Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Technical Assistance 
 Workshop, February 29, 2008, Bethesda, MD.

NIH Conference on Understanding and Reducing Disparities in Health, October 23-24, 2006, Bethesda, MD. 

Seventh Annual Summer Training Institute on Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions, July 15-27, 2007, Airlie, VA.

OBSSR 10th Anniversary: Celebrating a Decade of Progress and Promise, June 21-22, 2006, Bethesda, MD.

Supported the Sixth Annual Summer Training Institute on Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions, July 9-21, 2006, Airlie, VA.

Summer Institute on Design and Development of Quantitative Research on Social Work Interventions in Health  July 23-28 2006, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
 

Supported the Fifth Annual Summer Training Institute on Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions, July 24- August 5, 2005, Airlie, VA.

NIH Summer Institute on Behavioral and Social Intervention Research, July18-22, 2005, Washington, DC.
 

Sponsorship of the Workplace Strategies and Interventions for Improving Health and Well-Being Conference, April 14-15, 2004, Baltimore, MD.
 

Work and Health Disparities Workshop, April 28, 2004, NIH Main Campus.  Co-sponsored with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
 

Conference on eHealth Evaluation Research Opportunities: A Dialogue, April 30, 2004, NIH Main Campus.  Co-sponsored with the Health e-Technologies Initiative, a national program office of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
 

Research Designs for Complex, Multi-level Health Interventions and Programs Workshop, May 4-5, 2004, NIH Main Campus.  Co-sponsored with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with additional support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
 

Supported the Symposium on Mindfulness Meditation and Health, May 27, 2004, NIH Main Campus.  Organized by the NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Coordinating Committee (BSSR CC).
 

Supported the Fourth Annual Summer Training Institute on Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions, July 11-23, 2004, Airlie, VA.
 

Supported the NIH Summer Institute: The Design and Conduct of Qualitative and Mixed-Method Research in Social Work and Other Health Professions, August 4-8, 2004, Washington, DC.
 

Sponsorship of the Workforce/Workplace Mismatch?  Work, Family, Health and Well-Being Conference, June 16-18, 2003.
 

Organized and supported the Third Annual Summer Training Institute on Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions, July 20 to August 1, 2003, Airlie, VA.
 

Allostatic Load and the Response to Traumatic Injury Workshop, March 20-21, 2003, NIH Main Campus.  Co-sponsored with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).
 

NIH Staff Symposium Series on Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions, January - June, 2003, Bethesda, MD.
 

Organized and supported Racial/Ethnic Bias and Health: Scientific Evidence, Methods, and Research Implications Conference, April, 2002.  Papers from the conference were published in the American Journal of Public Health, February 2003, Volume 93, Issue 2.
 

Sponsorship of a Symposium and Working Group on New Directions in Adherence Research: Using Qualitative Methods to Promote Self-Care in Diverse Populations, June 3-4, 2002.
 

Sponsorship of Interdisciplinary Training in the Behavioral, Social and Biomedical Sciences Workshop, July 18, 2002.
 

Organized and supported the Second Annual Summer Training Institute on Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions, July 28 to August 9, 2002, Airlie, VA.
 

Economic Perspectives on Health Disparities Symposium, December 10, 2001, Natcher Conference Center, National Institutes of Health. Organized and co-sponsored with  the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities.   Papers from the symposium will be published as journal articles. Contact: Ms. Dana Sampson.

Organized and supported the Summer Training Institute on Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions, July 29 to August 10, 2001, Airlie, VA.

Conference on Depression and Mental Disorders in Patients with Diabetes, Renal Disease, and Obesity/Eating Disorders, January 29-30, 2001, Bethesda, MD.  Co-sponsored and supported with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
 

Sponsorship of Toward Higher Levels of Analysis: Progress and Promise in Research on Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health Conference. The Executive Summary is available for downloading. (You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the file. This is a large file: 2600 KB)
 

Co-sponsored  Socioeconomic Status and Health in Industrial Nations: Social, Psychological and Biological Pathways Conference with the New York Academy of Sciences. (See Nancy E. Adler, Michael Marmot, Bruce S. McEwen, and Judith Stewart (eds.), "Socioeocnomic Status and Health in Industrial Nations," Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 896, 1999)

Behavioral Science Research in Diabetes Conference.  Co-sponsored with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).

Biology of Stress Symposium, February 4, 1999.   Co-sponsored with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).

Sponsored a workshop to review the state of the science on the relationship between spirituality and health (report available in early 2003)

Sponsorship of Qualitative Methods in Health Research Workshop, October 1, 1999 (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). Published report with recommendations on preparing grant applications involving qualitative methods.
 

Development, in collaboration with the NIH Office of Disease Prevention, of the Preventive Intervention Research at the Crossroads: Contributions and Opportunities from the Behavioral and Social Sciences Conference, November 5-6, 1998.

Sponsorship of the Bridging Biology and Behavior: The Influence of Maternal Care on the Development of Behavioral and Endocrine Responses to Stress, December 3, 1998.
 

Development of The Science of Self-Report Conference,  November 7-8, 1996.

Substance Abuse and AIDS: Research from the Behavioral and Social Sciences Conference, July 31, 1997.  Co-sponsored with the NIH Office of AIDS Research and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
 

Creating New Paradigms for Collaboration in Biology, Oral Clinical Research and the Sociobehavioral Sciences Conference, October 24, 1996.  Co-sponsored with the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR).

Sponsorship of the NIH Behavioral and Social Science Seminar Series (ongoing program).