CUR Highlights Undergrad Voices on Capitol Hill
May 12, 2022
Posters on the Hill graphic from CUR.orgFABBS congratulates the undergraduate students and their mentors in the behavioral and brain sciences featured in the Council on Undergraduate Research Posters on the Hill 2022 that took place virtually …
A Vision for Equitable Data: Recommendations from the Equitable Data Working Group
April 28, 2022
President Biden’s Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government (“Equity EO”) formed the Equitable Data Working Group. The goal of the Working Group is to collect appropriate data to …
Congress Advancing Bills to Facilitate Cannabis Research
April 28, 2022
As Congress debates federal marijuana legislation, FABBS will be monitoring provisions to facilitate research. Currently, cannabis is considered a Schedule I drug by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), this has posed a barrier to studying potential risks …
GAO Releases Recommendations on Scientific Integrity
April 28, 2022
The Government Accountability Office (GAO), a federal agency known as the “Congressional Watchdog,” published recommendations to improve scientific integrity at several health agencies, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The document offers guidance to agencies on …
Progress on ARPA-H
April 28, 2022
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) is slowly starting to take shape. Congress recently approved funding for the agency, and the Biden Administration settled on key details in establishing the new agency.
Xavier Becerra, Secretary …
Q&A with Dr. Alice Ann Holland, FABBS Board Member
April 28, 2022
Dr. Alice Ann Holland is a current Board Member of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS), serving since 2020. As a member of the nominations committee, we asked Dr. Holland to speak with …
