Tuesday, November 12, 2019

NIH OBSSR Connector Monthly Newsletter: November 2019

The latest in behavioral and social sciences research
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November 12, 2019

Table of Contents

Director's Voice

Seeking Comments on Draft NIH Policy for Data Management and SharingThere are clear and well-accepted advantages of data sharing including increasing sample size, facilitating reproducibility analyses, and increasing the impact of the taxpayer's investment in data collection to advance science.  These advantages are not limited to large grants or to genomic studies; they are applicable to data sharing of nearly all of the research that the NIH supports.  Therefore, after considering initial input from the scientific community, the NIH this week released its Draft NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing that is intended to encourage data sharing of all NIH-supported research. The deadline for submitting comments is January 10, 2020.  

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Research Spotlights

Findings from Recently Published Research

nov. 2019 occupation

Occupation as a key social determinant of health


Recent research, supported by a grant from the NIMHD, sheds light on the changing nature of employment in the United States and its effects on public health. Rapid technological advances, globalization, economic recessions, and demographic changes over the last few decades have fundamentally changed the nature of work and the labor market. 

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nov. 2019 sound

Persons with schizophrenia may process sound differently


Research supported by the NIMH, NCI, the Stanley Foundation, The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development, and the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation is shedding light on auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia. Auditory hallucinations, or "voices", effect 80% of people with schizophrenia and are one of the most distressing symptoms of the disorder. 

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nov 2019 mindfulness

Combining mindfulness with medicine may help reduce opioid cravings


Currently, the United States is experiencing an opioid use disorder (OUD) epidemic. In a recent publication, researchers funded by NCCIH and NIDA conducted a randomized clinical trial to investigate the use of mindfulness in people with OUD receiving methdone maintenance treatment (MMT), a commonly used form medication assisted treatment for OUD. Nearly half of people in ongoing MMT continue to use opioids during treatment or relapse within six months. 
 
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In the Know

Events and Announcements

Register: 2019 NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival


Event Date and Location: Friday, December 6, 2019 
— NIH Campus, Natcher Conference Center (Bldg. 45). 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. The festival is open to the public. Please share this information with your networks.  

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

Featured Presenter: Alia Crum, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor of Psychology,
Stanford University
Presenting: Harnessing Mindset in 21st Century Healthcare

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. 

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 at 1-800-877-8339.

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OBSSR R25 Short Courses on Innovative Methodologies and Approaches in the Behavioral and Social Sciences Awarded


OBSSR and participating Institutes and Offices re-issued Short Courses on Innovative Methodologies and Approaches in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (RFA-OD-19-012). This program will support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation's biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. This funding opportunity is designed to fill educational gaps and needs in the behavioral and social sciences research community that are not being addressed by existing educational opportunities.

OBSSR announces the following recipients:

  • Debra Haire-Joshu: Mentored Education for Dissemination and Implementation Science (MEDIS) Program
  • Vivek Shetty: Training Institutes for mobile health (mHealth) methodologies
  • David B. Allison: Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research
  • Briana M. Mezuk: Summer Training Program in Integrative Methods for Mental and Physical Health
  • Joseph J. Gallo: Mixed Methods Research Training Program
  • Linda M. Collins: Optimization of behavioral and biobehavioral interventions: Building investigator capacity nationwide
  • Kenneth E. Freedland: Innovative Approaches to Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials

The Office of Disease Prevention is providing co-funding for Haire-Joshu, Shetty, and Allison. The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute is providing co-funding for Freedland.

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Webinar Recording: Advancing BSSR to Address National Priorities for Health Care and Population Health Improvement


The OBSSR Director's Webinar recording, featuring guest presenter Felicia Hill-Briggs, Ph.D., ABPP, Professor of Medicine and Core Faculty of the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is now available. Facilitators of BSSR intervention integration into practice are emerging. To illustrate, diabetes is presented as a priority disease example for value-based care. Diabetes, which affects over 30 million Americans and costs $327 billion annually in direct medical costs and reduced productivity, is a disease with concomitant lifestyle, behavioral, and mental health factors. Three diabetes-related BSSR interventions are used to demonstrate pathways to BSSR integration into health care and population health practice: the Collaborative Care Model; the National Diabetes Prevention Program; and DECIDE, a diabetes self-management program. Features of pathways to integration are discussed. Implications for the design and outcomes reporting of BSSR interventions to facilitate readiness for integration into practice in the current era are identified.

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Save the Date: TIDIRC 2020 Facilitated Course


Save the Date for the Training Institute in Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer (TIDIRC) 2020. 

November 18, 2019: Application Period Opens
January 15, 2020: Application Period Closes
Early-March: Online Course Begins
August 3-4, 2020: In-Person Training, Bethesda, MD

One of the most critical issues impeding improvements in public health today is the enormous gap between what we know can optimize health and health care and what gets implemented in everyday practice. The science of dissemination and implementation (D&I) seeks to address this gap by understanding how best to ensure that evidence-based strategies to improve health and prevent disease are effectively delivered in clinical and public health practice.

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) hosts this training institute to provide participants with a thorough grounding in conducting dissemination and implementation (D&I) research with a specific focus on cancer, across the cancer control continuum. The institute utilizes a combination of an online course (six modules with related assignments), and a 2-day in-person training. Faculty and guest lecturers consist of leading experts in theory, implementation, and evaluation approaches to D&I; creating partnerships and multilevel, transdisciplinary research teams; research design, methods, and analyses appropriate for D&I; and conducting research at different and multiple levels of intervention (e.g., clinical, community, policy).

This training is designed for investigators at any career stage interested in conducting D&I research with a focus on the cancer continuum. There is no cost associated with the training. Invited participants are required to cover related travel expenses to the Washington D.C. area for the in-person meeting.

Visit the Training Institute website for more details as to participant eligibility, application process, and responses to frequently asked questions.


 

National Research Summit on Care, Services, and Supports for Persons with Dementia and their Caregivers

 

Registration is now open for the National Research Summit on Care, Services, and Supports for Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers on March 24-25, 2020 hosted by the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. There is also an opportunity to submit poster abstracts for consideration by November 15, 2019. Please see the recent NIA blog post and visit the 2020 Summit website for details, including the themes and topics anticipated to be addressed. 

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NCI 2018-2019 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS) Data Release


The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is pleased to announce the initial release from the 2018-2019 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS). The July 2018 data is now available for download.

The Tobacco Use Supplement provides nationally representative estimates of U.S. tobacco use behaviors, attitudes, and policies. It offers a unique opportunity to track long-term trends and conduct complex analyses within the national Current Population Survey.

TUS 2018-2019 topics include:

  • Workplace and home vaping restrictions – New!
  • E-Cigarette price – New!
  • Prevalence of cigarette, e-cigarette, cigar, smokeless tobacco, pipe tobacco, dissolvable, and hookah use
  • Attitudes toward smoke-free policies in public places and inside multi-unit housing
  • Workplace and home smoking restrictions
  • Quit attempts and intention to quit
  • Physician advice to quit
  • Nicotine dependence
  • Cigarette price (after discounts) and purchase location
  • Cessation aids and switching to other tobacco products

A Data Brief presents a synopsis of results from initial analyses of July 2018 data.

Questions? Contact us at ncidccpsbrpadvances@mail.nih.gov.

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Funding Announcements

OBSSR-Led Opportunities

NOT-OD-19-040: Notice of Interest in Long-term Maintenance of Behavior Change Research

NOT-OD-19-147: Notice of Special Interest: Administrative Supplements to NIH-funded T32 and TL1 Training Grants to Better Integrate Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSS) with other Health-Related Sciences

PA-18-722: Improving Patient Adherence to Treatment and Prevention Regimens to Promote Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Expiration Date: May 8, 2021 

PA-18-723: Improving Patient Adherence to Treatment and Prevention Regimens to Promote Health (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Expiration Date: May 8, 2021 

Protocol Template for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

Resource for communicating the science, methods, and operations of a clinical trial

This Protocol Template for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research is a suggested format for clinical trials that are testing a behavioral or social intervention or experimental manipulation. The template can also be a useful tool for those trials funded by NIH Institutes or Centers that do not require stand-alone clinical protocols. Using the template to anticipate decision points and potential challenges before a study launches can help avoid delays down the road. Use of the protocol template is encouraged but not required.

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Social and Behavioral Research eLearning Course

Good Clinical Practice in Social and Behavioral Research

Complete the free NIH Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Training through the Society of Behavioral Medicine. In September 2016, the NIH issued a Policy on Good Clinical Practice Training for NIH awardees involved in NIH-funded clinical trials. The principles of GCP help assure the safety, integrity, and quality of clinical trials. Certificates will be given upon completion of the training. 

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