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Q&A with Dr. Philip Rubin, Incoming FABBS President
January 13, 2022
Philip Rubin, PhD
What inspired you to become President of the FABBS board?
My experience with FABBS goes back over twenty years. I first became aware of the organization in 2000, when I took a leave from my position as a senior scientist at Haskins Laboratories in New Haven, CT, where I was doing psychological research and computational modeling related to the biological bases of speech and other cognitive activities, to serve as the Director of the
read moreQ&A with Dr. Roxane Silver, Outgoing FABBS President
December 16, 2021
As 2021 ends, FABBS celebrates the leadership of Dr. Roxane Cohen Silver (University of California, Irvine) as President of FABBS for the past two years. We have invited Dr. Silver to reflect on her time in the role.
Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD
What was the most rewarding accomplishment while leading FABBS?
Serving as President of FABBS for the past two years has been one of the most valuable service activities in which I have been engaged over the course of my
read moreNASEM BBCSS Holds 2021 Fall Meeting
The Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences (BBCSS) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine met on December 9 and 10 for their Fall Advisory Meeting. BBCSS provides vision on how to advance public policy and practice by leveraging cutting-edge research from these fields. Each day, part of the agenda, featuring updates from federal colleagues and science presentation, was open to the public. Dr. Terrie
read moreSBE Advisory Committee Highlights FABBS Work
The Advisory Committee (AC) for the Social, Behavioral and Economic (SBE) Sciences Directorate at the National Science Foundation met on December 2 and 3 for a packed agenda. Dominique Brossard, University of Wisconsin-Madison, serves as the chair and started the meeting by welcoming new members Marie Banich, the Executive Director of the Intermountain Neuroimaging Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder and Robin Leichenko, a geographer at Rutgers University.
Arthur “Skip” Lupia,
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