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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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Ann Benner
Communications Specialist
Ann Benner is the communications specialist for the Office of Behavioral and Social
Sciences Research (OBSSR) in the Office of the Director at the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). She is responsible for developing a strategic plan to best communicate the
cutting-edge research and discoveries in the behavioral and social sciences.
A seasoned communications specialist with 12 years of experience, Ann was most
recently a communications specialist in the National Cancer Institute's Office
of Communications and Education where she developed plans for communicating and disseminating
important clinical trial results and oversaw their implementation. Prior to this,
Ann was a press officer in NCI's press office, where she worked with reporters and NCI
scientists, responding to media inquiries, arranging interviews and developing proactive
communications strategies.
Before joining the National Cancer Institute in 2004, Ann was a media specialist
at several public relations agencies in New York, including Chandler Chicco Agency, Ogilvy
Public Relations and Weber Shandwick, where she developed and managed strategic
communications plans for pharmaceutical and biotech clients such as Amgen, Pfizer Inc. and
Deborah Heart & Lung Center. Ann began her communications career publicizing
books and authors for major book publishing houses in New York. She holds a BA in sociology
with a minor in women's studies from Duke University, where she graduated Phi
Beta Kappa with magna cum laude honors.
Contact Details
Email: annb@nih.gov
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