The Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) will hold its 39th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions from April 11-14 in New Orleans. The 2018 SBM Annual Meeting will be attended by an estimated 2,100 individuals from the United States and abroad, and will feature more than 1,400 presentations. The meeting theme is "Extending Our Reach," and will encourage attendees to venture outside of their academic and clinical comfort zones by connecting directly with community organizations, industry partners, government agencies, the media, and the general public.
SBM is the nation's leading scientific society dedicated to behavioral medicine, representing approximately 2,400 behavioral and biomedical researchers and clinicians from more than 20 disciplines.
Behavioral medicine professionals include psychologists, physicians, nurses, epidemiologists, nutritionists, exercise scientists, biostatisticians, and public health experts. They work to understand, prevent, and treat chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, diabetes, and cancer. In short, they improve health by helping people change their behaviors. This improves quality of life and reduces healthcare costs.
SBM's annual meetings are the premier forum for behavioral medicine's most important ideas and breakthrough findings. The meeting's educational sessions and networking forums promote the sharing of attendee knowledge in an open, collegial way. This stimulates new thinking that can lead to scientific innovations. Attendees apply the knowledge gained to the prevention and management of diseases, and the creation of innovative research designs, effective clinical interventions, and evidence-based health policies.