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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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Journal Articles

Recent Articles from the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

Special Issue on Light and Intermittent Smokers, February 2009
OBSSR, NCI, NIDA, and the American Legacy Foundation, Nicotine and Tobacco Research, Volume 11, Number 2.

Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening Through Research in Primary Care Settings, September 2008
Carrie N. Klabunde, PhD, David Lanier, MD, Helen I. Meissner, PhD, Erica S. Breslau, PhD, and Martin L. Brown, PhD, Medical Care, Volume 46, Number 9 Supplement 1

Behavioral and Social Science Contributions to Preventing Teen Motor Crashes, September 2008
Dara R. Blachman, PhD, David Abrams, PhD, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 35, Number 3S

Does Patient Health and Hysterectomy Status Influence Cervical Cancer Screening in Older Women?, August 14, 2008
Helen I. Meissner, PhD, Jasmin A. Tiro, PhD, MPH, David Haggstrom, MD, MAS, Grace Lu-Yao, PhD, and Nancy Breen, PhD, Society of General Internal Medicine

Interdisciplinarity and Systems Science to Improve Population Health A View from the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, August 2008
Patricia L. Mabry, PhD, Deborah H. Olster, PhD, Glen D. Morgan, PhD, David B. Abrams, PhD, American Journal of Preventive Medicine

A new wave of behavioral change intervention research, April 2005
Susan D. Solomon, Annals of Behavioral Medicine (Special Supplement Issue On the Behavioral Change Consortium)

Commentary: Social Science and Health Research: Growth at the NIH, American: Journal of Public Health, January 2004
C. Bachrach and Ronald P. Abeles, American Journal of Public Health, Volume 94, No. 1, page 22-28

Spirituality, Religion, and Health: An Emerging Research Field, January 2003
William R. Miller, Carl E. Thoresen, American Psychologist, Volume 58, No. 1, page 24-35

Racial/Ethnic Bias and Health: Scientific Evidence, Methods, and Research Implications, February 2003
Linda Rae Murray, MD, MPH, American Journal of Public Health, Volume 93, Issue 2