INTERNATIONAL MEETING

Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Rome, Italy
October 1-3, 2008

The multidisciplinary international meeting “Needs and Challenges in Translational Medicine: Filling the Gap between Basic Research and Clinical Applications” is organized under the auspices of the Italian Ministry of Health and sponsored by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (the Italian National Institute of Health), Alliance against Cancer (Network of the Italian Comprehensive Cancer Centers) and EATRIS (European Advanced Translational Research Infrastructure in Medicine).
 
The primary goal of the meeting is to provide a scientific forum where scientists and experts involved in both laboratory and clinical research in different fields of biomedicine can discuss the recent progress in translational research and the latest scientific discoveries from the laboratory and their translation into clinical applications. Moreover, a particular focus will be devoted to the identification of needs, obstacles and new opportunities to promote translational research in biomedicine.

The scientific programme will cover a broad range of fields including:

• CANCER

• NEUROSCIENCES

• RARE DISEASES

• CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

• INFECTIOUS DISEASES

• AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES

Furthermore, special attention will be given to the discussion of how comprehensive initiatives for addressing critical regulatory issues for “First-In-Man”- Phase I clinical studies can potentially improve the efficiency and quality of biomedical and translational research at an international level.

Brief oral presentations, selected from submitted abstracts, and poster sessions are foreseen to promote the participation of young scientists and stimulate discussion on the latest discoveries, with the aim of encouraging their potential translation into novel clinical applications.