SBE Webinars

For the first webinar, the team introduced the SBE Initiative to an audience of over 250 people on April 27-28, 2022. For the second webinar, the team provided a demo of the DR2 platform. The webinars provided a platform for researchers to seek guidance on common data elements and data harmonization and hear directly from their peers on COVID-19 research challenges among health disparity and vulnerable populations. Participants found the webinar helpful and informative and have shared ways that they plan to incorporate what was discussed into their COVID-19-related research efforts.

View the agenda for the 2022 Spring Webinar

Additional Resources:

• Update on the NIH Social, Behavioral, and Economic (SBE) Initiative on the Health Impacts of COVID-19
  This blog post authored by the directors of NIMH and NIMHD outline many of the cross-cutting projects studying effects of COVID-19. 
• Translational Behavioral Medicine social and behavioral research in response to the SARS-CoV2 Pandemic
  This commentary describes the various initiatives of the NIH to address the SBE and health disparities impacts of the pandemic, the findings from which can improve pandemic response, and help prepare for future outbreaks.
• NIH Report on Vaccine Communication
  This report from the NIH OBSSR discusses communication strategies to help people have more confidence in COVID-19 vaccines.
• NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
  Learn more about NIH’s research in the areas of social and behavioral sciences.