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WHAT'S NEW IN BBRB
Cancer Research Training Award (CRTA) Position Available in BBRB
Individuals with an interest in health psychology and cancer control are invited to apply for a CRTA position with BBRB. This award provides a wonderful opportunity to gain experience working as an extramural behavioral scientist at the National Cancer Institute.
The CRTA trainee will function as a member of BBRB and work with BBRB staff on projects related to the branch mission. Supervision will be provided by Dr. Michael Stefanek, chief of BBRB. Applicants should have a bachelor's or master's degree in psychology, or a master's degree in public health. Salary is commensurate with experience and education.
Direct inquiries to Dr. Wendy Nelson at nelsonw@mail.nih.gov or (301) 435-4590.
Biological Mechanisms of Psychosocial Effects on Disease (BiMPED) UPDATE
We are pleased to announce the publication of a supplemental issue of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity entitled "Biological Mechanisms of Psychosocial Effects on Disease: Implications for Cancer Control." This seminal issue is based on the BiMPED initiative sponsored by the NCI and led by the The Basic and Biobehavioral Research Branch (BBRB) of the Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences. The publication was made possible by contributions from BBRB, the NCI Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases, and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research. The objective of BiMPED is to evaluate the state-of-the-science in psychoneuroimmunology and related fields, and the applicability of this research to cancer control. We are proud of this publication and hope you enjoy reading it.
Still Ahead: NCI is sponsoring two events at the annual meeting of the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society, June 3-7, 2003, in Amelia Island, Florida.
- On June 4, Cobi Heijnen and Michael Stefanek will sponsor the symposium "Contribution of the host to tumor progression: Behavior and the neuroendocrine system as targets for cancer therapy." Symposium presenters include Ronald Herberman, Annemieke Kavelaars, Susan Lutgendorf, and David Spiegel.
- On June 5, NCI will sponsor a roundtable discussion, "Cancer and Psychoneuroimmunology." If you would like to participate in the discussion, please contact Paige McDonald at pm252v@nih.gov.
New BBRB Research Focus: Basic and Applied Decision Making in Cancer Control
Advances in cancer prevention, screening, treatment, and end-of-life care, coupled with advances in bioinformatics, have created a staggering array of health care options and sources of medical information. How do at-risk individuals, patients, and health care providers make critical health care decisions? The decision-making literature suggests that no single decision making paradigm, such as Expected Utility Theory or Prospect Theory, adequately captures the real world complexity confronting individuals and health care providers making decisions along the cancer continuum.
BBRB is interested in encouraging research that will improve our understanding of human decision making processes so that individuals can make more informed choices regarding their health care, and so more useful and user friendly information and decision support systems can be constructed. To accomplish this, it will be necessary to draw upon research in both the basic and applied judgment and decision-making domains.
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