Day 1: November 18, 2021
 
1:00 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
James M. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI)/Office of the Director (OD), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
 
1:10 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. State of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (BSSR) at NIH
William T. Riley, Ph.D., Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), DPCPSI, OD, NIH
 
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Session 1: Toward Cultivating Connection
Moderator: Nadra Tyus, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., Health Scientist Administrator, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH

Sense of Purpose, Loneliness, and Cognitive Health
Angelina Sutin, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, Florida State University College of Medicine

Examining the Influence of Social Media Experiences on Depression among LGBTQ+ Persons
Cesar Escobar-Viera, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Program for Internet Delivered Interventions on LGBTQA+ Mental Health (PRIDE iM), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Efficacy of Yoga Versus Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Versus Stress Education for the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Naomi Simon, M.D., M.Sc., Professor of Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
 
3:00 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. Break
 
3:10 p.m. – 4:25 p.m.

Session 2: New Rules of Engagement in BSS
Moderator: Olga Brazhnik, Ph.D., Program Director and Computer Scientist, Division of Clinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), NIH

Fusing Ambient and Mobile Sensor Features into a Behaviorome for Predicting Clinical Health Scores
Diane Cook, Ph.D., Regents Professor and Huie-Rogers Chair, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University (WSU); Founding Director, WSU Center for Advanced Studies in Adaptive Systems; Co-Director, WSU Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Participant Engagement and Ethical Digital Storytelling: The MOCHA Moving Forward Study
Aline Gubrium, Ph.D., Professor, Health Promotion and Policy, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Luis Arturo Valdez, Ph.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, Health Promotion and Policy, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Albert Hubert, Lead Facilitator, Stories Matter

Enhanced Perinatal Programs for People in Prisons
Rebecca Shlafer, Ph.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School
 
4:25 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks, Day 1
Christine Hunter, Ph.D., ABPP, Deputy Director, OBSSR, DPCPSI, OD, NIH 
 

Day 2: November 19, 2021
 
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. The Nexus of Nursing Science and Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Shannon N. Zenk, Ph.D., M.P.H., RN, FAAN, Director, National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH 
 
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Session 3: Spatial and Structural Influences to Pay Attention To
Moderator: Dana Greene Schloesser, Ph.D., Health Scientist Administrator, OBSSR, DPCPSI, OD, NIH

Applications of Geospatial Methods in Population Health and Health Disparities Research
Dustin Duncan, Sc.D., Associate Professor, Epidemiology; Co-Director, Social and Spatial Epidemiology Unit, Columbia University

Daily Associations Between Minority Stress, Craving, Effect, and Nicotine Use Among Sexual Minority Youth Who Use Nicotine
Ethan Mereish, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Health Studies, American University

The Social Epidemiology of Sleep
Chandra Jackson, Ph.D., Earl Stadtman Investigator, Epidemiology Branch, Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Equity, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH
 
3:00 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. Break
 
3:10 p.m. – 4:25 p.m. Session 4: Innovating in a Year (or Two) That We Never Expected
Moderator: Stephanie George, Ph.D., M.P.H., Program Director and Epidemiologist, Division of Extramural Research, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH

Face Covering, Physical Distancing, and Physical Activity Behaviors in Schools: Quantifying the Fidelity of Mitigation Strategies in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Shlomit Radom-Aizik, Ph.D., Executive Director, Pediatric Exercise and Genomics Research Center; Exercise Medicine Division Chief; Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics; School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine

Early Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Children Living in the United States
Genevieve Dunton, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor of Preventive Medicine and Psychology, University of Southern California

Collective Action, Behavioral Models of Transmission, and COVID-19 Outcomes in Two Native South American Populations
Hillard Kaplan, Ph.D., Professor of Health Economics and Anthropology, Economic Science Institute, Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University 
 
4:25 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks, Day 2
William T. Riley, Ph.D., Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), DPCPSI, OD, NIH