Increasing Mortality of Working Class Whites Reveals How Long-Term Economic Factors Contribute to Health Disparities
Last month in a report prepared for the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity titled “Mortality and morbidity ...
Director’s Voice Blog
Subscribe to receive updates from OBSSR Director William T. Riley, Ph.D.
Latest Posts
Opioid Abuse is a Behavioral and Social Systems Problem
Opioid Abuse has rapidly become a public health epidemic. The CDC reports that while the amount of overall p ...
Meet the New OBSSR Staff!
When I was named director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research in August, 2015, we had alm ...
Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Well Represented among the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
Earlier this month, the fiscal year 2014 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and ...
NIH’s BSSR portfolio: Research poised to make a healthier difference in people’s lives
The Inaugural NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival was held December 2, 2016. This event was ...
Understanding behavioral, social, and biological interactions to turn discovery into health: OBSSR's new strategic plan
Today, the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) releases its Strategic Plan 2017 to 2021. ...
Close