International Conference on Kidney Disease in Disadvantaged Populations

简介(申请人提供)：查尔斯·R·德鲁医科大学建议共同主办第九届弱势群体肾脏疾病国际会议：国际肾脏学会(ISN)/世界肾病大会(WCN)2013将于6月4日至6日在香港举行的卫星会议，以及随后的2015(智利)和2017(待定)WCN会议。这些会议是与弱势群体肾脏健康委员会(CKHDP)共同主办的，CKHDP是ISN全球外联计划的一个小组委员会。CKHDP的使命是改善发展中国家和发达国家的弱势社区的健康，这些社区受到慢性肾脏疾病(CKD)风险因素及其并发症的不成比例的困扰。我们建议使用赠款资金为出席会议的年轻教员和初级研究人员(在科学界代表性不足)提供支持，并在隔年支持会议规划和会议记录的出版。2013年的会议将聚焦于发展中国家的CKD，以及西化国家的少数群体、移民和弱势群体，精心挑选的全球与会者和来自世界各地的抽象演讲，包括美国初级调查人员的发言，重点是支持那些在科学领域传统上代表性不足的人。主要主题将包括慢性肾脏病和终末期肾脏疾病的病因和流行率，以及它们在发展中国家背景下的风险因素和并发症。会议还将重点讨论具有成本效益的创新预防和早期治疗战略。研讨会的首要目标是揭示和促进发展中国家的肾病学家、科学界代表性不足的美国初级教员和知名临床医生/科学家之间的互动，了解与肾脏疾病及其风险因素和并发症有关的困扰全球弱势社区和种族/少数民族群体的新兴问题。组委会将从会议赠款基金中提供最多30个奖学金，以支持选定的获奖者(例如妇女、种族/少数民族、残疾人、传统上在科学界代表性不足的其他个人)参加卫星会议，并提供免费登记和住宿。要有资格获得NIH会议资金，每个获奖者必须为会议提交至少一份摘要，并且是一名来自美国的初级研究员，在科学界的代表性不足。这项申请的目的是：目标1：为传统上在科学界代表性不足的初级研究人员提供更多机会，参加一个卫星研讨会，重点是CKD的预防和弱势社区的早期治疗。目标2：围绕弱势社区创新的慢性肾脏病预防和早期治疗策略，增加知识转移和促进科学发现。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science proposes to co-sponsor the 9th International Conference on Kidney Disease in Disadvantaged Populations: a satellite meeting of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN)/World Congress of Nephrology (WCN) 2013 to be held June 4-6 in Hong Kong, and the subsequent 2015 (Chile) and 2017 (TBD) WCN meetings. These are jointly sponsored meetings with the Committee for Kidney Health in Disadvantaged Populations (CKHDP), a sub-committee of the ISN Global Outreach Program. The mission of CKHDP is to improve the health of disadvantaged communities in both the developing and developed world that suffer disproportionately from chronic kidney disease (CKD) risk factors, CKD, and its complications. We propose to use grant funds to provide support for young faculty and junior investigators (underrepresented in science) attending the meeting, and on alternate years to support conference planning and the publication of conference proceedings. The 2013 meeting will focus on CKD in developing countries, and on minority, migrant, and disadvantaged groups in westernized countries, with carefully selected global participants and abstract presentations from around the world, including by junior US investigators with an emphasis on supporting those traditionally underrepresented in science. Main topics will include etiology and prevalence of CKD and end stage renal disease, as well as their risk factors and complications in the context of developing nations. The conference also will focus on innovative cost effective prevention and early treatment strategies. The symposium's overarching goal is to expose and facilitate interactions between nephrologists from developing countries, US junior faculty underrepresented in science and established clinician/scientists to the burgeoning problems that beset disadvantaged communities and racial/ethnic minority groups worldwide, as related to kidney disease and its risk factors and complications. The organizing committee will provide up to 30 scholarships from conference grant funds to support selected recipients (e.g. women, racial/ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, other individuals who have been traditionally underrepresented in science) to attend the satellite meeting with complimentary registration and accommodations. To be eligible for NIH conference funds, each recipient must submit at least one abstract for the conference and be a junior investigator from the US, underrepresented in science. The objectives of this application are to: Objective 1: Provide increased access for junior investigators traditionally underrepresented in science to attend a satellite symposium focusing on CKD prevention and early treatment in disadvantaged communities. Objective 2: Increase knowledge transfer and stimulate scientific discovery around innovative CKD prevention and early treatment strategies in disadvantaged communities.