disseminating findings back to the field. Previous conferences, supported through a NIDA-funded contract, have been an effective platform for developing the aims of the NHSN, with particular emphasis on mentoring and training Hispanic graduate students and early career scientists. The aims of the conferences will be: A) to advance science in the area of drug abuse research and its co-morbid conditions, particularly as it impacts on the Hispanic population. It will promote bidirectional translational research ranging from bench to community and a trans-disciplinary cross-fertilization of ideas among scientists from all fields of drug abuse helping to establish future research priorities. B) To foster the development of Hispanic researchers, with emphasis in areas related to drug abuse research by facilitating the development of integrated and continuous collaborative and mentoring networks. Funding is requested to support participation for 50 trainees/early career scientists and 20 research scientists presenting in the scientific panels. An average of 150 participants, representing the field from the national and international scientific communities, are expected at each yearly conference, including members of the global research community whose interests encompass a multifaceted approach to understanding the factors underlying health disparities as they pertain to drug use and abuse ranging from epidemiology to environmental health, psychology, sociology, health policy, neuroscience and other biomedical sciences, and epigenetics. The first conference proposed "Integrating Population, Laboratory, and Clinical Sciences in Minority Health" will be hosted by the University of Miami, from December 1-3, 2009. The format of the conference aims to provide ample opportunity for discussion, networking, and collaboration discussions as well as development of new ideas related to training and mentoring of the next generation of researchers in the field of drug abuse. The themes, scientific content, and program for each conference will be developed by a Scientific Conference committee comprised of NHSN members, NIH officials, and federal liaisons. The themes will be directly related to NIDA's strategic plan and the NIH blueprint, addressing timely topics and developing challenges in the field. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Annual National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse Conference provides multidisciplinary scientists in drug abuse and related fields interested in advancing science, particularly as it pertains to the Hispanic population, to have a collegial exchange providing a forum for discussion and dissemination of research findings and an opportunity for networking and mentoring trainees in the area of drug abuse research. This unique opportunity will promote bidirectional translational research ranging from bench to community and a trans-disciplinary cross-fertilization of ideas among scientists from all fields of drug abuse. The PI and the organizing committee are confident that the proposed conferences will serve as a platform to establish future research priorities for the field of drug abuse as it pertains to the Hispanic population.