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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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Helen I. Meissner, ScM, PhD
Senior Advisor
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Helen Meissner, Sc.M., Ph.D. was recently named senior advisor in the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
where she is responsible for public health and population science based initiatives. Prior to joining OBSSR in October 2008, Dr.
Meissner served as chief of the National Cancer Institute's Applied Cancer Screening Research Branch where she provided scientific
leadership in support of social, behavioral and communications research to promote the use of effective cancer screening tests in both
community and clinical practice.
Dr. Meissner's research interests include psychosocial, socioeconomic and environmental influences on health behavior, development of
methods and refinement of measures to improve evaluation of behavioral interventions and health disparities. She has over 60
peer-reviewed publications, and serves as an associate editor for Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention. Dr. Meissner has
served on many NIH, scientific and professional organization committees including the NCI Extramural Advisory Board and the American
Association for Cancer Research Task Force on Behavioral Science. She has been recognized with four NIH Merit Awards, a Public Health
Service Special Recognition Award and a Department of Health and Human Services Special Service Award.
Prior to joining NCI in 1988, Dr. Meissner was employed at the American Public Health Association where she provided technical
assistance to State and local health departments in their efforts to plan, implement and evaluate community preventive health
services programs.
Dr. Meissner received both her Sc.M. in Public Health Education and her Ph.D. in Social and Behavioral Sciences from the Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Contact Details
Email: meissneh@mail.nih.gov
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