The Division of Primary Care at the University of Nottingham is advertising a 3-year post-doctoral research fellow post. The post will involve working with Professor Qureshi in relation to mixed methods research to develop interventions in primary care and/or application of General Practice databases to genetic studies. The post will involve a range of duties including developing research proposals and protocols, conducting research, analysing research findings, writing grant applications, and writing for publication.
For more information and to apply, please see the job advert.
Closing date for applications: 14 February 2013
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is developing public health guidance on overweight and obese adults – lifestyle weight management. A series of evidence reviews and an economic analysis are being conducted to address the key questions that are set out in the scope and detailed below. If you would like to lead on contribute to a response on behalf of the UKSBM, please contact the UKSBM General Secretary before end of day on the 16th of January 2013. The deadline for sending comments to NICE is 5pm on Friday 1st February 2013.
Further Details:
NICE are interested in receiving details of evidence that relates to the questions below and are outlined in the scope:
- What are the beliefs and attitudes that affect take-up of weight loss programmes and adherence to them once people have started the programme? How do these beliefs and attitudes vary in the population, for example by ethnic or other population subgroup?
- How are weight loss services distributed across the country? What features of the services determine where, when, how and to whom they are provided? How do services interact with other elements of the public health system to facilitate or hinder the provision and use of services?
- What can primary care providers say or do that affects the likelihood of patients taking up referral to and adhering to weight loss programmes?
- What beliefs and attitudes do potential referrers to weight loss services hold about such services?
- How do referral systems vary across the country and how do these characteristics determine uptake and adherence to weight loss programmes?
- What knowledge and skills are required by providers of weight loss services?
- What is the best way to commission and monitor weight loss services?
NICE are interested in identifying studies published since 1995 or any ongoing research that is being conducted that relates to the review questions outlined above. They are interested in a broad range of different types of evidence. It may be quantitative or qualitative research. The studies may be published in journals, texts or monographs.
For more details and documents for this call for evidence, see the NICE website.
The Health Behaviour Research Centre at University College London is advertising two exciting behavioural research opportunities in the Health Behaviour Research Centre at UCL. One research post will investigate determinants of cancer screening uptake and early symptomatic presentation and another will explore public understanding of cancer genetic risk. Both posts are for 3 years.
For more information about the post and to apply, please see the job adverts:
Closing date for applications: 23 August 2012
There will be a Satellite Forum on “Getting Research into Policy and Practice: Advancing the Science for Dissemination and Implementation in Behavioral Medicine” ahead of the 2012 ICBM in Budapest on 29 August 2012. The forum will be chaired by: Brian Oldenburg (Chair, International Collaborative Studies Committee), Carina Chan (Chair, ISBM Early Career Network – INSPIRE) and Vish Viswanath (Chair, Organizational Liaison Committee). The forum will draw on the knowledge and experience of expert speakers and participants from around the world. For more information about the program and other details, please refer to the forum flyer (.pdf) or contact Dr. Carina Chan.
To join the UKSBM
Please download the membership application form or email the UKSBM Membership Secretary for more information.
For a subscription of £35 a year (£10 for students) you will receive regular updates on UKSBM activities, reduced rates for attending meetings, affiliate membership of International Society of Behavioural Medicine and electronic access to the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine and the Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research (subscribers click here for full access).
UKSBM membership categories
Membership status is awarded to individuals based on the information provided on their application. Individual memberships are not transferable. Membership does not certify competence in behavioural medicine and cannot be used as an indication of competence in any representation to the public. Full and student members have the right to vote on the main policy or administrative issues of the UKSBM.
Full membership confers the privilege of voting and holding office. The requirements of full membership are a) that the member is resident in, a citizen of, or working in, the United Kingdom and b) completion of an undergraduate degree and/or completion of relevant clinical training. Commercial conflicts of interest may be considered with regard to committee membership.
Student/Trainee membership is reserved for those who are enrolled in a course of accredited study or training, full-time or part-time. Student/trainee members pay a reduced fee. The supervisor/tutor must sign the application form to verify status at the time of membership application/renewal each year. Part-time students who are concurrently employed in a clinical capacity are not eligible for student membership.
Associate membership provides membership for those who agree with the purpose and objectives of the UKSBM but who do not meet the requirements of full membership. Associate members do not have voting or office-holding privileges. Membership fee is the same as full membership.
Private or commercial organizations judged by the governing body to be supporting the goals of the UKSBM may become a Benefactor.
Why join the UKSBM?
- Membership provides an exciting opportunity for interdisciplinary cross-fertilisation and exchange of ideas between behavioural scientists working in different disciplines. UKSBM has a specific focus on the importance of behaviour in health and medicine.
- Membership represents excellent value for money. The cost is £35 for full membership and £10 for students.
- Members receive free electronic access to both the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine and the Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research
- Members pay reduced rates for UKSBM conference registration.
- The next UKSBM conference will be held in Oxford on the 9th and 10th of December 2013
- As a UKSBM member you become an affiliate of the International Society of Behavioral Medicine (ISBM)
- ISBM hosts an excellent biennial meeting – usually held in August each year. Recent venues have included Bangkok, Tokyo, and Washington. The next meeting will be held in Europe, in Groningen, the Netherlands in 2014.
- Early career researchers (including students) get access to the Society’s Early Career Network, which provides peer-support, mentoring, and education to society members.
Behavioural Medicine is an interdisciplinary field concerned with:
- The development and integration of environmental, behavioural and biomedical knowledge relevant to health and disease
- The application of this knowledge to prevention, treatment and rehabilitation
The goals of UKSBM include:
- To encourage and promote exchanges of scientific information and professional experience between social, behavioural and clinical scientists, as well as practitioners
- To stimulate research and the development of research capacity through formal meetings and collaborative undertakings
- To raise the profile of behavioural medicine within UK science and health policy
- To develop and maintain liaison with the International Society for Behavioral Medicine and other related local, national and international Professional Organisations.
- The UK Society for Behavioural Medicine (UKSBM) works towards integrating knowledge of biology, behaviour and the environment to prevent and treat disease.
Please see the UKSBM BMJ editorial (PDF) or download our bylaws (.pdf) for further information.
Please see details of our Annual Scientific Meeting.
Please see our membership information page.
Contact
If you require any information about the UKSBM, please send an email to the General Secretary of the UKSBM, or write to:
UK Society for Behavioural Medicine
c/o Dr Jean Adams
Institute of Health & Society
Baddiley-Clark Building
Richardson Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4AX
Phone: +44 (0) 191 222 8124
Email: jean.adams@ncl.ac.uk
Job Adverts
If you would like to post a link to a behavioural medicine-related job advert, please contact the Communication and Web Management Officer (communications@uksbm.org.uk). To facilitate job postings, please send the following details of the post being advertised:
Job title(s):
Department:
Organisation/University:
Short description of post (1 or 2 sentences):
Duration of post:
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List of UKSBM Consultations and Responses
The UKSBM regularly responds to white papers to provide expertise, evidence and perspectives in behavioural medicine on behalf of its members. The UKSBM welcomes contributions from any members wishing to contribute to responses to consultations. All calls will be posted online with an open invitation to members to contribute to the production of a response from the UKSBM.
Current open consultations
If you would like to lead or contribute to a response to a consultation on behalf of the UKSBM, please contact the UKSBM general secretary at least 1 week before the deadline. If you would like to suggest a consultation that the UKSBM might be positioned to respond to, please contact the UKSBM general secretary.
Consultation archives
- UKSBM response to NICE consultation on draft guidance for type 2 diabetes prevention (.docx, 56kb, 9 Jan 2012)
- Department of Health ‘Healthy Lives Healthy People’ white paper (link)
- Final (.doc, 93Kb) and draft (.doc, 89KB) UKSBM response to Department of Health ‘Healthy Lives Healthy People’ white paper
- Review of Science in the Department of Health (PDF, 3.2Mb)
- UKSBM response to Review of Science in the Department of Health (.doc, 86Kb)
Training workshops:
If anyone would like to contribute to training in Behavioural Medicine in the UK (for example, in the form of workshops that are open to clinicians and/or researchers). Click here to express an interest.
If you require any information about the UKSBM, please send an email to the General Secretary of the UKSBM, or write to:
UK Society for Behavioural Medicine
c/o Dr Jean Adams
Institute of Health & Society
Baddiley-Clark Building
Richardson Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4AX
Phone: +44 (0) 191 222 8124
Email: jean.adams@ncl.ac.uk
Job Adverts
If you would like to post a link to a behavioural medicine-related job advert, please contact the Communication and Web Management Officer (communications@uksbm.org.uk). To facilitate job postings, please send the following details of the post being advertised:
Job title(s):
Department:
Organisation/University:
Short description of post (1 or 2 sentences):
Duration of post:
Web link to advert (or attach document):
Closing date for applications:
