Translational Research on Child Neglect Consortium Annual Meeting

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HOLD THE DATE!!!

Announcing the First Annual Meeting of the Translational Research on 
Child Neglect Consortium (TRCNC)

September 24-25, 2007

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

The Translational Research on Child Neglect Consortium (TRCNC) has 
been awarded a grant to continue the preliminary effort created by 
federal program staff to bring disparate fields together to tackle the 
public health issue of child neglect by advancing translational 
science as part of the Federal Child Neglect Research Consortium (for 
more information see: 
http://obssr.od.nih.gov/Content/Research/Request_for_Applications_
(RFAs)/Child_neglect_RFA.htm ).  Through this next generation of 
research collaborations, participants at the TRCNC meeting will 
include members of the original Federal Child Neglect Research 
Consortium, invited guest speakers, federal partners, diverse 
postdoctoral fellows, early career faculty and interested community 
partners. 

The goals of the annual TRCNC meetings are to: 

* Serve as a catalyst for continued innovation in research on child 
neglect; 
* Provide special mentoring opportunities for postdoctoral fellows and 
members from underrepresented groups (including women and 
racial/ethnic minorities) as well as opportunities for new 
investigators to attend the annual meetings and develop strong 
research career trajectories in research on child neglect; 
* Stimulate the exchange of ideas and research findings, permitting 
cross-fertilization among researchers from different disciplines to 
decrease the well-documented risk for adverse mental and physical 
health outcomes and impairments affecting large numbers of neglected 
children and families across the developmental life span; 
* Facilitate community outreach through dissemination activities 
including webcasts of invited speaker presentations and through 
community collaborations at local, state, and federal levels (where 
possible) to foster dissemination of research findings and translate 
science to "real world" settings. 

2007 Meeting Topic:  Neurobiological Consequences of Neglect 

Dates:  September 24- 25, 2007

Location: Duke University Medical Center, Healthy Childhood Brain 
Development Research Program and Sanford Institute on Public Policy, 
Durham, North Carolina

Hosts:  Michael DeBellis, M.D., MPH., and Kenneth Dodge, Ph.D.

The 2007 TRCNC meeting will focus on the extent to which assessing the 
neurobiology of stress and negative emotionality may help to explicate 
pathways through which early experiences impact the development of 
emotional and behavioral problems among children who have experienced 
neglect.  Invited speakers will examine the impact of early neglect 
and deprivation on stress and emotion as well as on the capacity of 
supportive caregiving to foster recovery from early adversity.  
Presentations will describe research based on nonhuman studies, as 
well as research on children reared in institutions, and those 
neglected in their families of origin.  Members of the Federal Child 
Neglect Research Consortium will also make scientific presentations, 
since a number of the grants include assessments of neurobiological 
consequences of childhood neglect.  

To participate in the meeting on Translational Research on Child 
Neglect:

Registration (Deadline:  August 1, 2007)

Hotel room reservation (Deadline:  August 1, 2007)  

For information about registration and hotel room reservations, 
contact Erika Layko via email to ehlayko@duke.edu or by phone at 919-
613-9350.   

Young Scholar Travel Awards:   One of the goals of this annual 
conference is to expand the population of child neglect scientists and 
improve the retention of young scientists trained in the field.  To 
this end, a Young Scholar Travel Grant program is available to support 
the participation of young child neglect researchers (predoctoral, 
postdoctoral, and young investigators) who wish to attend the 
meeting.  Special emphasis will be placed on support for young 
scientists from underrepresented groups, including women and racial 
and ethnic minorities.   Information about how to apply for one of the 
Young Scholar Travel Awards will be provided in a separate 
announcement to follow.   

We encourage participation and involvement of women, minorities, and 
persons with disabilities and special accommodations may be available. 

Funding for the Translational Research on Child Neglect Consortium 
conference is  made possible (in part) by Grant # R13 MH07586 from 
National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, DHHS; with co-funding from 
the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, 
DHHS and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, NIH, 
DHHS. The views expressed in written conference materials or 
publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect 
the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; 
nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or 
organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.