Books and Reports

Congressional Reports

• Strategic Plan for Basic Behavioral Research, July 2008
• Scientific Leadership Structure for Basic Behavioral Research, April 2008
• Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at NIH, June 2001, Report to the US Congress on status of behavioral and social sciences research at the NIH
• NIH Report to the US Senate on Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, May 2000

NIH Reports

• The Arts and Aging: Building the Science, February 2013, National Endowment for the Arts, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
• Best Practices for Mixed Methods Research in the Health Sciences, August 2011, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health.
• Behavioral and Social Sciences in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Education: A Workshop Summary, July 2010, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health.
• Behavioral and Social Sciences Training, Education, and Career Development in the Clinical & Translational Science Awards Program: A Workshop Summary, May 2010, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, Clinical & Translational Science Awards Program, National Institutes of Health    Speaker Bios
• Healthier Lives through Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, June 2006, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research,
• Report of the Working Group of the NIH Advisory Committee to the Director on Research Opportunities in the Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences, December 2004
• NIH Plan for Social Work Research, May 2003
• Qualitative Methods in Health Research, December 2001, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health. Bethesda, MD. NIH Publication No. 02-5046
• Toward Higher Levels of Analysis: Progress and Promise in Research on Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health. Executive Summary, September 2001, NIH Publication No. 21-5020
• Putting Evidence into Practice: The OBSSR Report of the Working Group on the Integration of Effective Behavioral Treatments into Clinical Care, Jessie Gruman and Michael Follick (chairs), NIH, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, Bethesda, MD

External BSSR Reports

• Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research in the Federal Context, Report of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Subcommittee on Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, Office of Science and Technology Policy, January 2009
• Health and Behavior: The interplay of biological, behavioral, and societal influences, Committee on Health and Behavior: Research, Practice, and Policy. Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, Institute of Medicine. Washington DC: Washington DC National Academy Press, ISBN 0-309-07030-9
• New Horizons in Health: An Integrative Approach, Burton H. Singer and Carol D. Ryff (eds), Committee on Future Directions for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the National Institutes of Health. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. To view an Executive Summary, click here
• Bridging Disciplines in the Brain, Behavioral, and Clinical Sciences, Terry C. Pellmer and Leon Eisenberg (eds), Washington, DC: National Academy Press
• The Science of Self Report: Implications for Research and Practice, Arthur A. Stone, Jaylan S. Tukkan, Christine A. Bachrach, Mahwah, NY: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates