International Research Conference on Integrative Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）：本R13申请申请为2012年5月15日至18日在波特兰市中心滨水万豪酒店举行的2012年国际综合医学与健康研究大会提供支持。本次会议由整合医学学术健康中心联盟（CAHCIM）赞助，该联盟目前代表美国和加拿大的46个学术健康中心，其项目侧重于教育、研究和临床提供补充疗法和整合医学模型。会议的主办地点是俄勒冈健康科学大学（OHSU），它是CAHCIM的成员之一。OHSU也是波特兰独特的机构组织——俄勒冈综合医学合作组织的成员，该组织包括针灸和东方医学、脊椎指压疗法、自然疗法以及对抗疗法医学院。本次研究会议旨在通过主题演讲和全体会议演讲、海报、专题讨论会和讲习班，展示涉及补充和综合医学疗法的原创科学研究。基础科学研究人员、临床和卫生服务研究人员将介绍通过同行评审过程选出的原创研究和适度的小组报告。在该领域的领导者将被邀请提供主题演讲，并主持同步研究报告。会议的计划由组织委员会监督，该委员会由六个委员会的主席组成（计划、科学审查、财务、筹款、通信和当地后勤，并与联盟的执行委员会和指导委员会联络）。委员会的主席和成员是来自美国、加拿大和欧洲的传统医学研究界和补充医学研究界的领导人，包括受资助的研究人员、综合中心主任、教育工作者和政策研究人员。计划委员会将确定会议的主题，并选出五位主题演讲者。将征求会议（专题讨论会，专题讨论和讲习班）的建议，以及提交研究摘要。所有的论文都将在科学评审委员会的指导下接受同行质量评审。100多名专家评审将由该联盟的研究委员会指定。这将是该联盟主办的第三次科学会议。第一届会议于2006年5月在加拿大埃德蒙顿举行，吸引了来自19个国家的近600名与会者。最近一次会议于2009年5月在明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯市举行，来自24个国家的约800名与会者参加了会议。我们的既定目标是在世界范围内加强对综合医疗保健的研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This R13 application requests support for a conference entitled 2012 International Research Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health to be held at Marriott Portland Downtown Waterfront Hotel on May 15-18, 2012. This conference is sponsored by the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (CAHCIM), which currently represents 46 academic health centers in the U.S. and Canada with programs focusing on education, research and clinical delivery of complementary therapies and models of integrative medicine. The site host for the conference is the Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU), a member of CAHCIM. OHSU is also a member of the unique group of institutions within Portland, the Oregon Collaborative for Integrative Medicine, which include schools of acupuncture and oriental medicine, chiropractic, naturopathic medicine, as well as an allopathic medical school. This research conference is meant to showcase by way of keynote and plenary presentations, posters, symposia and workshops, original scientific research involving complementary and integrative medical therapies. Basic science investigators, clinical and health service researchers will present original research and moderate panel presentations selected through a peer-review process. Leaders in the field will be invited to provide keynote addresses and to moderate concurrent research presentations. The planning for the conference is overseen by the Organizing Committee, composed of the chairs of six committees (Program, Scientific Review, Finance, Fundraising, Communications, and Local Logistics, with liaison to the Consortium's Executive and Steering Committees). The chairs and members of the committees are leaders from the conventional and complementary medical research communities of the United States, Canada and Europe, including funded investigators, directors of integrative centers, educators and policy researchers. The Program Committee will determine the themes for the conference and select five keynote speakers. Proposals for sessions (symposia, featured discussions and workshops) will be solicited, as will submission of research abstracts. All will undergo peer-review for quality in a process conducted by the Scientific Review Committee. Over 100 expert reviewers will be named, by a process governed by the Consortium's Research Committee. This will be the third scientific conference sponsored by the Consortium. The first was held in Edmonton, AB, Canada in May of 2006 and attracted close to 600 participants from 19 countries. The most recent conference was held in Minneapolis, MN in May 2009 and included approximately 800 participants from 24 countries. Our stated goal is to strengthen research in integrative healthcare around the world. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Public scientific meetings where new peer-reviewed work in presented and discussed are crucial to the advancement of all research disciplines, as they allow scientists, regulators, funders, researchers-in-training to come together in a focused setting to explore data from important recent work in their respective disciplines, address issues of common concern, and provide much-needed peer-review regarding the emerging knowledge and understanding. The general public benefits enormously by way of the improved therapeutic and other scientific advances that make their first appearance at these meetings. NIH support of this particular research conference in 2006 and 2009 has been critical in allowing them to extend the benefits of attending to a larger and more diverse audience, and especially to students and fellows in training.