FABBS News Highlights: October 10, 2019
Thursday, October 10, 2019
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Posted by: Psychonomic Society
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Q
& A with Arthur “Skip” Lupia, NSF
Dr.
Arthur Lupia is Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation. In that capacity, he serves as head of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic
Sciences (SBE).
We asked him some questions regarding the repositioning of programs in SBE. Read
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Focus on Foreign Influence in Washington, DC
Last month,
Kelvin Droegemeier, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, wrote a letter to the U.S. research community announcing that OSTP will be holding meetings at academic institutions
across the country as part of the efforts of the Joint Committee on the Research Environment. Read
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EARLY CAREER SPOTLIGHT: Kristina Olson, PhD, University
of Washington
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Without
a Need for the Closet, Kids are Just Kids
When preschoolers identify with a gender that is different than the one assigned at birth, do they suffer more depression than other children?
Do they feel the same way about their gender identity as other children their age? What clothes do they prefer to wear?
Psychology professor
Kristina Olson, director of the TransYouth Project at the University of Washington, is working with families across the United States and Canada to find answers to these and other questions.
So far the results are positive. Read
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Honors
in Our Sciences
Roxane Cohen Silver, FABBS President-Elect,
was awarded The Application of Personality and Social Psychology Award by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Two MacArthur genius grants were also awarded to scientists in our field. Read
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Attend
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2019
Henry and Bryna David Lecture (Oct 10, Washington, DC)
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Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities on Society
AESIS Conference (Oct 17-18, Washington, DC)
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16th
Annual AERA Brown Lecture in Education Research (Oct 24, Washington, DC)
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NSF EHR
Advisory Committee Fall Meeting (Oct 29, Alexandria, VA)
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2019
International Mental Health Research Symposium (Nov 1, New York, NY)
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UPCOMING FABBS MEMBER SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETINGS
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FABBS News Highlights is a semi-monthly electronic newsletter published by the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences with
the goals of keeping scientists updated on federal budget and policy issues affecting the sciences of mind, brain and behavior; recognizing the research contributions of leading scientists; and sharing research findings to inform policies and programs.
Editor: Juliane Baron
Contributors: Juliane Baron, Megan Kamphouse,
Diana Liao, Jennifer Anderson
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FABBS Mission
FABBS promotes human potential and well-being by advancing the sciences of mind, brain, and behavior; promoting scientific research and training in these fields; educating the public
about the contributions of research to the health and well-being of individuals and society; fostering communication among scientists; and recognizing scientists who have made significant contributions to building knowledge.
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