As we celebrate 25 years of OBSSR, we have asked James M. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, to provide a perspective of OBSSR from NIH leadershi ...
Director's Voice
Promoting Inclusion of the Behavioral and Social Sciences Across the NIH: OBSSR 2000-2003
As we celebrate 25 years of OBSSR, we have asked the former Directors to reflect on their time at OBSSR. This guest blog was authored by OBSSR’s second Director, Raynard Kington, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A. ...
Virtual NIH Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Honors on June 8
This year marks OBSSR’s 25th anniversary and also the first year that we will conduct the Matilda White Riley (MWR) Honors virtually due to the social distancing necessities of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Building a Strong Foundation: The Early Years of OBSSR (1995-2000)
As we celebrate 25 years of OBSSR, we have asked the former Directors to reflect on their time at OBSSR. This guest blog was authored by OBSSR’s first Director, Norman B. Anderson, Ph.D. ...
How to Help People Do What They Need to Do to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19
This blog highlights some of the recent research on how to encourage people to wash their hands and stay home from work when sick. ...
OBSSR Seeks Research Community Input for Next Strategic Plan by March 29, 2020
How time flies! OBSSR released its third strategic plan in September, 2017, and we are already halfway through this five-year plan. OBSSR has organized its functions and activities to achieve the objectives of this strat ...
NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Turns 25
This year, 2020, marks the 25th anniversary of the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) at the National Institutes of Health. OBSSR was enacted by Congress in 1993 and established two years later in ...
Highlights of the 2019 NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival
The fourth NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival was held on December 6, 2019. The festival serves two purposes, to highlight some of the recent behavioral and social science supported by the NIH, and to b ...
Seeking Comments on Draft NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing
The National Institutes of Health is seeking comments on the draft NIH policy for data management and sharing. ...
Social and Behavioral Sciences Key to Research Funded by the NIH HEAL Initiative to Tackle the National Opioid Crisis
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $945 million in total fiscal year 2019 funding for grants, contracts and cooperative agreements across 41 states through the Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative or ...
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