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BBRB aspires to serve as a national model for promoting, sponsoring, and supporting biobehavioral and basic (social, cultural, behavioral ) research and training. The research we support is aimed at identifying the mechanisms, principles, and theoretical underpinnings of cancer-related behavior and behavior change across all ages, racial and ethnic groups, socioeconomic strata, and cancer diagnoses. We seek to understand behavior and behavior change in its social, cultural and economic context, including how basic and biobehavioral research relates to cancer health disparities.
Our mission is accomplished by:
- Supporting extramural funding mechanisms (R01s, R03s, R21s, R13s, P01s, P50s) and Program initiatives (Requests for Applications, Program Announcements)
- Sponsoring conferences, workshops, and training for cancer control researchers in order to disseminate research findings, foster research collaborations, and provide education about the NIH grant application and review process
- Soliciting and incorporating input from the extramural scientific community in an effort to build the basic and biobehavioral research agenda and develop Program initiatives
- Promoting the science of basic and biobehavioral research through publications in professional journals and presentations at national, regional, and local conferences sponsored by professional organizations involved in health research
- Promoting the agenda of the BBRB at national, regional, and local conferences, interested organizations, and academic institutions
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