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NICHD Strive Initiative Workshop Sessions Wrap Up
October 20, 2021
NICHD Strive Initiative Workshop Sessions Wrap Up
October 20, 2021
As previously reported by FABBS, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Office of Health Equity has launched STrategies to EnRich Inclusion and AchieVe Equity (STRIVE), a new initiative led by three committees focusing on the following themes: (1) ensuring equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in NICHD’s
read moreCongress Makes Progress on Funding Bills
On October 18, the Senate Appropriations Committee introduced spending legislation that covers agencies responsible for funding the behavioral and brain sciences. This is an encouraging sign amidst a background of ongoing intra-party debates over major pending legislation. Thankfully, Congressional Appropriators have continued working towards passing regular appropriations that would provide funding increases and direction for agencies in Fiscal Year 2022.
On September 30, Congress passed
read moreWelcoming New Members of the 2022 FABBS Board
FABBS is delighted to announce four incoming Board members: Jeff Zacks will serve as President-Elect, Adriana Galván will serve as Vice President-Elect, Bud Fennema will serve as Treasurer, and Edith Chen will serve as a Member-at-Large. They will begin their term in January 2022.
Jeffrey M. Zacks, PhD President-Elect
Dr. Zacks previously served as a Member-at-Large on the FABBS board from 2017 to 2020. He is Professor and Associate Chair of Psychological & Brain
read moreARPA-H Listening Sessions Wrap-up
As previously reported by FABBS, the Biden Administration has proposed the creation of a new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) at the National Institutes of Health. Over the summer the NIH and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) hosted 15 listening sessions to get feedback on the proposal. The sessions were held to understand the opportunities and barriers to accelerating health research breakthroughs with input from nearly 250
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