APS

2025 APS Annual Convention

30 Years of Advancing Behavioral and Social Sciences Research to Improve Health for All

Friday, May 23, 2025 · Washington, DC

Oral · General

The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) at the National Institutes of Health is celebrating its 30th anniversary. This symposium will highlight the office’s history and current work through presentations by OBSSR staff and researchers supported by OBSSR-led initiatives, improving health for all through research and capacity building.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Sydney O'ConnorCoChair
    Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health
  • Janine SimmonsDiscussant
    Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health
  • Kristin Brethel-HaurwitzChair
    NIH/OBSSR

Presentations

  1. Summer Training Program in Integrative Methods for Mental and Physical HealthBriana Mezuk
  2. A Prospective-Longitudinal Investigation of the Biopsychosocial Predictors of Loneliness across Adolescence in Autism and Typical DevelopmentElizabeth Redcay
  3. Mapping Dynamic Transitions across Neural, Behavioral, and Social Scales in Interacting AnimalsMengsen Zhang