Agenda

1:00 p.m. – 1:05 p.m. Welcome to MWR Honors
Jane M. Simoni, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, NIH
Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
1:05 – 2:50 pm NIH Matilda White Riley Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) Honorees – Presentations and Q&A
Moderator: Lauren Fordyce, Ph.D.
Health Science Administrator
OBSSR

Lecture Topic: A Person-Centered Approach to Capture Health Disparities and Multidimensional Impact of COVID-Related Stressors
Jeremey Luk, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institutes of Health

Lecture Topic: Prenatal Tobacco, Tobacco-Cannabis Coexposure, and Child Emotion Regulation: The Role of Child Autonomic Functioning and Sensitive Parenting
Kristin Perry, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Psychology
Penn State University

Lecture Topic: Novel Measures of Family Orientation and Childhood Self-Regulation: A Genetically Informed Twin Study
Gianna Rea-Sandin, Ph.D.
NIDA T32 Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Psychology
University of Minnesota

Lecture Topic: Longitudinal Effects of Electronic Dating Violence on Depressive Symptoms and Delinquent Behaviors Across Adolescence
Elyse Thulin, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention
University of Michigan
2:50 – 3:00 pm Break
3:00 – 4:15 pm NIH Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Lecture and Q&A
Moderator: Erica L. Spotts, Ph.D.
Health Science Administrator
OBSSR

The Power of Human Connections in Health and Health Care
Bernice Pescosolido, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Department of Sociology
Indiana University
4:15 – 4:30 pm Closing Remarks
Erica L. Spotts, Ph.D.
Health Science Administrator
OBSSR