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The NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) and the NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Coordinating Committee (BSSR-CC) invite you to attend the 2019 NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival: Connecting People to Advance Health on Friday, December 6, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the William H. Natcher Conference Center (bldg. 45). Please share this information with your networks.
Register to attend and view the festival agenda and speaker biographies: https://www.scgcorp.com/bssrfestival2019/Registration
Keynote Presenter: Chanita Hughes-Halbert, Ph.D.
Distinguished AT&T Endowed Chair for Cancer Equity,
Medical University of South Carolina
Presenting: Behavioral Science issues in Minority Health and Cancer Health Disparities Research
Dr. Hughes-Halbert is a nationally-recognized expert in cancer disparities research and behavioral science. Her research focuses on understanding barriers to clinical trial participation in underserved communities and developing population-based interventions to reduce disparities in local settings. In order to accomplish this goal, her research identifies sociocultural, psychological and environmental determinants of cancer prevention and control, and translates this information into interventions and the dissemination of efficacious strategies into clinical and community settings. Her research has made several seminal contributions to the fields of cancer control, minority health and health disparities. Dr. Hughes-Halbert has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Control Award, Chair-Elect for the American Association for Cancer Research Minorities in Cancer Research Council, and the MUSC Leadership Fellowship Award. Dr. Hughes-Halbert was the first woman and first African American from South Carolina elected to join the National Academy of Medicine.
Featured Presenter: Alia Crum, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology,
Stanford University
Presenting: Harnessing Mindset in 21st Century Healthcare
Dr. Crum's research focuses on how changes in subjective mindsets—the lenses through which information is perceived, organized, and interpreted—can alter objective reality through behavioral, psychological, and physiological mechanisms. Her work is, in part, inspired by research on the placebo effect, a robust demonstration of the ability of the mindset to elicit healing properties in the body. To date, Dr. Crum's research has won several awards including the NIH New Innovator Award and the Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize.
The agenda also includes three plenary sessions featuring a wide range of distinguished researchers on:
1. Behavioral and Social Sciences Research in Health and Wellness;
2. Incorporating Cutting-Edge Technology in Behavioral and Social Sciences Research; and
3. Brain and Behavior.
Register to attend and view the festival agenda and speaker biographies: https://www.scgcorp.com/bssrfestival2019/Registration
We look forward to your participation at the annual NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival: Connecting People to Advance Health.
Individuals with disabilities who need Sign Language Interpreters and/or reasonable accommodation to participate in this event should contact Dana Greene Schloesser, dana.schloesser@nih.gov, 301-451- 3975, and/or the Federal Relay (1-800-877-8339).
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