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December 12, 2008
Retreat Refreshes Behavioral, Social Sciences
Dr. Christine Bachrach
Dr. Christine Bachrach, acting director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, wanted just one thing out of the first-ever day-long retreat for NIH’s widely dispersed community of behavioral and social scientists, held Nov. 12 at Natcher Bldg.
December 12, 2008
CBT4CBT
New Hope for Treatment of Addiction
Dr. Kathleen Carroll
Drug addiction is notoriously tough to treat, but now research is showing a fresh way to tackle the problem. It’s called computer-based training for cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT4CBT)
OBSSR’s Mabry Wins with Systems Analysis Team
OBSSR’s Mabry Wins with Systems Analysis Team
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January 28-29, 2009 Dissemination and Implementation Conference
February 9, 2009, 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Stigma: Lessons & New Directions from a Decade of Research on Mental Illness
July 12-24, 2009
OBSSR/NIH Summer Training Institute on Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions
May 3-8, 2009
Institute on Systems Science and Health
May 22-25, 2009
Gene-Environment Interplay in Stress and Health at the Association for Psychological Science 21st Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA
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Home > About OBSSR > Staff
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Former Directors of the Office |
Raynard S. Kington, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, 2000-2003
Dr. Raynard S. Kington served as Associate Director of the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research from 2000-2003. In
this capacity, he directed the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Research in the Office of the Director. Prior to coming to NIH, Dr. Kington was
Director of the Division of Health Examination Statistics at the National Center
for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In this capacity he also served as Director of the National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey (NHANES). Prior to coming to NCHS, he was a Senior Scientist
in the Health Program at RAND. While at RAND, Dr. Kington was a Co-Director of
the Drew/RAND Center on Health and Aging, an National Institute on Aging Exploratory
Minority Aging Center. Dr. Kington attended the University of Michigan, where
he received his B.S. with distinction and his M.D. He subsequently completed his
residency in Internal Medicine at Michael Reese Medical Center in Chicago. He
was then appointed a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania.
While at the University of Pennsylvania, he completed his M.B.A. with distinction
and his Ph.D. with a concentration in Health Policy and Economics at the Wharton School
and was awarded a Fontaine Fellowship. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine,
Geriatric Medicine, and Public Health and Preventive Medicine.
Dr. Kington's research has focused on the relationships between race, socioeconomic
position, and health status, especially in older populations. His research has included
studies of the determinants of health care services utilization; the economic impact
of health care expenditures among the elderly; and racial and ethnic differences in
the use of long-term care.
Click here for an interview
with Dr. Kington, in which he shared his thoughts about the role of OBSSR at NIH
and summarized his experience as NIH associate director for behavioral and social
sciences research shortly after his arrival in 2000.
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