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February 11, 2021
Director's Voice
Addressing Structural Racism to Improve Health. 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 festered, pervasively impacting people of color but largely ignored by white people like me. Periodically, this collective failure to address racism can no longer be contained. George Floyd’s murder last May, and the social unrest that followed, is only the latest manifestation of a serious underlying problem of our society that we can no longer ignore, especially in light of the recently disturbing increases in white supremacy violence.
Research Spotlights
Findings from Recently Published Research
Marijuana use may impair a woman’s fertility
The prevalence of marijuana use continues to rise, with self-reported use nearly doubling among women of reproductive age over the last 20 years, likely due to increasing perceptions of overall safety and acceptability. A recent study, supported by the Intramural Research Program of the NICHD and other funders, investigated if there were differences in conception rates in that women who use marijuana as compared to those who do not.
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Vaccine uptake in sparse verses dense communities
Community vaccinations have been a proven method of saving lives. A study funded by grants from the NIAID, NIDA, and NIMH investigated the specific motivations that individuals consider when deciding to vaccinate. Individuals decide to vaccinate for various reasons, such as the density of the community, cost to vaccinate, and risk of infection, but motivation to vaccinate for the benefit of others (prosocial benefits) has not yet been explored.
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Prenatal stress may increase children’s disease risk, especially in Black women
Our environment can cause changes to our biology and result in an increased risk for a multitude of diseases and disorders. In a study funded by the NHLBI and NIEHS, researchers investigated whether changes to the prenatal environment due to maternal stress impacted children’s mitochondrial function and ultimately neurobehavioral development.
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Events and Announcements
NIH Launches New Website on COVID-19 Research
NIH launched a new website to provide a central location for trusted, up-to-date, and accurate information about COVID-19 research at NIH and the agency’s role in the pandemic. The site contains COVID-related content on NIH’s strategic response, including information about such key programs as the Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines public-private partnership (ACTIV) and the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative to develop state-of-the-science diagnostic tests for COVID-19. Users also can find information on funding opportunities, funded projects by state and congressional district, how to join clinical trials or donate plasma, and resources from NIH’s Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other federal agencies.
Applications due February 14: Child Intervention, Prevention, and Services (CHIPS) Research Training Institute
The 2021 CHIPS Research Training Institute will be held May 10-14, 2021. The meeting will be hosted by the University of Pittsburgh.
CHIPS (Child Intervention, Prevention, and Services) is an interdisciplinary training consortium, created to enhance career development for early career scientists pursuing research careers in the areas of intervention, prevention, and the provision of services for children and adolescents. CHIPS is funded through the NIMH Division of Services and Intervention Research (DSIR), which supports two critical areas of research, intervention research to evaluate the effectiveness of preventive and treatment interventions and mental health services research.
If you are a child psychiatry resident, postdoctoral fellow, or junior faculty member with a strong interest in mental health research for children and adolescents, you are invited to apply to the CHIPS program. Applicants must have either an M.D. or a Ph.D. in one of the following fields: psychology, sociology, social work, nursing, or public health.
Download and complete the CHIPS Electronic Application and follow the instructions on the website for submission. If you have any questions please contact Amanda Trujillo at [email protected], 412-383-5478.
Application deadline: Sunday, February 14, 2021.
Apply for the 2021 Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials by February 15
OBSSR, in collaboration with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), will hold the 21st annual Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials, from July 23 to August 1, 2021, at the Bolger Center in Potomac, Maryland, or virtually.
The Summer Institute provides an intermediate/advanced course in planning, designing, and conducting high-impact randomized controlled trials of health-related behavioral interventions. It emphasizes programmatic research and prepares fellows to lead or collaborate on rigorous, high-impact behavioral trials and on systematic efforts to develop and improve health-related behavioral interventions.
The Institute’s long-term goal is to build an outstanding scientific workforce that is able to plan and conduct the kinds of clinical trials that can change practice guidelines, health care policies, and third-party coverage for health-related behavioral interventions, and that can help to increase the role of evidence-based behavioral interventions in clinical and preventive services.
Applications are due by February 15, 2021.
Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) Grand Rounds Webinar: Targeting Fear and Avoidance of Exercise in Cardiac Rehabilitation (February 17)
Join SOBC for a video lecture and discussion on February 17, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET. Dr. Samantha Farris, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and Director of The Rutgers Emotion, Health and Behavior (REHAB) Laboratory, will present “Targeting Fear and Avoidance of Exercise in Cardiac Rehabilitation.”
Dr. Farris’ research focuses on understanding how and why stress and anxiety (i.e., worry, fear, panic) commonly co-occur with and contribute to problematic health behaviors and chronic disease. She utilizes an experimental medicine approach to (a) identify cognitive-affective mechanisms that contribute to health behaviors and physical disease, (b) isolate how these mechanisms influence health behaviors “in real time” through use of laboratory methodologies, and in turn (c) develop tailored interventions that target these mechanisms to promote health behavior change and prevent the onset or progression of chronic disease.
Ten Years of the Science of Behavior Change Common Fund Program: Celebrating Accomplishments and Looking to the Future (February 22–23)
Registration is now open for the NIH’s Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) Capstone Conference, Ten Years of the Science of Behavior Change Common Fund Program: Celebrating Accomplishments and Looking to the Future, on the afternoons (Eastern) of February 22-23, 2021. The goal of the NIH Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) Common Fund Program is to advance behavior change research through a focus on mechanisms of change and the integration of basic research with applied/interventional research.
The capstone conference will highlight innovative examples of behavior change research consistent with SOBC principles, from use-inspired basic research to mechanisms-focused intervention science. Renowned national and international experts will share their research findings and visions for the future of the science of behavior change. The capstone conference will be virtual, open to the public, recorded, archived, and proceedings summarized in a publicly accessible report.
Call for Papers—Pain and Opioids: A Public Health Crisis (Deadline: February 24)
To better understand the current pain and opioid public heath crises, the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), in collaboration with OBSSR, invites articles that focus on the multifactorial social and behavioral components that contribute to these two related crises. Responses to the interrelated crises of opioids and chronic pain in the United States require a comprehensive approach that brings together expertise and input from multiple disciplines and experiences that include for example: primary care providers; people who are in pain as well as those with substance use, misuse, addiction disorders; significant others; emergency departments; dentistry; law and the justice system; public health workers; and researchers in both substance abuse and pain.
Articles of interest will summarize previous research on a specific topic area related to these crises, identify research gaps, and provide empirical evidence and perspectives, all within the scope of public health.
Submissions are due on February 24, 2021, and can be submitted at https://www.editorialmanager.com/ajph. Article guidelines and submission instructions are available at https://ajph.aphapublications.org/page/authors.html.
Michigan Integrative Well-Being and Inequality (MIWI) Training Program (Application Deadline: March 1)
The application window for the 2021–2022 cohort of MIWI Scholars is open. The MIWI Training Program is a state-of-the-art, interdisciplinary methods training program that prepares participating scholars to investigate the intersection of mental and physical health, with an emphasis on how this intersection relates to health disparities. The training encompasses conceptual frameworks, study designs, data collection needs, and analytic approaches necessary to conduct this innovative research. The program includes an intensive 4-day summer institute, followed by ongoing collaboration with a mentorship team.
This program is funded by the OBSSR and NCCIH. It is the only NIH-funded program focused on building the methodological expertise needed to address the intersection of mental and physical health. This program will support efforts to increase cross-pollination in interdisciplinary scientific teams, and foster an integrative approach to clinical care and health services programming that can better meet the needs of persons with comorbid mental and physical health conditions.
Due to the pandemic, format and dates are still being determined for the 2021 institute. This information will be announced by early March.
Applications are due by midnight on March 1, 2021.
Visit the Applications Page for information on how to apply.
NCI WEBINAR SERIES: Exploration of the Intersection between Cancer, Obesity, and Disparities
The trans-NCI Obesity & Cancer working group is hosting a webinar series that focuses on enhancing understanding of the intersection of cancer, obesity, and disparities within racially and ethnically diverse populations. This four-part series seeks to inform and establish a trans-disciplinary framework for further research into the etiology and prevention of obesity-associated cancers within diverse populations. Experts in the fields of behavioral, biological, translational, clinical, communication, and community-based research will discuss state-of-the-science advances in these areas as they relate to diverse populations. The impact of COVID-19 will also be addressed.
The webinars will be held each Thursday from March, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.
NIH OBSSR Director's Webinar: Behavioral Health and Injury Prevention: The Emergency Department as a Window to Community and Population Health (March 23)
Join Rebecca Cunningham, M.D., Professor, Emergency Medicine, Director, Injury Prevention Center, Principal Investigator, Firearm Safety Among Children and Teens (FACTS), University of Michigan Medical School, for a Director’s Webinar presentation on March 23, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET. This presentation “Behavioral Health and Injury Prevention: The Emergency Department as a Window to Community and Population Health” will provide overview of violence prevention among Emergency Department patients including the CDC best practice program SafERteens. Participants will understand the longitudinal outcomes of Emergency Department youth regarding substance use and violence including how to utilize the SAFETY score to predict risk for firearm injury.
Dr. Rebecca Cunningham is vice president for research at the University of Michigan, where she is responsible for fostering the excellence and integrity of research across all three campuses.
Dr. Cunningham’s career has focused on injury prevention, opioid overdose, substance misuse prevention, firearm injury prevention and public health.
She is the former Director of the U-M Injury Prevention Center, established a national consortium to improve firearms safety, served as associate vice president for research-health sciences, and is the former associate chair for research for the U-M Department of Emergency Medicine.
Translating Energy Balance from Bench to Communities: Application of Parallel Animal-Human Studies (Abstract Deadline: March 31 at 11:59 p.m. CT)
Some of the most successful bench to clinic translation in energy balance and cancer research occurs when transdisciplinary researchers perform parallel studies in which mechanistic studies in animal models inform clinical or population studies, and vice versa. With funding from NCI, this conference will be a forum for discussions based on clear examples of successful parallel studies, as well as frank discussion about the level of evidence needed in animal and clinical research to compel clinical practice change.
International leaders in nutrition and exercise research, Dr. Melinda Irwin and Dr. Steven Hursting, will deliver keynote addresses. Four plenary sessions on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Exercise, Body Composition, and Moving Energy Balance Research Toward Clinical Practice Change will occur on day two, followed by Hot Topics in Cancer Research on the third day. The third day will also include a Specific Aims Workshop for trainees and junior faculty. One-on-one career mentoring will be available at multiple sessions throughout the conference. Confirmed speakers and session moderators can be found in the conference program (to be released later).
Abstract deadline: March 31, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. CT
Notification of selected abstracts: May 17, 2021
Abstracts are limited to 350 words not including title, authors, and author affiliations. Do not include authorship or funding information in the body of the abstract. The abstract should be structured and should include the following sections: Introduction (including objective and/or hypothesis), Methods, Results, Discussion. Clearly describe the relationship between animal and human studies, or the potential for parallel studies in other species based on the current work. One graph, table, or figure may be included but is not required.
NIH-Wide Workshop: Understanding Risk and Causal Mechanisms for Developing Obesity in Infants and Young Children (April 29–30)
Obesity in children continues to increase and to be a major public health problem, with the prevalence among youth ages to 2–19 years estimated to be nearly 20 percent. Racial and ethnic disparities in prevalence remain significant, with non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic children having higher rates of obesity than non-Hispanic white children. Children from families of low socioeconomic status also are disproportionately affected.
The overall goal of this NIH-wide workshop is to accelerate research to better characterize early-life risk factors and determine underlying causal mechanisms through which these factors contribute to the development of obesity during childhood. This meeting will bring together scientists with expertise in systems biology, genetics, pediatric obesity, endocrinology, epidemiology, computational biology, neuropsychology, developmental psychology, behavioral medicine, and other disciplines to discuss (1) what is known regarding the epidemiology and underlying biological and behavioral mechanisms for rapid weight gain and the development of obesity in early life and (2) what new approaches, such as the use of integrated omics, can be or have been used to improve risk prediction and gain novel insights into the causes of obesity in early life.
Participants will identify gaps, opportunities, and approaches for future research to better characterize risk and identify causal mechanisms for the development of obesity in early life. Ultimately, this research can inform the development of innovative, targeted, and more effective strategies for childhood obesity prevention.
Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Through Behavioral and Social Science
This NIH blog is co-authored by Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou, Ph.D., M.P.H., Program Director, Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, NCI, and Christine M. Hunter, Ph.D., Deputy Director, OBSSR.
The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed millions of lives and disrupted the economy and daily life across the globe. The end of the pandemic depends on the development of effective vaccines and treatments, and on people consistently engaging in prevention behaviors. These include mask wearing, social distancing, and hand washing.
The full benefit of COVID-19 vaccines can only be achieved if most people are getting vaccinated. To increase the public’s trust and confidence in the vaccines, we need clear and effective communication efforts from public health professionals.
At a time when social divisions are intense, communication channels and messengers are often varied and separate. Misinformation about any topics—including the pandemic and the vaccine—can spread like wildfire. In this environment, clear and consistent communication with the public is critical. Insights from the social and behavioral sciences about how people understand and use health information—and what sources they trust—can help health communicators develop and deliver messages in ways that are most likely to build trust and confidence in vaccines.
Because Controlling the COVID-19 Pandemic Depends on Vaccine Uptake
This Consortium of Social Science Associations blog is co-authored by Caitlin E. Burgdorf, Ph.D., OBSSR, Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou, Ph.D., M.P.H., NCI, Anna Gaysynsky, M.P.H., NCI, and Christine M. Hunter, Ph.D., OBSSR.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused extraordinary devastation, claiming millions of lives and disrupting the economy and daily life across the globe. From the beginning, the course of the pandemic has depended on behavior—for example, whether people would engage in recommended public health actions like mask wearing and social distancing. Currently, the success of vaccination also hinges on behavior. While the successful development of vaccines is an incredibly important scientific breakthrough and their distribution and accessibility is critical, ultimately, the public’s willingness to get vaccinated will determine whether we bring this pandemic under control. Insights from the social and behavioral sciences can help ensure that efforts to encourage vaccination and address hesitancy succeed.
Behavioral Medicine and COVID-19: Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) Resources NIH
SBM launched a new webpage devoted to behavioral medicine and COVID-19, and the following resources are now available:
Ethnicity & Disease Special Issue: Social Determinants of Health and Implementation Research: Three Decades of Progress and a Need for Convergence
George A. Mensah, M.D., FACC, Senior Advisor, NHLBI, and Associate Editor, Ethnicity & Disease, and William T. Riley, Ph.D., OBSSR Director and NIH Associate Director for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, co-authored two articles for this Ethnicity & Disease Special Issue.
Psychology Research Is Front and Center
OBSSR Director William T. Riley, Ph.D., is quoted in this American Psychological Association article.
Though the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted research, it has also highlighted the importance of psychology.
Physical distancing requirements around the COVID-19 pandemic have created undeniable difficulties for many psychology research projects that relied on in-person interactions, forcing academics to be flexible and creative.
In response, many researchers are moving as much work as possible online. Meanwhile, funding agencies are supporting accommodations on existing grants where possible and will likely be turning an eye toward research that could help prepare for the next pandemic.
“The pandemic has illustrated the importance of social and behavioral research, especially since our mitigation strategies and their impacts are predominately social and behavioral in nature,” says William T. Riley, PhD, the director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “I believe it also increases the burden on social and behavioral scientists applying for grant funding to make a strong case for the public health impact of their research moving forward.”
Interoception and Health: New Journal Article and Funding Opportunity
This blog is authored by Wen Chen, Ph.D., Branch Chief and Program Director, Basic and Mechanistic Research in Complementary and Integrative Health Branch, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.
In recent decades, neuroscience has made enormous progress in understanding how we sense and respond to the external world. Less is known about the interoceptive system—the ways in which we sense and respond to signals from within ourselves.
Dysfunctions in interoception may play important roles in many neurological, psychiatric, and behavioral disorders. Gaining a better understanding of how interoception works may help us develop better ways to treat these conditions.
In a new review, “The emerging science of interoception: sensing, integrating, interpreting, and regulating signals within the self,” published in Trends in Neurosciences, a group of us from several National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutes and Centers (ICs) proposes a unified research framework for interoception science in the hope of accelerating progress in this emerging field. We suggest definitions of key terms related to interoceptive processes, elaborate on the definitions through illustrative research findings, and provide brief overviews of central aspects of interoception. We also discuss the major research gaps and challenges, both conceptual and methodological, in interoception science.
HIV Microbicide Trials Network (MTN) Announces Compendium of MTN Socio-Behavioral Research
The Microbicide Trials Network Behavioral Research Working Group (MTN BRWG) is very excited to share a compendium of the social and behavioral research completed and lessons learned throughout the life of the MTN (2006–2020).
The Microbicides Trials Network (MTN) is a clinical trials network established by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2006 with a mission of conducting rigorous clinical research to support potential licensing and approval of HIV prevention products, including microbicides and multipurpose prevention technologies (MPTs).
Within the MTN, socio-behavioral research has yielded critical insights on sexual behavior, product acceptability, user experience, and adherence to inform product development, rollout, and scale-up. Additionally, pivotal socio-behavioral research has been conducted on important topics such as mental health and depression, intimate partner violence (IPV), gendered power relationships, and adherence support interventions, all in the context of HIV prevention research.
The full report on MTN socio-behavioral research is accessible at: https://mtnstopshiv.org/network/working-groups/behavioral-research-working-group-brwg/mtn-social-and-behavioral-compendium
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For questions or inquires please email: [email protected].
NIH Networks to Advance Emotional Well-Being Research
Five new research networks totaling $3.13 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health will allow investigators to refine and test key concepts that advance the study of emotional well-being.
Emotional well-being has been defined as an overall positive state of one’s emotions, life satisfaction, sense of meaning and purpose, and ability to pursue self-defined goals. The opportunity to research emotional well-being and its core components—a sense of balance in emotion, thoughts, social relationships, and pursuits—aligns with NIH’s broader objectives of fostering health promotion and disease prevention. For example, having a sense of purpose in life has been shown to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
These research networks, funded in part by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA), aim to advance the field by facilitating transdisciplinary research in the social, behavioral, psychological, biological, and neurobiological sciences. Additional co-funding for these networks comes from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), and the NIH Office of Disease Prevention (ODP).
2021 NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival
SAVE THE DATE: Friday, November 19, 2021.
The Annual NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival will be hosted by OBSSR and the NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Coordinating Committee. The purpose of the festival is to highlight recently funded behavioral and social sciences research that the NIH supports; bring together behavioral and social scientists within the NIH extramural and intramural communities to network with each other and share scientific ideas; and explore ways to advance behavioral and social sciences research.
Funding Announcements
Recently Published FOAs
Research on Biopsychosocial Factors of Social Connectedness and Isolation on Health, Wellbeing, Illness, and Recovery (R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
FOA Number
PAR-21-144
Key Dates
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date): February 17, 2021
Expiration Date: March 18, 2021
Purpose
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) invites research projects that seek to explain the underlying mechanisms, processes, and trajectories of social relationships and how these factors affect outcomes in human health, illness, recovery, and overall well-being.
Research on Biopsychosocial Factors of Social Connectedness and Isolation on Health, Wellbeing, Illness, and Recovery (R01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
FOA Number
PAR-21-145
Key Dates
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date): February 17, 2021
Expiration Date: March 18, 2021
Purpose
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) invites research projects that seek to model the underlying mechanisms, processes, and trajectories of social relationships and how these factors affect outcomes in health, illness, recovery, and overall wellbeing.
HEAL Initiative: HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study (Collaborative U01—Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
FOA Number
RFA-DA-21-020
Key Dates
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date): March 1, 2021
Expiration Date: April 1, 2021
Purpose
The purpose of this FOA (and companion FOA RFA-DA-21-021) is to seek applications to create a consortium of research sites in service of a nationwide, multi-site, multi-modal, longitudinal cohort study to prospectively examine brain and behavioral development from birth through childhood, including an emphasis on understanding the impact of in utero substance exposure on outcomes.
HEAL Initiative: HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study (U01—Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
FOA Number
RFA-DA-21-021
Key Dates
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date): March 1, 2021
Expiration Date: April 1, 2021
Purpose
The purpose of this FOA (and companion FOA RFA-DA-21-020) is to seek applications to create a consortium of research sites in service of a nationwide, multi-site, multi-modal, longitudinal cohort study to prospectively examine brain and behavioral development from birth through childhood, including an emphasis on understanding the impact of in utero substance exposure on outcomes.
HEAL Initiative: HEALthy Brain and Child Development Consortium Administrative Core (U24—Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
FOA Number
RFA-DA-21-022
Key Dates
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date): March 1, 2021
Expiration Date: April 1, 2021
Purpose
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits applications for a Consortium Administrative Core for the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study. It is expected that investigators, upon funding, will work jointly with HBCD research site PIs, the HBCD Consortium Administrative Core and NIH scientific staff to assist, guide, coordinate, and participate in project data collection and harmonization activities. The HBCD Consortium Administrative Core (HCAC) will provide the organizational framework for the management, direction, and overall coordination of the national multi-site consortium.
HEAL Initiative: HEALthy Brain and Child Development Data Coordinating Center (U24)
FOA Number
RFA-DA-21-023
Key Dates
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date): March 1, 2021
Expiration Date: April 1, 2021
Purpose
The purpose of this FOA is to seeks applications for a Data Coordinating Center for the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study. The HBCD Data Coordinating Center (HDCC) will develop (and revise as necessary) the procedures for collection of the core neuroimaging, neuropsychological, and other phenotypic assessment data in a manner that will maximize comparability across the individual research sites of the consortium for the HBCD longitudinal study. The center will perform quality control, data curation, and analysis for the measures collected from the research sites as well as provide data informatics tools for sites and NIH program staff to monitor consortium progress and performance and explore the curated data.
Protocol Template for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Resource for Communicating the Science, Methods, and Operations of a Clinical Trial
This Protocol Template for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research is a suggested format for clinical trials that are testing a behavioral or social intervention or experimental manipulation. The template can also be a useful tool for those trials funded by NIH Institutes or Centers that do not require stand-alone clinical protocols. Using the template to anticipate decision points and potential challenges before a study launches can help avoid delays down the road. Use of the protocol template is encouraged but not required.
Social and Behavioral Research eLearning Course
Good Clinical Practice in Social and Behavioral Research
Complete the free NIH Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Training through the Society of Behavioral Medicine. In September 2016, the NIH issued a Policy on Good Clinical Practice Training for NIH awardees involved in NIH-funded clinical trials. The principles of GCP help assure the safety, integrity, and quality of clinical trials. Certificates will be given upon completion of the training.
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