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NIH Opportunity Network to Expand Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OppNet)
November 18, 2009
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., today announced the launch of the Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network (OppNet).

NIH’s Role in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
NIH is well positioned to fund the best science in pursuit of improving the length and the quality of the lives of our citizens, while at the same time stimulating the economy.

May 3-8, 2009
OBSSR Holds First Institute on Systems Science and Health

OBSSR and CDC teamed up to produce the first Institute on Systems Science and Health (ISSH) which was held May 3-8, 2009.

March 06, 2009
OBSSR Hosts Conference on Dissemination, Implementation

Harvard Medical School’s
Dr. Jim Yong Kim

As a way to improve public health in a battered world, understanding poverty counts as much as knowing how proteins fold.

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November 20, 2009,
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
The Challenges and Opportunities of Interdisciplinary Research: The Case of Genetics and Demography

December 2, 2009,
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m
SYMPOSIUM #2: EDUCATION

March 15 – 16, 2010
3rd Annual NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation: Methods and Measurement

Registration now open until February 12, 2010

July 11-23, 2010
9th Annual Summer Institute on Design and Conduct of Randomized Clinical Trials (RCT) Involving Behavioral Interventions,

Application Deadline: January 15, 2010

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Journal Articles

Recent articles from the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

The Scientific Foundation for Personal Genomics: Recommendations from a National Institutes of Health–Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Multidisciplinary Workshop , August 2009
Muin J. Khoury, MD, PhD, Colleen McBride, PhD, Sheri D. Schully, PhD, John P. A. Ioannidis, MD, PhD, W. Gregory Feero, MD, PhD, A. Cecile J. W. Janssens, PhD, Marta Gwinn, MD, MPH, Denise G. Simons-Morton, MD, PhD, Jay M. Bernhardt, PhD, Michele Cargill, PhD, Stephen J. Chanock, MD, George M. Church, PhD, Ralph J. Coates, PhD, Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, Robert T. Croyle, PhD, Barry R. Davis, MD, PhD, Gregory J. Downing, PhD, DO, Amy DuRoss, MBA, Susan Friedman, DVM, Mitchell H. Gail, PhD, Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, MD, PhD, Robert C. Green, MD, MPH, Mark H. Greene, MD, Philip Greenland, MD, Jeffrey R. Gulcher, MD, PhD, Andro Hsu, PhD, Kathy L. Hudson, PhD, Sharon L. R. Kardia, PhD, Paul L. Kimmel, MD, Michael S. Lauer, MD, Amy M. Miller, PhD, Kenneth Offit, MD, MPH, David F. Ransohoff, MD, H. Scott Roberts, PhD, Rebekah S. Rasooly, PhD, Kari Stefansson, MD, Sharon F. Terry, MA, Steven M. Teutsch, MD, Angela Trepanier, MS, Kay L. Wanke, PhD, MPH, John S. Witte, PhD, and Jianfeng Xu, MD, DrPH, Genetics in Medicine, Volume 11, Number 8

Developmental Systems Meets Developmental Science, July 2009
Jennifer Brown Urban, SSHD Issues in Development

Special Issue on Light and Intermittent Smokers, February 2009
OBSSR, NCI, NIDA, and the American Legacy Foundation, Nicotine and Tobacco Research, Volume 11, Number 2.

Immigration, health care access, and recent cancer tests among Mexican-Americans in California, December 2008
Nancy Breen, Sowmya R. Rao, and Helen I. Meissner, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Occupational practices and the making of health news: A national survey of US health and medical science journalists, December 2008
K. Viswanath, Kelly D. Blake, Helen I. Meissner, Nicole Gottlieb Saiontz, Corey Mull, Carol S. Freeman, Bradford Hesse, and Robert T. Croyle, Journal of Health Communication, Volume 13, Issue 8

Public health genomics: Translating obesity genomics research into population health benefits, November 2008
Tanya Agurs-Collins, Muin J. Khoury, Denise Simon-Morton, Deborah H. Olster, Jennifer R. Harris and John A. Milner, Obesity, Volume 16(Supplement 3)

Does Patient Health and Hysterectomy Status Influence Cervical Cancer Screening in Older Women?, November 2008
Helen I. Meissner, PhD, Jasmin A. Tiro, PhD, MPH, David Haggstrom, MD, MAS, Grace Lu-Yao, PhD, and Nancy Breen, PhD, Journal of General Internal Medicine

Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening Through Research in Primary Care Settings, September 2008
Carrie N. Klabunde, PhD, David Lanier, MD, Helen I. Meissner, PhD, Erica S. Breslau, PhD, and Martin L. Brown, PhD, Medical Care, Volume 46, Number 9 Supplement 1

Behavioral and Social Science Contributions to Preventing Teen Motor Crashes, September 2008
Dara R. Blachman, PhD and David Abrams, PhD, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 35, Number 3S

Interdisciplinarity and Systems Science to Improve Population Health A View from the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, August 2008
Patricia L. Mabry, PhD, Deborah H. Olster, PhD, Glen D. Morgan, PhD and David B. Abrams, PhD, American Journal of Preventive Medicine

A new wave of behavioral change intervention research, April 2005
Susan D. Solomon, Annals of Behavioral Medicine (Special Supplement Issue On the Behavioral Change Consortium)

Commentary: Social Science and Health Research: Growth at the NIH, American: Journal of Public Health, January 2004
C. Bachrach and Ronald P. Abeles, American Journal of Public Health, Volume 94, No. 1, page 22-28

Spirituality, Religion, and Health: An Emerging Research Field, January 2003
William R. Miller and Carl E. Thoresen, American Psychologist, Volume 58, No. 1, page 24-35

Racial/Ethnic Bias and Health: Scientific Evidence, Methods, and Research Implications, February 2003
Linda Rae Murray, MD, MPH, American Journal of Public Health, Volume 93, Issue 2

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