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December 12, 2008
Retreat Refreshes Behavioral, Social Sciences
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January 22, 2009, 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
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Christine A. Bachrach, Ph.D.
Acting Director
Christine A. Bachrach, Ph.D., has been appointed Acting Director for Behavioral
and Social Sciences Research, NIH, and Acting Director, Office of Behavioral and Social
Sciences Research. Following David Abrams' departure from NIH, Dr. Bachrach
egan serving in this position on April 7, 2008.
Dr. Bachrach has worked in the Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch in NICHD's
Center for Population Research since 1988, first as a statistician/demographer
and since June 1992 as chief of the branch. She came to the NIH and NICHD
from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. She was a long-time member of the
NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Coordinating Committee and a founder
and co-chair of the NICHD Consortium for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research.
Other activities at NIH have included oversight of the National Longitudinal
Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), co-chairing the 2000 NIH Conference,
Toward Higher Levels of Analysis: Progress and Promise in Research on Social and
Cultural Dimensions of Health, and co-chairing the Social Environment Working Group of
the National Children's Study.
Christine Bachrach received her Ph.D. in Population Dynamics from John Hopkins
University, School of Hygiene and Public Health. Her own research has examined a
variety of topics related to the family, including fertility,
contraceptive use, sexual behavior, cohabitation, and adoption.
Contact Details
Email: cbachrach@nih.gov
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