MORE INFORMATION HERE. Join us for the 11th NIH Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Honors on Thursday, May 31, 2018, on the NIH Campus. FREE and Open to the public. National Institutes of Health Building 1, Wilson Hall (3rd floor) 1 Center Drive Bethesda, MD 20892 Building 1 is part of the NIH and is located on the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD, approximately 5 miles from Washington D.C.

REGISTER HERE The Lunch @ DC with Marie Thoma Why is the maternal mortality rate so high in DC and how do we address it? Maternal mortality rates have declined by 50% worldwide, but US maternal mortality appears to be increasing. Washington D.C. has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the nation, which persist regardless of changes in data collection over time. To address maternal mortality, we need to think broadly about the quality and accessibility of women’s…

REGISTER HERE The Lunch @ DC with Dept. of Human Services And are there things we can do to help people meet program deadlines? Can we lessen the bottlenecks that inadvertently discourage them from complying with program rules? For families receiving public assistance, missing eligibility deadlines can mean losing access to needed services and benefits. The DC Department of Human Services and The Lab @ DC share new work using behavioral science to help families maintain their access to TANF.

REGISTER HERE The Lunch @ DC with Jerry Muller In 1986, the American management guru, Tom Peters, declared that “What gets measured gets done,” and this became the first article of a credo of measured performance - “metric fixation.” In time, devotees drew the conclusion that “Anything that can be measured can be improved” – a naive article of faith that many would find appealing, with its combination of optimism and scientism. The metric credo is attractive to politicians, policy…