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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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Kay Wanke, PhD, MPH
Health Scientist Administrator
Dr. Kay Wanke, PhD, MPH, joined the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research in July 2008. Previously she served as a health scientist administrator in the Epidemiology Branch in the Division of Epidemiology, Prevention and Services Research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Dr. Wanke received her PhD in clinical psychology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and completed her pre-doctoral internship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. Her training in clinical psychology includes child psychology, forensic psychology, substance abuse, serious mental illness, marriage and family therapy, and developmental and neuropsychological assessment. She initially came to NIH in 2001 after being selected to the Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). While in that fellowship, she completed her MPH at the Harvard School of Public Health. In addition, while at NCI, she received further training in tobacco control, genetics and behavioral genetics.
At NIDA, Dr. Wanke’s portfolio of grants covered the areas of tobacco, genetic and behavioral epidemiology, and novel and improved phenotypes of tobacco and other drugs of abuse. She led a trans-NIH funding opportunity as part of the Genes, Environment and Health Initiative for the development of innovative technologies for measurement of psychosocial stress and addictive substances. She has also served on a number of working groups and committees including the NIDA Genetics Consortium Steering Committee.
Dr. Wanke’s research has covered a variety of topics including tobacco use and depression, factors associated with adherence, strategies to improve smoking phenotype definition and behavioral genetics of smoking cessation.
Contact Details
Email: wankek@mail.nih.gov
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