Notice of Change in Agency Contact for PAR-10-137, Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities (R21)

Release Date: January 7, 2011 

Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Eye Institute (NEI)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
National Institute on Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Office of Disease Prevention (ODP))

The purpose of this Notice is to change the Agency Contact for submitting a Letter of Intent and the Scientific/Research Contact for PAR-10-137 Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities (R21) published in the NIH Guide on March 18, 2010. Dr. Helen Meissner will replace Dr. Ronald Abeles on official communication regarding LoIs and Scientific/Research questions.

All other aspects of the FOA remain unchanged.

Please direct all inquiries to:

Helen I. Meissner, Ph.D.
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive
Building 31, Room B1C19
Bethesda MD 20892
Telephone: 301-402-1146
Fax: 301-402-1150
Email: [email protected]