by popcenters | Sep 25, 2025 | NIH, OBSSR
OBSSR is currently accepting speaker nominations for the 2026 NIH OBSSR Director’s Webinar Series. We are seeking highly experienced speakers who can deliver keynote or plenary talks. The focus of each proposed talk can be a specific paper or body of work. We are...
by popcenters | Aug 29, 2025 | NIH
DIRECTOR’S SPOTLIGHT Jane M. Simoni, Ph.D. Associate Director for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research and Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research OBSSR Advances Health Behavior Theories This month’s Director’s Spotlight focuses on NIH’s role in...
by popcenters | Aug 22, 2025 | NIH
Today, NIH released its implementation plan for driving gold standard science. NIH’s Gold Standard Science Implementation Plan outlines our key accomplishments to date and presents a transparent vision for the road ahead. To learn more and to access the plan, please...
by popcenters | Aug 10, 2025 | NIH, OBSSR
Despite the well-known Lewin’s Maxim—“there is nothing as practical as a good theory” (McCain, 2016)—many health researchers still struggle to understand or appreciate the utility of theory. I recall mentoring early-stage investigators who quipped that the only use...
by popcenters | Jul 15, 2025 | NIA
by Laura Major, Training Officer, Office of Strategic Extramural Programs (OSEP). NIH recognizes the importance of supporting the next generation of biomedical and behavioral scientists. To that end, NIH recently published three new policy notices that provide...
by popcenters | Jul 8, 2025 | NIH
Effective July 1, the NIH Public Access Policy is in effect and manuscripts accepted for publication in a journal on or after July 1, 2025, must be submitted to PubMed Central for public availability without embargo upon the official date of publication. To assist...
