by popcenters | May 16, 2023 | NIH, OBSSR
Director’s Voice Blog Celebrating a Career in the Behavioral and Social Sciences at NIH. When I took on the role of Acting Director of OBSSR, I was daunted by multiple responsibilities that came with the role, but particularly the task of writing a monthly blog....
by popcenters | Mar 21, 2023 | OBSSR
Director’s Voice Blog Behavioral and Social Sciences and Advancing the Health and Well-being of LGBTQI+ People. This blog is co-authored with Christina Dragon, MSPH, CHES, NIH’s Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office. OBSSR’s mission includes enhancing the...
by popcenters | Jan 25, 2023 | OBSSR
Director’s Voice Blog The Future of Work: Evidence-based considerations for hybrid and remote work. For NIH and many other organizations within the research community, flexible workplaces continue to be the new normal as we head into 2023. According to a 2022...
by popcenters | Oct 25, 2022 | OBSSR
Director’s Voice Blog Advancing Natural Experiment Research at NIH. Rigorous evaluation of natural experiments is increasingly recognized as important for advancing the NIH’s health research mission. Although there has been a more recent increase in interest in...
by popcenters | Sep 23, 2022 | NIH, OBSSR
Director’s Voice Blog NIH Research to Prevent Firearm Injury and Mortality. Firearms deaths constitute an urgent and significant public health crisis. In 2020, 79% of all homicides and 53% of all suicides involved firearms. From 2019 to 2020, the firearm...
by popcenters | Aug 25, 2022 | OBSSR
Director’s Voice Blog Integration of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at NIH. In this month’s blog, I want to share a brief summary of a recently completed report produced by a Council of Councils working group: Integration of Behavioral and Social...
