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Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the International Society of Behavioral Medicine, the Hans Selye Hungarian Society of Behavioral Sciences and Medicine, and the Scientific Program and Local Organising Committees, we warmly invite you to the 12th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine to be held in Budapest, Hungary, between 29 August - 1 September, 2012.
The 2nd Announcement, meeting information and the online abstract submission sites are now available by going to www.icbm2012.com. Registration and hotel reservation information is there available too.
Important Deadlines
- 1 April, 2012 Early Career Award application deadline
- 1 May, 2012 Early bird registration closes, Rapid communication poster submission closes
- 21 May, 2012 Rapid communication poster acceptance notification
- 15 August, 2012 Regular registration closes
Cordially,
Norito Kawakami MD
President
International Society of Behavioral Medicine
E-mail: president@isbm.info
Frank J. Penedo PhD
Program Chair
12th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine
E-mail: fpenedo@miami.edu
Adrienne Stauder MD, PhD
President
Hans Selye Hungarian Society of Behavioral Sciences and Medicine
E-mail: staadr@net.sote.hu
Please download here the First Announcement on Early Career Awards. (Word|PDF)
Maria Kopp (1942-2012)
Maria passed away all of a sudden, in her sleep, unexpectedly – as if she had had no time to hesitate about the issue of death, the natural part of life. She had been characterised by an amazingly abundant energy until the very last day of her life. There is such vast emptiness due to her departure that those who are left behind can hardly grasp. Two months ago we celebrated her 70th birthday anniversary in the frame of a scientific day organised in her honour at the Semmelweis University. Age had no importance in her case, she lived and talked with the vigour of a young scientist at the beginning of her career. She was ageless and indestructible – yet destiny had a final say. Please find here the obituary (Word|PDF) and the interview for the ISBM Newsletter (PDF).
Survey of the Education and Training Committee 2011 on Behavioural Medicine:
Do you want to register a course or program? Here are the links to the open surveys at 4 educational levels:
Do you want to participate in an ongoing survey on Behavioral Medicine Society members worldwide?
Results of the survey: Links to programs and courses in Behavioral Medicine worldwide.
The President of ISBM is invited to speak his keynote on "Improving Psychosocial Factors at Work: Behavioral Medicine Meets Occupational Health" to members of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) at the 30th International Congress of Occupational Health to be held in Cancun Mexico, from March 18 to 23, 2012.
Global health challenges and behavioral medicine.
The President Norito Kawakami was speaking to members of the Venezuelan Society in his master lecture "Global health challenges and behavioral medicine" at the Fifth National Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Caracas, Venezuela, 16-18 November 2011. His lecture was cancelled because of his family matter. However, he sent his video presentation, which is avaliable to everyone by by clicking here (a wmv
> file, 30 min., language: English).
Groningen is approved as the venue of ICBM2014
The Governing Council had a vote and has approved Groningen, the Netherlands, as the venue of an International Congress of Behavioral Meidicine (ISBM) in 2014. The tentaive dates are from August 20 (Wed) until 23 (Sat), 2014. The Netherland Society will introduce their conference plan at a closing reception on the last day of the ICBM2012 in Budapest.
Call for the venue of ICBM2016
The Board would like to call a venue for ICBM in 2016. If a member society is interested in organizing the congress in 2016, please prepare a proposal following the current "Guidelines for Congress Organization" and send it to the President (president@isbm.info) no later than March 1st, 2012. The Guideline is posted at the member section of this website or can be obtained by e-mailing to the President.
New Editor-in-Chief of IJBM in 2012-2017
Our next Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Christina Lee, is now handling new manuscripts since May 1st, 2011. She will take over all duties as Editor on January 1st, 2012. We are glad to report that the impact factor of the journal is 1.762 in 2010.
Please note the link to the Diabetes and Depression Website with it´s access to a FTP filesharing site.
There is an initial architecture prepared to allow members of the Dialogue on
Diabetes and Depression to upload files.
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