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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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Deborah H. Olster, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
Deborah Olster is Deputy Director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Previously, she was Professor of Psychology at
the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she maintained an active research
program focused on the neuroendocrine control of reproduction, with an emphasis on
reproductive behaviors. With support from the NIH and the National Science Foundation (NSF), she has investigated
seasonal and pubertal transitions in reproductive function, sexual motivation,
and reproductive dysfunction related to stress, obesity and under-nutrition, using
a variety of animal models. She has also collaborated on research projects related
to stress hormones and human behaviors, the regulation of food intake and body temperature
in laboratory animals and color perception and seasonal sexual displays in Australian bowerbirds.
Dr. Olster earned a PhD in Physiology from The University of Michigan, after which she
did postdoctoral work in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and in the Department of
Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She was an American
Association for the Advancement of Science/NSF Science and Technology
Policy Fellow in 2000-2001, where contributed to the development of NSF
research programs in Cognitive Neuroscience and the Science of Learning. Since joining OBSSR in
2002, she has been active in several trans-NIH activities, including the
NIH Roadmap for Medical Research and the Genes and Environment Initiative, developing programs
at the intersection of the biological, behavioral and social sciences.
Contact Details
Email:
olsterd@od.nih.gov
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