Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (FABBS)

The Behavioral Science & Policy Association 2024 Online Conference on May 2-3 is less than a month away! ⏰

This year's theme is Technology & Society, featuring a star-studded line-up of speakers from the worlds of policy, business, and academia. Register now:

2024 Behavioral Science Events | Behavioralscienceconference.com Join leading scientists, executives & policymakers for the Behavioral Science in Policy & Application Conference virtually on May 2 & 3! www.behavioralscienceconference.com

Happening in less than 1 hour! Interested in youth ?

Experts will shed light on the most recent insights in the field of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience and discuss adolescent brain development! 🧠

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FABBS mourns the devastating loss of Norman B. Anderson, PhD, who passed away entirely too young on March 1st. Dr. Anderson had just begun his term as FABBS President-elect this year, and had already made significant contributions to the mission of FABBS.

He will be remembered by his colleagues for his kindness, wisdom, mentorship, humility, friendship, and a remarkable legacy in the behavioral sciences.

https://fabbs.org/about/in-honor-of/norman-b-anderson/

Register for the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) 75th Anniversary Symposium: "Amplifying Voices and Building Bridges" happening this Monday, March 18.

Space is still available to attend in person in Washington DC and virtually!

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Amplifying Voices and Building Bridges: Toward a More Inclusive Future The symposium will bring together people living with mental illness, clinicians, and communities to reflect on past and present challenges in mental health research and chart a more inclusive path forward.

The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a hearing with the goal of ensuring that federal agencies are protecting U.S. science and technology development from malevolent foreign agents. Testimony shed light on the complexities of safeguarding scientific integrity.

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HSST Hearing Examines Federal Agency Actions to Secure U.S. Science and Technology – FABBS The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a hearing on February 15th, with the goal of ensuring that federal agencies are acting to protect U.S

Congressional leaders in both chambers have agreed to, yet another, continuing resolution to avoid a partial (Agriculture, Transportation and Housing, Energy and Water, and Veteran’s Affairs) government shutdown after March 1. March 8th is the deadline for the other eight bills, including those funding FABBS sciences.

While averting a shutdown is good news, keep in mind that the fiscal year ended on September 30, 2023 and that three of the four bills continue to be contentious and will still need to be resolved.

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Congress Signals Additional Stopgap Measures to Keep Government Open – FABBS Congressional leaders in both chambers have agreed to, yet another, continuing resolution (CR) to avoid a partial (Agriculture, Transportation and Housing, Ener

Celebrate interdisciplinary research excellence at the 2024 College of Behavioral and Social Sciences' (BSOS) Showcase on Inequality Research at the University of Maryland!

This showcase will highlight the UMD Inequality Research Hub with poster presentations and videos across themes such as social justice, health disparities, stigma, and more. This will be an immersive event focused on bringing research to life. Enjoy refreshments, meet faculty and students, and learn more about BSOS' broad range of research on inequality.

Date: Thursday, May 2
Time: 4:00–5:30 p.m.
Location: Grand Ballroom of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union
RSVP to attend: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWzCgda_AHyv_4JKw2vkIVeFDNH-GklCIOAvTKBO7frLFXIQ/viewform

Yesterday marked the International Day of Women in Science! 🔬🎉

It is time to shepherd a new era of sustainability for women in science. Harnessing all talent means getting more women working in scientific fields. Evidence-based policies can shift organizational culture, enabling the full and durable participation of .

See research and policy recommendations, with free access now:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2372732220980092

FABBS was delighted to join the health and science advocacy community in welcoming the new NIH Director, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli! 🎉 We look forward to working together and elevating the role of the behavioral and brain sciences to serve the NIH mission.

https://fabbs.org/news/2024/02/welcome-reception-for-new-nih-director-dr-bertagnolli/

📢 Science Policy Interns Opportunity!

The NIH Office of Science Policy has a virtual Summer Internship Program. This 8–12 week program will enable interns to engage with leading policy experts to learn strategies for advancing national science and technology policy and obtain practical experience in policy analysis and development. Applications are due Monday, Feb. 12.

Learn more and apply

The 2024 NIH Office of Science Policy Summer Internship Program The OSP Summer Internship Program provides an opportunity for undergraduate, graduate, and/or professional students to gain tangible science policy experience in support of the NIH mission. Interns will work side-by-side with leading policy experts to learn strategies for advancing national science....

As he starts his term as President, we invited Dr. Jeff Zacks, Professor and Chair of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, to share his goals for his 2-year term, the biggest opportunities and challenges facing the cognitive, brain & behavioral sciences, and what he would like scientists to know about FABBS.

Read it here:

Q&A with Dr. Jeff Zacks, Incoming FABBS President – FABBS Jeff Zacks, PhD What inspired you to become President of the FABBS board? I am deeply honored to have been nominated for and elected to this role. I have been e

Congratulations to Dr. Jacqueline Chen, Associate Professor of Social Psychology at the The University of Utah, on receiving the inaugural FABBS Kellina Craig-Henderson Award for Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA Award). 🎉

Dr. Chen’s research explores how people perceive and behave toward outgroup members and how to promote understanding of diverse intergroup interactions. She is the principal investigator of the Social Cognition and Intergroup Perception (SCIP) Laboratory, which uses social psychological methods to investigate topics related to intergroup relations and diversity. Dr. Chen and her collaborators established the American Multiracial Faces Database (AMFD), a database of multiracial face photos that provides behavioral science researchers with more diverse stimuli and increases the representation of multiracial individuals in research.

Watch FABBS' interview celebrating Dr. Jacqueline Chen's long-standing commitment to mentorship and her pioneering research in diversity here:

FABBS 2023 Kellina Craig-Henderson IDEA Award Winner: Jacqueline M. Chen, PhD FABBS is proud to announce the Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) Awards, recognizing and honoring distinguished research, professional...

The NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) Early Stage Investigators (ESI) Paper Competition awards recognize emerging scientists whose research reflect Dr. Matilda White Riley’s vision of research excellence in health-related behavioral and social sciences. The article must be published or accepted and in-press between January 1 and December 31, 2023. The article must involve original research published in a peer-review journal. Up to 5 ESI awardees will be invited to present the findings from their accepted paper and participate in a moderated discussion of future research possibilities during the event. Please submit no later than January 28, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET. For more information and for the submission link, please visit https://mwr.obssr.od.nih.gov/

The newest issue of Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences (PIBBS) examines multiple facets of the behavioral and brain sciences such as foreign substances, healthy habits, diverse populations, visual impairment, the criminal legal system, and perception.

Read the Newest PIBBS Issue, featuring articles with open access now: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/bbsa/10/2

FABBS is saddened to learn of the passing of Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson. She will be remembered for being a pioneering leader in her public service roles and a tremendous champion for science.

Chairwoman Johnson, often referred to as EBJ, was a pioneering leader in numerous public service roles. She was the first registered nurse to serve in Congress, and the first African American, and first woman, to chair the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology – with jurisdiction over the National Science Foundation (NSF), a primary federal funder of behavioral and brain sciences. FABBS is saddened to learn of the passing of Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson. She will be remembered for being a pioneering leader in her public service roles and a tremendous champion for science.

FABBS Honors Congresswoman Johnson's career and legacy:

Honoring Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson – FABBS Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, a champion for science who served 15 terms in the House of Representatives for Texas’s 30th District, passed away on Decemb

Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Dr. James Jones, University of Delaware, on receiving the inaugural FABBS Lifetime Achievement Award for Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA Award). 🎉

Dr. Jones is known for his conceptual contributions to our early understanding of racism and its psychological consequences in the lives of people of African descent. Dr. Jones' classic book, Prejudice and Racism, has been extensively used in university courses on prejudice and racism.

Dr. Jones has received numerous accolades and honors throughout his long and distinguished career and has also recently been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his distinguished original research. Dr. Jones’ leadership roles include President of SPSSI, Director of the American Psychological Association APA Minority Fellowship Program, and more.

Watch FABBS' interview celebrating Dr. James Jones's leadership and achievements here:

FABBS 2023 IDEA Award Lifetime Achievement Winner: James M. Jones, PhD FABBS is proud to announce the Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) Awards, recognizing and honoring distinguished research, professional...

FABBS is proud to stand with the over 1,100 signers of the Non-defense Discretionary Appropriations (NDD) United sign-on letter rejecting FY24 cuts to non-defense spending.

Read the letter here:https://static1.squarespace.com/static/606e6778226e5b3b32094244/t/659c29c8a994105337228950/1704733128174/NDD+United+Letter+January+8+2024.pdf

As Dr. Philip Rubin concludes an incredible 2-year tenure as FABBS President, we would like to express our deepest gratitude for his remarkable leadership. 👏🎉

In a recent interview with Sage Publications' Social Science Space, Dr. Rubin speaks on his extraordinary career journey from his days as a linguistics researcher, to pitching new and exciting scientific ideas to the White House as the leader of the first Neuroscience Initiative.

Read Dr. Rubin's amazing story here: https://www.socialsciencespace.com/2023/12/philip-rubin-the-accidental-essential-man-linking-research-and-policy/