Welcome to the UKSBM
The UK Society for Behavioural Medicine is a network of academic and clinical health researchers interested in applying knowledge, theory and evidence on health-related behaviours to improve the health and wellbeing of people in the United Kingdom and beyond. We pursue knowledge to inform the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of illness, and we actively seek to inform national policy and guidance relevant to our field.
The meeting at will host three pre-conference workshops onย Monday, 27th April:
Leadership for Chief Investigators:ย Led by Carla Girling and Jen Brown (Sheffield CTRU), focusing on leadership skills and effective collaboration with clinical trials units.
Participatory Systems Mapping:ย Led by Rachel Hawkins and Jen Brown.
LLMs in Evidence Synthesis:ย Led by Joรฃo Craveiro andย Ian Kellar, exploring the practical application of large language models inย evidenceย synthesis.
The keynote programme includes:
Prof Parveen Ali (Sheffield):ย Addressing health inequalities, gender-based violence, and domestic abuse.
Prof Debi Bhattacharya (UEA):ย Design and evaluation of theory-based medication adherence interventions.
Prof Daryl OโConnor (Leeds):ย Investigating stress, biological processes (HPA axis), and health outcomes across the life course.
Prof James Rubin (KCL):ย Perceptions of health risks and behaviour during public health disasters.
Submit your abstract here:ย https://www.delegate-reg.co.uk/uksbm2026/
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Spotlight on: Our Early Career Network Collaborative Award winner
We are delighted to announce Kelly Lloyd as our winner of the UK Society of Behavioural Medicine Early Career Network Collaborative Award
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Hear from Kelly:
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“๐ย ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐย ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ,ย ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ตย ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉย ๐๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏย ๐๐ข๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ตย ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฆย (๐๐๐๐)ย ๐ข๐ตย ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ.ย ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญย ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ดย ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ตย ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฎ๐บ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ.ย ๐ย ๐ข๐ฎย ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅย ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ตย ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅย ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎย ๐๐ณ๐๐ข๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ,ย ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ,ย ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณย ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏย ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข.ย ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐งย ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ย ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ,ย ๐ ย ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญย ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐย ๐ฎ๐บย ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข,ย ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆย ๐ย ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธย ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐บ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐บ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ.”
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The panel were extremely impressed with the high quality of applications. The decision was not an easy one, but it was a real pleasure to see such a strong and engaged group of ECRs within our community.
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Thank you to those who took the time to apply, andย congratulations to Kelly- we are excited to see your work grow and make an impact!ย