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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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Staff

Name Title Email
Christine A. Bachrach, PhD Acting Director cbachrach@nih.gov
Ronald P. Abeles, PhD Special Assistant to the Director ronald_abeles@nih.gov
Christina Bailey Secretary baileycm@mail.nih.gov
Ann C. Benner Communications Specialist annb@nih.gov
Lynn Bosco, MD, MPH Medical Officer boscol@od.nih.gov
Patricia L. Mabry, PhD Health Science Administrator mabryp@od.nih.gov
Rachel J. Mandal, M.Sc. Program Analyst mandalr@mail.nih.gov
Helen Meissner, ScM, PhD Health Science Administrator meissneh@mail.nih.gov
Deborah Olster, PhD Deputy Director olsterd@od.nih.gov
G. Stéphane Philogene, PhD Assistant Director for Policy and Planning philoges@od.nih.gov
Dana M. Sampson, MS, MBA(c) Program Analyst sampsond@od.nih.gov
Sarbajit (Rana) Sinha, M.Sc. Senior Programmer and Information Systems Analyst sarbajits@od.nih.gov
Jennifer B. Urban, PhD SRCD Fellow urbanjb@mail.nih.gov
Kay Wanke, PhD, MPH Health Scientist Administrator wankek@mail.nih.gov


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Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive
Building 31, Room B1C19
Bethesda, MD 20892

Phone: 301.402.1146
Fax: 301.402.1150

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