2011 Malaria Gordon Research Conference

描述(由申请者提供)：2011年关于疟疾的戈登研究会议(GRC)将集中讨论“控制和根除背后的科学”。GRC将提供一个论坛，讨论疟疾的前沿基础和应用研究，重点是制定和实施旨在治疗、控制和根除疟疾的措施。这将通过邀请在疟疾研究的不同领域或传统疟疾研究领域以外的领域工作的全球领导人来实现，这些领域可以激发解决疟疾问题的新思维和新方法。疟疾全球研究中心的目标是：目标1--突出疟疾流行病学、模型、免疫学和发病机制方面的最新进展，了解它们与疟疾控制和消除的相关性，并讨论这些见解如何揭示控制和根除目标之间的冲突。目标2--将重点放在尖端技术和未来技术上，这些技术将加速研究，是实现疟疾控制和根除的宏伟目标所必需的。目标3-吸引来自不同学科的最优秀的研究人员，并寻求智力上的交叉培养，从而为研究和干预带来新的想法。目标4-提供一个激励学生、博士后和初级研究人员与该领域最优秀的人一起展示和讨论他们的研究的环境。2011年关于疟疾的戈登会议将汇集来自不同学科的科学家，包括数学建模、系统生物学、媒介生物学、免疫学和发病机制，讨论疟疾控制和根除的科学和前景。在GRC为期五天的每一天中，与会者都将聚集在一起，参加三项共同的活动，即上午和晚上的全体会议以及下午的海报会议。全体会议有充足的讨论时间，下午和晚上有大量的自由时间供与会者即兴聚在一起。与会者(约200人)将是高级和初级调查人员、博士后和来自学术、联邦机构和行业的研究生。通过向盖茨基金会寻求具体的旅行/住宿资金，将鼓励疾病流行国家的参与。GRC的政策是不公布会议记录，以鼓励公开交换未公布的数据。 与公共卫生相关：2011年疟疾全球研究中心将汇集来自多个不同学科的科学家，聚焦于“疟疾控制和根除背后的科学”。根除疟疾现在是包括美国政府在内的许多组织的战略优先事项，但需要新的技术和工具来实现这一雄心勃勃的公共卫生目标。本次会议将强调具有不同背景的科学家之间的互动，以及关于疟疾和先进技术的最新介绍，以鼓励新的思维和新的合作，从而提供未来控制和根除疟疾所需的工具。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Malaria in 2011 will focus on "The Science behind Control and Eradication". GRC will provide a forum to discuss cutting edge basic and applied research on malaria, with an emphasis on the development and implementation of measures intended to treat, control, and eradicate malaria. This will be accomplished by inviting global leaders working in different areas of malaria research, or in fields outside the traditional malaria research areas that can stimulate new thinking and approaches to the malaria problem. The Aims of the Malaria GRC are: Aim 1 - to highlight the latest advances in malaria epidemiology, modeling, immunology and pathogenesis, to understand their relevance to malaria control and elimination, and discuss how these insights might reveal conflicts between the goals of control and eradication. Aim 2 - to focus on cutting edge and future technologies that will accelerate research and be required for the ambitious goals of malaria control and eradication. Aim 3 - to attract the best researchers from a diverse array of disciplines, and to seek intellectual cross- fertilization that will lead to new ideas for research and interventions. Aim 4 - to provide a stimulating environment where students, postdocs and junior investigators can present and discuss their research with the best minds in the field. The 2011 Gordon conference on malaria will bring together scientists from diverse disciplines, including mathematical modeling, systems biology, vector biology, immunology and pathogenesis, to discuss the science and prospects for malaria control and eradication. During each of the five days of the GRC the attendees will assemble for three common activities, namely morning and evening plenary sessions and the afternoon poster session. Ample discussion time is incorporated in the plenary sessions and there is a generous amount of free time in the afternoons and in the evenings for attendees to get together in an impromptu fashion. The attendees (about 200) will be senior and junior investigators, post-docs and graduate students from academic and federal institutions and industry. Participation from disease endemic countries will be encouraged via specific travel/accommodation funds being sought from the Gates Foundation. It is the policy of GRC that there are no published proceedings in order to encourage open exchange of unpublished data. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The 2011 Malaria GRC will bring together scientists from many diverse disciplines to focus on "The Science behind Malaria Control and Eradication". Malaria eradication is now a strategic priority of many organizations including the US government, but new technologies and tools are needed to achieve this ambitious public health. This meeting will emphasize interactions between scientists with diverse backgrounds, as well as state- of-the-art presentations on malaria and advanced technologies, in order to stimulate new thinking and new collaborations that will deliver the future tools required for malaria control and eradication.