Center for Biomarker and Biobehavioral Research (CBBR)

Center for Biomarker and Biobehavioral Research (CBBR)—formerly the Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research—is a school-based center, housed under the Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health and the School of Social Ecology. It serves as a scientific hub for research, training, and shared resources regarding the biobehavioral processes underlying health and disease with a focus on the use and development of salivary biomarkers. CBBR promotes the exchange of ideas, development of collaborations, training of new scientists, and conduct of innovative research via hands-on laboratory experience and education as well as professional analyte assay services and consultation on data analysis and interpretation.

The mission of CBBR is to advance knowledge of biobehavioral processes for health and recovery from illness with a focus on the empirical, clinical, and applied potential of non-invasive biomarkers measured with high ecological validity.