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NIH’s Role in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
NIH is well positioned to fund the best science in pursuit of improving the length and the quality of the lives of our citizens, while at the same time stimulating the economy.


March 06, 2009
OBSSR Hosts Conference on Dissemination, Implementation

As a way to improve public health in a battered world, understanding poverty counts as much as knowing how proteins fold.


March 06, 2009
Research Funders Collaborate To Reduce Childhood Obesity

A new National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) was launched Feb. 19 to accelerate progress on reversing the epidemic of overweight and obesity among U.S. youth.


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Calendar

May 26, 2009, ­ 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Building a Bridge: Transitional Programs from the Criminal Justice to the Community Setting for HIV+ Drug Users


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


July 12-24, 2009
OBSSR/NIH Summer Training Institute on Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions


August 2-7, 2009
2009 NIH Summer Institute on Community-Based Participatory Research Targeting the Medically Underserved

Application Deadline: May 15, 2009


August 9, 2009
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR): When Academic/Research Institutions Meet the Real World

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Lynn Bosco, MD, MPH
Medical Officer

Lynn Bosco, MD, MPH joined Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) in 2007. Prior to moving to NIH she worked at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for sixteen years as Director of Pharmaceutical Studies where she was the principal developer of the therapeutics research program, including the Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs). Prior to working at AHRQ, Dr. Bosco spent six years at the Food and Drug Administration in various roles, including Section Chief/Team Leader within the Office of Epidemiology and Biostatics. Dr. Bosco has spent 23 years as an Officer within the Commissioned Corp of the US Public Health Service where she holds the rank of captain. Dr. Bosco currently holds an appointment as Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Medicine, where she taught within the epidemiology program. She has also worked as a Family Physician. Dr. Bosco received a B.A. in psychology from the University of Illinois and an M.D. from Rush Medical College, in Chicago. She interned at the Los Angeles County Hospital and completed a residency in preventive medicine within the Department of Epidemiology, at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, where she also received an M.P.H. Dr. Bosco is Board Certified in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health, and in Clinical Pharmacology. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology and the Commissioned Corp applied public health emergency response team.