Health Scientist Administrator
Email: sydney.o'[email protected]
Phone: 240-276-6950
Brief Biography
Sydney O’Connor, Ph.D., joined OBSSR in September 2022 as a health scientist administrator. She supports OBSSR’s mission to enhance the impact of health-related behavioral and social sciences research, coordinate and integrate these sciences within the larger NIH research enterprise, and communicate health-related behavioral and social sciences research findings.
Sydney’s areas of focus include climate change and health, preventive health behaviors, and behavior adherence and maintenance. Prior to joining OBSSR, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program at the National Cancer Institute, where her research and programmatic activities focused on chrononutrition, weight status, and cancer prevention and control.
Sydney received a B.A. in psychology and linguistics from Northeastern University and a Ph.D. in preventive medicine with a focus on health behavior research from the University of Southern California. Her doctoral work used mHealth approaches—including ecological momentary assessment and actigraphy—to examine environmental, biopsychosocial, and behavioral correlates of weight trajectories among children and families.
