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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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Wendy J. Nilsen, Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator
Wendy J. Nilsen, Ph.D. joined NIH’s Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research in June 2009 as a health science administrator. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology) at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. At OBSSR, Nilsen will focus on the science of behavior change.
Dr. Nilsen received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Purdue University. She also completed a National Research and Service Award post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Rochester. Her training in clinical psychology focused on developmental psychopathology with an emphasis on child maltreatment and family systems. Because of the policy implications of her research, in 2007, she also completed a multi-disciplinary leadership fellowship with Zero-to-Three targeting the needs of maltreated young children.
Dr. Nilsen’s research has focused on the psychological and social functioning of children and families involved in the child welfare (Child Protective Services and foster care) and court systems. She has been the principal investigator on multiple studies, including a Patient-Oriented Career Award from the National Institute of Mental Health. Active research areas include: interventions to improve the functioning of school-age youth in foster care, evaluation of community-based child abuse programs, cross-cultural assessments of childhood sexual abuse and the relationship between trauma exposure, family functioning and current psychological status. Her work also includes the co-authorship of a text of child and adolescent psychopathology.
In New York State, Dr. Nilsen has also been an active member of numerous committees targeting the lives of children and families in child welfare and the court system. In 2007, she was appointed to serve on the New York State Citizen’s Commission, which provides congressionally-mandated oversight for the child welfare system. She also was the co-leader of the Babies Can’t Wait/Teens Won’t Wait program, which is a continuing education program focusing on the needs of maltreated children and adolescents to legal professionals in seven counties in New York State. Dr. Nilsen has also provided content expertise to multiple New York State Office of Children and Family Services initiatives including the best-practices visitation manual and the development of a Child Protective Service parent, peer mentoring program.
Contact Details
Email: nilsenwj@od.nih.gov
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