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When the United States Congress created the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) at the National Institutes of Health, it mandated that the Office develop a standard definition of the field to assess and monitor funding in this area. The definition developed in 1996 was revised and simplified recently based on input from…

Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health Related Research (PRIDE) offers mentored week-long summer programs offering research experiences, skills development and grant writing training for junior faculty from diverse backgrounds. Programs typically are all expenses paid including travel, meals, and housing. For more information see https://pridecc.wustl.edu/.

All NIH-funded investigators and staff who are involved in applying for, conducting, overseeing, or managing clinical trials should be trained in good clinical practice and may be required to show documentation of training completion. Investigators and others are expected to refresh their training every three years. Free National Institutes of Health (NIH) training and certification…

Honored: Tamara Baker, PhD, MCUAAAR Scientist (2002), RCMAR CC Advisory Board member, and University of Kansas Professor of Psychology and Director of Gerontology was awarded the Outstanding Mentor Award by the Gerontological Society of America, Minority Issues Committee, at the November 14 Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas.

RCMAR Annual Meeting 2016 photos can be viewed here