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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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Home > About OBSSR > Staff
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Christine A. Bachrach, Ph.D.
Acting Director
Christine A. Bachrach, Ph.D., has been appointed Acting Director for Behavioral
and Social Sciences Research, NIH, and Acting Director, Office of Behavioral and Social
Sciences Research. Following David Abrams' departure from NIH, Dr. Bachrach
began serving in this position on April 7, 2008.
Dr. Bachrach has worked in the Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch in NICHD's
Center for Population Research since 1988, first as a statistician/demographer
and since June 1992 as chief of the branch. She came to the NIH and NICHD
from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. She was a long-time member of the
NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Coordinating Committee and a founder
and co-chair of the NICHD Consortium for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research.
Other activities at NIH have included oversight of the National Longitudinal
Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), co-chairing the 2000 NIH Conference,
“Toward Higher Levels of Analysis: Progress and Promise in Research on Social and
Cultural Dimensions of Health”, and co-chairing the Social Environment Working Group of
the National Children's Study.
Christine Bachrach received her Ph.D. in Population Dynamics from John Hopkins
University, School of Hygiene and Public Health. Her own research has examined a
variety of topics related to the family, including fertility,
contraceptive use, sexual behavior, cohabitation, and adoption.
Contact Details
Email: cbachrach@nih.gov
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