Racism, prejudice, and discrimination have been indelible sins of our country since its founding. Throughout our history, our collective failure to live up to the declaration that all are created equal has simmered and f ...
Director's Voice
Reflections on 2020 and the Role of Behavioral and Social Sciences
While reflecting on 2020, I looked at my schedule for January and February of last year. It included many in-person meetings, including the pain measurement meeting we held in February, 2020, as well as blocks of time to ...
NIH Releases Report Summarizing Research on Vaccine Communication
The FDA is poised to approve two new vaccines for coronavirus this month, and advance preparations have been made to deploy these vaccines as rapidly as possible once approved. It is a triumph of science that less than a ...
Expanding the Role of the Behavioral and Social Sciences in Population Health: OBSSR 2011–2014
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 fourth Director, Robert Kaplan, Ph.D. It was a great honor to serve as t ...
NIH Behavioral and Social Science COVID-19 Research Funding
Halfway through this 2020 Fiscal Year (FY), we experienced a global pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, that has thus far resulted in over 34 million cases (over 7 million in the US) and over one million deaths (over 200,000 in the US ...
Expanding the Reach and Impact of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research: OBSSR 2005-2008
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 third Director, David Abrams, Ph.D. ...
OBSSR launches the Training in Advanced Data and Analytics for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (TADA-BSSR) Program
OBSSR awarded grants for its five year data science T32 training program. ...
Celebrating 25 Years of the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
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 ...
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. ...
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