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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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BSSR Lecture Series

NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Seminar Series

BSSR Lecture Series Spring 2009 Research Lecture Series

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  • Aging Well: Promoting Cognitive and Functional Health
    April 28, 2009 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
    Natcher Building (45), Balcony A, NIH Main Campus, Bethesda, MD
    Margie Lachman, Ph. D.
    Brandeis University
    Abstract

  • Building a Bridge: Transitional Programs from the Criminal Justice to the Community Setting for HIV+ Drug Users
    May 26, 2009 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
    Neuroscience Building, 6001 Executive Blvd, Rockville MD, Room C
    Fredaerick L. Altice, MD
    Yale University

  • Using Communication Research to Design Effective Messages for Public Health: The cases of HPV vaccine and anti-smoking PSAs
    June 15, 2009 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
    Neuroscience Building, 6001 Executive Blvd, Rockville MD, Room D
    Joseph N. Cappella, Ph. D.
    University of Pennsylvania

Previous Lectures

For a list of former lectures (1995 to present), please visit the Seminar Series Archives page.

Videocasts of previous lectures can be found by clicking here.

Visitor Information

Parking at the NIH main campus is very limited. Use of public transportation is strongly advised (visit the public transportation trip planner). Both Wilson Hall and the Natcher Conference Center are short walks from the Medical Center Metro rail & bus stations.

Critical information everyone should know about entering the NIH campus, parking on campus, entering buildings, and using campus transportation is available at: http://www.nih.gov/about/visitorsecurity.htm. Please survey this site for information necessary to access the NIH campus for our events.

Complete information for Visitors to the NIH campus is available at: http://www.nih.gov/about/visitor/index.htm.

Information on upcoming lectures is also accessible by visiting “Meetings and Seminars” on the Behavioral and Social Sciences Interest Group (BSS-IG) web page.

How to receive announcements of lectures (BSSR listserv)

Reasonable accommodation will be made for those with disabilities. Individuals with disabilities who need reasonable accommodation to participate should contact Ms. Dana Sampson, OD/OBSSR, Sampsond@od.nih.gov, 1-301-402-1146 or via the Federal Relay at 1-800-877-8339. Sign Language Interpreters will be provided.

Organizing Committee

We welcome suggestions for speakers and topics. Send recommendations to any of us.

Ronald P. Abeles, OBSSR (Committee Chair)
Susan Czajkowski, NHLBI
Lynn Haverkos, NICHD
Lisa Onken, NIDA