Celebrating 30 Years

Transforming Health Together

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NIH OBSSR Director’s Webinar

How Responsible Use of Mobile Device Data Can Advance Our Understanding of Fertility

October 22, 2025, 11:00 a.m. ET
Jenna Nobles, Ph.D., will discuss how pregnancy success is sensitive to social, economic, and environmental exposures and that our understanding of these relationships can be advanced significantly through responsible use of mobile device data. Understanding the upstream drivers of pregnancy success has implications for how we interpret, provide support for, and reduce infertility and miscarriage.

News and Events

OBSSR Connector September Newsletter

Explore the latest updates from the office, including upcoming events, announcements, recent research findings, funding opportunities, and additional resources.

Director's Spotlight

Director’s Spotlight: School Health and Bullying

This month’s OBSSR Director’s Spotlight focuses on “back to school” and discusses the impact of school health and bullying on youth. Courtney F. Aklin, Ph.D., Acting Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), and Alison N. Cernich, Ph.D., Acting Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), co-authored this spotlight on the significant activities and accomplishments of coordinated research efforts at NIH.

BSSR Accomplishments