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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

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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Calendar

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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Videocasts


The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) sponsors several Lectures and Seminars covering topics related to the behavioral and social sciences. Many OBSSR sponsored lectures are videocast and available on the BSSR Lecture Series videocast page: http://videocast.nih.gov/PastEvents.asp?c=82. The videocasts are free of charge, open to the general public and posted approximately one week after the lecture concludes.

To learn more please visit the Web page at http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/nihpodcast.htm

2009 Dissemination and Implementation Conference

The goal of this conference was for the research community to exchange ideas, explore contemporary topics and identify concepts, methods and strategies to build research and organizational capacity for dissemination and implementation science. For more information, please visit the conference Web site.
Opening Plenary: Bridging the Implementation Gap in Global Health, Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Jim Yong Kim M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Medical Schoool, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human, Harvard School of Public Health

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**Slides available as .pdf files at here.
Infrastructure Panel, Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Lloyd Michener, MD, Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA)
Mark Hornbrook, PhD, HMO Research Network  **Slides available as .pdf files at here.
Ahmed Calvo, MD, MPH, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Eduardo J. Simoes, MD, MSc, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Linda Wright, MD, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)  **Slides available as .pdf files at here.

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Closing Plenary: Beyond Dissemination and Implementation Research: Integrating Evidence and Action, Thursday, January 29, 2009

Roy Cameron, PhD, Center for Behavioral Research and Program Evaluation

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**Slides available as .pdf files at here.

Behavioral and Social Sciences Lecture Series

Below are videocasts of the most recent lectures in the Behavioral Social Sciences Research Lecture Series. Videocasts of previous lectures are found on the NIH Videocasting page. For a full list of previous lectures in this series please visit the Archives page.

Behavioral Economics and Health, Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir, Katherine Baicker, William Congdon, Gregory Mills and Lisa Gennetian
Total Running Time: 01:26:56

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Using Communication Research to Design Effective Messages for Public Health: The cases of HPV vaccine and anti-smoking PSAs, Monday, June 15, 2009

Joseph N. Cappella, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Total Running Time: 01:02:30

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Building a Bridge: Transitional Programs from the Criminal Justice to the Community Setting for HIV+ Drug Users, Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Frederick L. Altice, M.D., Yale University
Total Running Time: 01:13:15

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Aging Well: Promoting Cognitive and Functional Health, Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Margie Lachman, Ph.D., Brandeis University
Total Running Time: 01:01:36

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Systems Science Videocasts and Slide Presentations

First Annual Workshop on Dynamic Modelling for Health Policy: Obesity and Obesity Related Chronic Disease, July 22-24, 2009

sponsored by the Lupina Foundation, OBSSR, and the University of Saskatchewan

**Slides and other reference info available as .pdf files here.
Systems Methodologies for Solving Real-World Problems: Applications in Public Health Thursday, March 22, 2007

Patty Mabry, Ph.D., Bobby Milstein, Ph.D., M.P.H., John Sterman, Ph.D. and Ken McLeroy, Ph.D.
Total Running Time: 02:08:59

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**Sorry, slides not available for this lecture
Systems Network Analysis: Using Connections and Structures to Understand and Change Health Behaviors, Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Katherine Faust, University of California and Thomas Valente, University of Southern California
Total Running Time: 02:01:33

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**Slides and other reference info available as .pdf files here.
Agent Based Modeling: Population Health from the Bottom Up, Friday, July 13, 2007

Joshua Epstein and Michael Macy
Total Running Time: 01:57:55

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**Slides available as .pdf files at here.
System Dynamics Modeling: Population Flows, Feedback Loops and Health, Thursday, August 30, 2007

Jack Homer, Homer Consulting and George Richardson, State University of New York
Total Running Time: 02:04:40

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**Slides available as .pdf files at here.

Other Videocasts

Person-to-Person Spread of Health Behaviors in a Large Social Network, Thursday, March 20, 2008

Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH, Harvard Medical School
Total Running Time: 01:07:19

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Complex Systems Approaches to Population Health - Day 1 , Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Total Running Time: 06:16:19

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Complex Systems Approaches to Population Health - Day 2 , Thursday, May 31, 2007

Total Running Time: 06:25:38

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Modeling Social Behavior (Day 1), Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Total Running Time: 240 minutes

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Modeling Social Behavior (Day 2), Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Total Running Time: 570 minutes

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