The Annual Matilda White Riley NIH Lecture in the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Population Health: Challenges for Science and Society

May 22, 2006
3:00 - 4:00 PM
Wilson Hall, Building 1
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

David Mechanic, Ph.D., of Rutgers University will deliver the inaugural lecture named for noted NIH social scientist Matilda White Riley at 3 p.m., Monday, May 22 in Wilson Hall, Building 1. Dr. Mechanic’s lecture, on “Population Health: Challenges for Science and Society,” is the first in a series established by the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research following the death of Dr. Riley in 2004 at age 93 to honor her extraordinary life and work in behavioral and social research.  Dr. Riley was the Associate Director of Behavioral and Social Research at NIA. For more information go to http://obssr.od.nih.gov/news_and_events/lectures_and_seminars/matilda_white_riley_annual_lecture/seminars.aspx.