Scientific Meeting

5th Annual Scientific Meeting: 14th and 15th December 2009

University of Southampton

Behavioural Medicine: What Next?

The UK Society for Behavioural Medicine is pleased to announce its 5th annual scientific meeting; “Behavioural Medicine: What Next?” on 14th and 15th December 2009 at the University of Southampton. The meeting will be held in association with the National Prevention Research Initiative (NPRI) Annual Scientific Meeting.

The Society invites all behavioural and public health researchers, clinical practitioners, epidemiologists, health and clinical psychologists, medical sociologists, health economists, nurses, pharmacists and all other interested colleagues in the field of behavioural medicine to participate in the two day meeting.

Further information, including registration, can be found on the website for the scientific meeting.

Keynote Speakers

Prof James Raftery, Professor of Health Technology Assessment, Director of NIHR Evaluations, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, University of Southampton

NIHR evaluation grants: towards a behavioural analysis of funding decisions

Prof Rob Horne, Professor of Behavioural Medicine, Director of the Centre for Behavioural Medicine, The School of Pharmacy, University of London.

Improving medication adherence in tomorrow’s NHS: Can We? Should We?

Prof Christopher Dowrick, Professor of Primary Medical Care, University of Liverpool

Embodied suffering: challenging medical perspectives

Prof Annie S Anderson, Professor of Food Choice and Director of the Centre for Public Nutrition Research, Department of Medicine, University of Dundee Ninewells Hospital and Medical School

Disease Prevention – research, practice, policy and user communities

Special Workshop

Prof Trudie Chalder, Professor of Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychiatry, Academic Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London

Developing cognitive behavioural interventions for health outcomes associated with chronic diseases

Meeting Format

Workshops, structured discussions, oral and poster presentations

Call for Abstracts

Abstract call opens: 30th April 2009

Deadline for submissions: 10th July 2009

Notification of acceptance: Week commencing 14th August 2009

Abstract preparation & submission

The meeting programme will be informed by the abstract submissions of participants. This year’s featured theme is ‘Behavioural Medicine: Where Next’ although submissions on a wide range of topics are invited. All submissions must use the relevant abstract form.

Abstracts should be submitted by e-mail, using the abstract submission form provided, to Delia.Perkins@hantspt-sw.nhs.uk by Friday 10th July 2009

Committee members will select oral or poster presentations, workshops or structured discussions on the basis of relevance and merits of the abstracts submitted.

Abstract Instructions and Submission Form (MS Word - 54KB)

Abstract Instructions and Submission Form (PDF - 85KB)

Please note all abstract submissions will be acknowledged by e-mail. If you do not receive an acknowledgement please contact Delia.Perkins@hantspt-sw.nhs.uk

Publication of abstracts

Abstracts selected for presentation will be published in a book of abstracts which will be distributed to all participants at the meeting.

Flyer
Please download and distribute the flyer for the 5th Annual Scientific Meeting.

Further information

Further information, including registration, can be found on the website for the scientific meeting.