NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Coordinating Committee

The NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Coordinating Committee (BSSR-CC) was established to enhance information exchange, communication, integration, and coordination of behavioral and social sciences research/training activities at the NIH. The NIH Institute/Center Directors (ICDs) participate in the Coordinating Committee (BSSR-CC Charter  (175 KB)) through their appointment of a member and an alternate.

BSSR-CC meetings are held monthly. For information about upcoming meetings, see the events page.

For additional information about the BSSR-CC, please contact:

Kathryn Morris, MPH
BSSR-CC Executive Secretary
Health Science Policy Analyst
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

NIH BSSR-CC Members and Alternates

• Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
  Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew, Ph.D.     

  Stacey FitzSimmons, Ph.D. (Alternate)

• Fogarty International Center (FIC)
  Marya Levintova, Ph.D.     

  Laura Povlich, Ph.D. (Alternate)

• National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
  Patricia Jones, Ph.D.     

  Elaine Collier, M.D. (Alternate)

• National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
  Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D.
• National Cancer Institute (NCI)
  William Klein, Ph.D.     

  Susan Czajkowski, Ph.D. (Alternate)     

  Paige Green, Ph.D., MPH (Alternate)

• National Eye Institute (NEI)
  Cheri Wiggs, Ph.D.
• National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
  Laura Koehly, Ph.D.     

  Dave Kaufman, Ph.D. (Alternate)

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
  Catherine Stoney, Ph.D.     

  Rebecca Campo, Ph.D. (Alternate)

• National Institute on Aging (NIA)
  Lisbeth Nielsen, Ph.D.     

  Georgeanne Patmios, M.A. (Alternate)

• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
  Anita Bechtholt, Ph.D.     

  Robert Freeman, Ph.D. (Alternate)

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)
  Edith Swann, Ph.D.     

• National Institute on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
  James Witter, M.D., Ph.D.
• National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
  Andrew Weitz, Ph.D.
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
  James Griffin, Ph.D.     

  Rosalind King, Ph.D. (Alternate)

• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
  Moira O’Brien, M.Phil.     

  Shelley Su, Ph.D. (Alternate)

• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
  Lana Shekim, Ph.D.     

  Amy Poremba, Ph.D. (Alternate)

• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
  Melissa Riddle, Ph.D.     

  Elise Rice, Ph.D. (Alternate)

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK)
  Pamela Thornton, Ph.D. (Alternate)
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
  Symma Finn, Ph.D.
• National Institute of General Medical Services (NIGMS)
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
  Michael Stirratt, Ph.D.
• National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
  Courtney Aklin, Ph.D.     

  Adelaida Rosario, Ph.D. (Alternate)     

  Meryl Sufian, Ph.D. (Alternate)

• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
  Debra Babcock, M.D., Ph.D.
• National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
  Augie Diana, Ph.D.
• National Library of Medicine (NLM)
  Rebecca Goodwin, J.D.
• All of Us Research Program (OD)
  Holy Garriock, Ph.D.
• Office of Aids Research (OD/OAR)
  Paul Gaist Ph.D.
• Office of Disease Prevention (OD/ODP)
  Erin Ellis, MPH, Ph.D.     

  David Tilley, MPH, MS, CPH (Alternate)

• Office of Evaluation, Performance and Reporting (OD/OEPR)
  Sarah Rhodes, Ph.D.
• Office of Research on Women’s Health (OD/ORWH)
  Margaret Bevans, Ph.D., RN, FAAN     

  Denise Stredrick, Ph.D. (Alternate)

• Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office (OD/SGMRO)
  Irene Avila, Ph.D.     

  Karen Parker, Ph.D., M.S.W. (Alternate)

• Tribal Health Research Office (OD/THRO)
  David R. Wilson, Ph.D.