Time Off Good for Behavior
Retreat Refreshes Behavioral, Social Sciences |
| By Rich McManus |
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OBSSR acting director Dr. Christine Bachrach opens recent retreat. |
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.
“We have a gold mine of behavioral and social science research talent at NIH, but we are scattered and very busy. We need strong connecting networks
to find out who has what kind of expertise, and what the opportunities are,” she said. “I hope the retreat empowers and connects the field. I hope attendees find collaborations and conversations they need to do their jobs effectively. This is a time of great opportunity and challenge. Behavior is a critical issue in diseases that drive up health care costs and kill people.”
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Collaboration, Capacity Building
NIH Funds Clinical Research in Tanzania |
| By Jenny Haliski |
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A wheelbarrow used for an ambulance. Dusty, rut-ridden roads that make seeing a doctor
a rare event reserved for the seriously ill. Patients with limbs suspended by strings for skeletal traction to treat bones broken in car accidents. They lay several to a cot in rooms with more than a dozen beds.
These are a few scenes from Kilimanjaro Christian
Medical Centre (KCMC), a hospital in the small town of Moshi in northern Tanzania
near the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro. KCMC, together with Duke University Medical Center
and Kiwakkuki, a community organization fighting HIV/AIDS, receives NIH funding to conduct clinical research on HIV/AIDS, malaria,
tuberculosis and other infectious diseases.
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