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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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A calendar of lectures, seminars, conferences, workshops and other events sponsored by the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research.

Institute on Systems Science and Health
May 3-8, 2009

To provide investigators with a thorough introduction to selected systems science methodologies that may be used to study behavioral and social dimensions of public health. Participants in the week-long Institute will focus on one of three methodologies: agent-based modeling, system dynamics modeling, or network analysis.

For more information please download the announcement .

Application Information Available: http://www.chronicdisease.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3811

Gene-Environment Interplay in Stress and Health at the Association for Psychological Science 21st Annual Convention
May 22-25 , 2009

The NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research is a co-sponsor of a special theme program at the Association for Psychological Science (APS) Convention on “Gene-Environment Interplay in Stress and Health”. This cross-cutting theme session will feature invited addresses by Steve Cole, Cornelius Gross, Ahmad Hariri, and Julia Kim-Cohen. The format features a variety of distinguished speakers followed by a roundtable discussion and a dedicated poster session. This special program is an unparalleled opportunity to learn about cutting-edge findings and network with leading researchers in this area.

This is one of three unique theme programs at the convention. Information on the theme events and the rest of the outstanding convention program is available at https://www.psychologicalscience.org/convention/.

APS is accepting posters related to the Gene-Environment theme program through January 20, 2009. Submissions not accepted for a themed poster session will automatically be considered for one of the general poster sessions. To submit, go to www.psychologicalscience.org/cfs/author/login.cfm. See Submission Rules and Guidelines for more details.

Ninth Annual Summer Institute on Design and Conduct of Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions
July 12-24, 2009

The objective of this course is to provide a thorough grounding in the conduct of randomized clinical trials to researchers and health professionals interested in developing competence in the planning, design, and execution of randomized clinical trials involving behavioral interventions. The curriculum will enable participants to:

Describe the principles underlying the conduct of unbiased clinical trials.
Identify the unique challenges posed by behavioral randomized clinical trials (RCTs).
Evaluate alternative RCT designs in terms of their appropriateness to scientific and clinical goals.
Select appropriate strategies for enrollment, randomization, and retention of participants.
Understand methods for monitoring, coordinating, and conducting RCTs.
Develop strategies for appropriate statistical analyses of RCT data.
Evaluate the quality of behavioral RCTs and interpret their results.
Design a RCT research project in collaboration with a scientific team.

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

The NIH Summer Institute will address essential conceptual, methodological, and practical issues inherent in planning and conducting research on health promotion, disease prevention, and health disparities that is conducted in partnership between communities and researchers and targets medically underserved areas (MUAs) and medically underserved populations (MUPs) as defined by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). This research may include intervention research (i.e., quasi-experimental research projects that seek to influence preventive behaviors, treatment adherences, complementary behaviors, and related attitudes and beliefs). Natural experiments also may fall under the interventions rubric. Examples include, and are not limited to promotion of physical activity-friendly neighborhoods; tobacco, alcohol and drug abuse prevention among youth; a community-led action plan for cancer, hypertension and cardiovascular disease prevention and control in minority populations; establishing safer work practices among agricultural workers in rural areas; nutrition and reducing childhood obesity; HIV/AIDS and STD prevalence among young adults; promoting infant mental health; and reducing health disparities.

The application deadline is May 15, 2009. For more information, please click here.

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

OBSSR is organizing a session on CBPR at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in San Francisco. The workshop will present current research community thought on CBPR approaches, discuss past and current NIH funding opportunity announcements, and research projects from successful grantees. Participants will leave the workshop with an understanding of CBPR and NIH’s commitment to the approach, how it resonates with NIH’s priorities, and successful CBPR-based research studies. Speakers will include: Meredith Minkler (UC, Berkeley), Francisco Ramos-Gomez (UC, Los Angeles), Ed Martinez (San Ysidro Health Center), along with several NIH staff.

Further information can be obtained by contacting Dana M. Sampson at Sampsond@od.nih.gov.

Past Major Events

2nd Annual NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation: Building Research Capacity to Bridge the Gap from Science to Service
January 28-29, 2009

The goal of this conference is for the research community to exchange ideas, explore contemporary topics and identify concepts, methods and strategies to build research and organizational capacity for dissemination and implementation science.

For more information about the conference and agenda, please click here

Looking for Causes in all the Wrong Places: Upstream Social Determinants of Downstream Health Disparities
June 19, 2008

Dr. John McKinlay (l)
and Dr. Christine Bachrach (r)

3rd Annual Matilda White Riley Lecture
John McKinlay, Ph.D., New England Research Institutes
Building 1, Wilson Hall
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