The Subcommittee on Social and Behavioral Sciences, co-chaired by the OBSSR Director, authors the Blueprint for the Use of Social and Behavioral Science to Advance Evidence-Based Policymaking.
OBSSR and other NIH institutes and centers sponsor a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that examines the evidence for behavioral economics and its application in six public policy domains: health, retirement benefits, climate change, social safety net benefits, education, and criminal justice.
The Brain Behavior Quantification and Synchronization (BBQS) program is a basic research effort in the NIH Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative to develop new tools and approaches in support of a more comprehensive mechanistic understanding of the neural basis of behavior.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a consortium of 21 NIH institutes, centers, and offices led by OBSSR and the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institute on Aging, and National Institute of Nursing Research was formed.
NIH (including OBSSR) and the National Science Foundation issue an interagency program solicitation for the development of technologies, analytics, and models supporting next-generation health and medical research through high-risk, high-reward advances in computer and information science, engineering and technology, behavior, cognition, robotics and imaging.
More than 50 million U.S. adults experience chronic pain, defined as pain lasting three months or longer. Of these, 17 million experience high-impact chronic pain, which often limits daily activity. Chronic pain is more common among older adults, women, American Indian or Alaska Native people, those living in rural areas, and adults who are publicly insured, unemployed, or living in poverty.
