Wednesday, January 15, 2025
1/15/2025
Summary The 17th Annual CounterACT Network Research Symposium is designed to provide scientists working across the chemical countermeasure field with the latest research findings on the mechanisms of chemical threats, the identification or development of novel countermeasures and their translation to relevant clinical scenarios. This research conference has been held annually since 2007 and is the main venue for interactions among the scientists funded by the successful NIH CounterACT Program. The symposium brings together an emerging set of trainees in this important scientific area and a range of external investigators with closely aligned interests from federal agencies and potential industrial partners. There are also a number of guests from other countermeasure programs across the world and consultants from relevant Federal programs in attendance. The meeting is internationally known for the high-quality, cutting-edge nature of the science presented and has a track record of progressive growth over the last 16 years with the strategic funding and oversight from the CounterACT program. The 17th Annual CounterACT Symposium will be held June 3-5, 2023 in Park City, UT. The program for the meeting described in this application has been assembled around the themes permeating the NIH CounterACT Network, which have collectively changed the way we think about the breadth and pace of discovery and development for countermeasures against existing and emerging chemical threats. In addition to the Core sessions, where progress in each funded project will be presented, we have also included Plenary sessions designed to highlight the trajectory of the program as an exemplar of systematic approaches to understanding the interactions between environmental chemicals and human mortality or morbidity. To complete the program and to continue to develop a cadre of emerging investigators in the relevant fields, we have also developed a short Program for trainees designed to: (1) provide them with the basic background on common mechanisms involved in clinical toxidromes to maximize their understanding of the science in the broader conference, (2) receive feedback on their ongoing research projects from experts in the field, and (3) facilitate their interaction with senior members of the countermeasure scientific community to promote the creation of a new generation of countermeasure scientists. We fully anticipate that the scientific discussions, research talks, poster sessions, and other informal interactions between the participants of this conference will contribute to our understanding of the mechanisms of major toxic exposures and the fundamental basis for the identification, development and deployment of relevant countermeasures.
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