FABBS Responds to RFI on NIA’s Strategic Directions for Research
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is revising its current Strategic Directions for Research (2020-2025) document for 2026-2030. This document serves as a statement of NIA’s scientific priority areas and provides a framework for analysis of the institute’s scientific portfolio. …
NIH Effort to Improve Research Frameworks
FABBS responded to a request for information (RFI) about improving research frameworks to enable rigorous study of the effects of racism on brain and behavioral health across the lifespan (NOT-MH-24-190). The multi-institute initiative includes the National Institute of Mental Health, …
AESIS Conference on Open Science and Societal Impacts, FABBS a Partner
The Network for Advancing and Evaluation the Societal Impact of Science (AESIS Network) held a virtual conference, Open Science and Societal Impacts, on April 24 and 25, 2024. The goal of the convening was to advance the potential for open …
FABBS Congratulates Current and Past Leadership Elected to AAA&S and NAS
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAA&S) elected two FABBS leaders to their 2024 class of inductees – Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD, University of California-Irvine, FABBS past president (2020-2021), and Jeffrey Zacks, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis, (2024-2025). …
Meet the FABBS Winter Interns
FABBS is delighted to welcome two interns with interest in the psychological and brain sciences – Matthew O’Brien from University of California, Los Angeles, and Eric Inestroza from Stockton University. FABBS offers undergraduate internship opportunities where students can gain experience …
Welcoming New Members of the 2024 FABBS Board
FABBS is delighted to announce four Board members for 2024: Norman B. Anderson will serve as President-Elect, Lee Ryan will serve as Vice President-Elect, Bud Fennema will serve again as Treasurer, and Jon Freeman will serve as a Member-at-Large. They begin their …
