For more than five decades, NICHD has provided both national and international leadership for research involving children, pregnant women, and people with disabilities. In the fields of developmental biology, reproductive health, child development, p…
NIH’s mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and to apply that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability. To achieve this mission, the NIH substantially invests in…
The ABCD Study is a landmark study on brain development and child health that will increase understanding of environmental, social, genetic, and other biological factors that affect brain and cognitive development and can enhance or disrupt a young p…
NIH OBSSR and participating Institutes plan to support another four years of Short Courses on Innovative Methodologies and Approaches in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (RFA-OD-19-012). This program will support educational activities that complem…
The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) was created by Congress in 1993 in recognition of the importance of behavioral and social sciences to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) mission. Over more than two decades, the OBSSR…
On October 10, 2018, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a Request for Information (RFI) in the NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts to solicit public input on proposed key provisions that could serve as the foundation for a future NIH policy…
Over the past six years, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has considered, developed, issued, and begun to implement policies designed to enhance transparency and oversight of the clinical trials it conducts or funds.
When you walk into Elisabeth Murray’s office, you can see a 3D model of the brain belonging to patient H.M. (Henry Gustav Molaison), a man well known by students in psychology and neuroscience. In 1953, surgeons removed his medial temporal lobe in a…
NIH’s Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research has awarded the 2018 NIH Matilda White Riley Distinguished Lecture Award to Terrie Moffitt, Ph.D., the Nannerl O. Keohane University Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University.…
Childhood Obesity published six papers highlighting findings from the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research’s (NCCOR) Childhood Obesity Declines project.
