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December 12, 2008
Retreat Refreshes Behavioral, Social Sciences

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


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


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Calendar

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 > News and Events > BSSRLectures Winter04


BSSR Lecture Series

National Institutes of Health
Behavioral and Social Sciences Seminar Series
Winter 2004

Transfers to Women and Child Health Outcomes
Esther Duflo, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology


February 18, 2004, 3:00 - 4:00 PM, Room C
Neuroscience Building, 6001 Executive Blvd, Rockville MD

Nonconscious Goal Pursuit: The Cognitive Basis of the Unconscious
Summary of Lecture (courtesy of American Psychological Society)
John A. Bargh, Ph.D.
Yale University

April 21, 2004, 3:15 - 4:15 PM, Room C
Neuroscience Building, 6001 Executive Blvd, Rockville MD



Symposium on Mindfulness Meditation and Health
May 27, 2004, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Natcher Conference Center, Main Auditorium
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

Interactive Multimedia for Changing Children's Diet and Physical Activity
Tom Baranowski, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine

June 17, 2004, 3:00 - 4:00 PM, Room C
Neuroscience Building, 6001 Executive Blvd, Rockville MD

Organized by the
NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Coordinating Committee

Supported by the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

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Educational Objectives: At the end of this lecture or symposium, participants will be able to understand key concepts and issues; become familiar with methodological approaches and problems to research on the subject matter; and understand better the relevance of behavioral and social research to the NIH's mission to improve the health of the American people.

Target Audience: Primarily, the audience is NIH employees, mainly scientific, in intramural and extramural programs. Secondarily the audience is the wider non-NIH community. The speakers are instructed to lecture at the "educated layperson" level, assuming that the audience will have at least a college education and most likely have graduate level training. Speakers are asked to explain key concepts.

Reasonable Accommodation (Disabilities): Sign Language Interpreters will be provided. Individuals with disabilities who need reasonable accommodation to participate in this lecture should contact Ms. Dana Sampson, OBSSR/OD, 301-402-1146 or the Federal Relay (1-800-877-8339).