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We are delighted to extend an invitation for you to attend the 37th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) to be held in Washington, DC, from March 30 to April 2, 2016. The meeting will convene at the Washington Hilton, conveniently located in the vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood, providing easy access to premier dining, entertainment, and shopping.

The 2016 Annual Meeting Program will feature the theme, “Behavioral Medicine at a Crossroads: 21st Century Challenges and Solutions.” The meeting will focus on the following cross-cutting subthemes:

Innovative behavioral interventions that prevent disease and alter its natural progression.

Translation of behavioral medicine research into practice.

New ideas for funding health improvement research and evidence-based interventions.

Expanding behavioral medicine’s reach.

Washington, DC, is the perfect location to highlight the significant impact that behavioral medicine has on health and health care across settings and populations. Our invited speakers will represent the diversity of our members’ expertise and interests. Thematic areas represented in the talks will include health in all policies; healthy eating; active living; adolescent and child health; health disparities; and cancer. 

Washington, DC, with its rich history and nexus for health care policy in the United States provides the ideal home for the 2016 Annual Meeting. We urge you and your colleagues to attend the Annual Meeting and share your most compelling research. Please check the website regularly to receive program updates and information about submission procedures and deadlines, as well as things to see and do in Washington, DC.

See you there!

Sincerely,

Kathleen Wolin, ScD

    Program Chair

David X. Marquez, PhD

    Program Co-Chair

USD

Group registrations not allowed

Accompanying persons not allowed

We don’t accept Online Abstracts

Hilton Washington    

Northwest Washington, 1919, Connecticut Avenue Northwest Washington, D.C. United States of America

Submission Info

The awards described below will be offered by SBM in 2016. Nominations for awards must be submitted by SBM members in good standing. Self-nominations are allowed. Visit www.sbm.org/membership to join SBM or renew your membership. Recipients will be presented with their respective awards during SBM's 37th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, March 30 to April 2, 2016, in Washington, DC. Award recipients will be notified of the date and time of the awards ceremony.

The deadline for submitting awards applications and supporting materials is 11:59 p.m. EST on November 18. Only applications submitted via the SBM website, www.sbm.org, by the deadline, will be considered for a 2016 award.

View award requirements and apply online by clicking the appropriate award link below:

Distinguished Scientist Award ($1,000)

Research to Practice Award ($1,000)

Jessie Gruman Award for Health Engagement ($1,000)

Early Career Investigator Award ($1,000)

Outstanding Dissertation Award ($500)

Distinguished Student Awards (awards, at minimum, in the amount of $500 each)

Distinguished Research Mentor Award and Distinguished Clinical Mentor Award

Excellence in Behavioral Medicine Training Program Award

For questions regarding the 2016 Achievement Awards nomination process, please contact:

Andrew Schmidt

Administrative Coordinator

Society of Behavioral Medicine

Email: ASchmidt@sbm.org

Phone: (414) 918-3156

SBM Contact Information

Address

555 East Wells Street, Suite 1100

Milwaukee, WI 53202

Phone: (414) 918-3156

E-mail: info@sbm.org

SBM Contact Information

Address

555 East Wells Street, Suite 1100

Milwaukee, WI 53202

Phone: (414) 918-3156

E-mail: info@sbm.org