Roybal Directory
NIA Officials
Lisa Onken, PhD | Director, Behavior Change and Intervention Program, NIA
Dr. Lisa Onken directs the Behavior Change and Intervention program in the Division of Behavioral and Social Research (DBSR). She joined National Institute on Aging (NIA) in January of 2015 after serving as chief of the Behavioral and Integrative Treatment Branch and associate director for treatment at the National Institute on Drug Abuse within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Onken is a Project Scientist on the NIA AD/ADRD Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory and has played an active role in the NIH Science of Behavior Change Common Fund effort since its inception. She leads the Roybal Translational Centers program, structured within the conceptual framework of the NIH Stage Model—a comprehensive translational conceptual framework for principle-driven behavioral intervention development.
Melissa Riddle, PhD | Health Scientist Administrator, Division of Behavioral and Social Research, NIA
Dr. Melissa Riddle directs an intervention research program focused on behavioral and social interventions relevant to caregiving, including interventions meant to support individuals with cognitive impairment and the people who care for them. This program is situated in the Individual Behavioral Processes Branch, in the Division of Behavioral and Social Research, at the National Institute on Aging (NIA). The program supports rigorous intervention development guided by the NIH Stage Model, with the ultimate goals of developing effective interventions that meet the needs of the individuals and/or communities for which they are developed, and that can be implemented where they are needed.
