NIH Director Announces Appointment of Robert Kaplan as Associate Director for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., announced
today the appointment of Robert M. Kaplan, Ph.D., as Director, Office of Behavioral
and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) and NIH Associate Director for Behavioral
and Social Sciences Research. Dr. Kaplan is expected to join the NIH in early
2011.

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NIH Announces New Awards in Program to Expand Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health

Almost $6 million has been awarded to investigators and programs to help researchers in the early stages of careers in women’s health research. The funding is from the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) and other co-sponsors. The money will go to 12 new and continuing Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) programs nationwide. This is the fifth funding round of an innovative, interdisciplinary career development program for men and women junior faculty in women’s health research.

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