Governing Council

Member Societies

Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research
Eliussa Epel (President) elissa.epel@ucsf.edu

Anna Marsland (President-Elect) marsland@pitt.edu

Martica Hall (Past President) hallmh@upmc.edu

Joseph Schwartz (Treasurer) joseph.schwartz@stonybrook.edu

Paige Green (Secretary) Paige.Green@nih.gov

Lori McBurney (Administrative Assistant) lorimcb33@gmail.com

American Psychosomatic Society
Susan Everson-Rose (President) saer@umn.edu
Bruce Rollman (Past President) RollmanBL@upmc.edu

Paige Green (President Elect) Paige.Green@nih.gov

Tara Gruenewald (Secretary-Treasurer) gruenewa@chapman.edu

Laura Degnon (Executive Director) laura@degnon.org

Sarah Shiffert (Associate Executive Director) sarah@psychosomatic.org

Australasian Society of Behavioural Health and Medicine

Dr. Emily Kothe (President) emily.kothe@deakin.edu.au

A/Prof Barbara Mullan (Interim President) barbara.mullan@curtin.edu.au

Dr. Chris Kilby (President Elect) chris.kilby@cairnmillar.edu.au
Caitlin Liddelow (Secretary) caitlin.liddelow@students.curtin.edu.au

Dr. Carina Chan (Treasurer) carina.chan@acu.edu.au

Dr. Jacquie Mills (Membership Officer) jacquie.mills@cairmillar.edu.au

Chris Kilby (ECR Representative) christopher.kilby@mq.edu.au

Madaline Kinlay (Web Editor) maddykinlay@gmail.com

Kerry Sherman (General Board Member) kerry.sherman@mq.edu.au

Jenny Olsen (General Board Member) jennyolson@y7mail.com

Tamasin Taylor (General Board Member) t.taylor@auckland.ac.nz

Kate Bartlem (General Board Member) kate.bartlem@newcastle.edu.au

Daniel Brown (General Board Member) daniel.brown919@gmail.com

Central and Eastern European Society of Behavioural Medicine
Imre Lazar (President) lazar.imre@med.semmelweis-univ.hu

Chilean Society of Behavioral Medicine
Eliana Guic (President) eguic@uc.cl
Paula Repetto (Treasurer) prepetto@uc.cl

Nadia Tapia (Secretary) nregas@uc.cl

Chinese Society of Behavioural Medicine

Jianlin Ji (President) jianlinji@aliyun.com
Chang Gao (Secretary) 13853730279@163.com

Cuban Society of Health Psychology, Division of Behavioural Medicine

Maria Del Carmen Llanta (Representative of Division) mcllanta2014@gmail.com

Alberto Sierra (President) alberto@sierra.scu.sld.cu

Danish Society of Psychosocial Medicine

Prof. Pernille Envold Bidstrup (President) pernille@cancer.dk

Bryan Richard Cleal (President Elect) bryan.richard.cleal@regionh.dk
Dr. Nis Palm Suppli (Treasurer & ISBM contact) nis.suppli@gmail.com

Finnish Section of Behavioral Medicine of the Finnish Association of Social

Medicine
Prof. Sakari Suominen (President) suominen@utu.fi
Dr. Olli Kiviruusu (Secretary) olli.kiviruusu@thl.fi

Dr. Hanna Konttinen (Board Member) hanna.konttinen@helskinki.fi

Dr. Ulla-Suski Lehto (Board Member) ulla-sisko.lehto@thl.fi

Adj. Prof. Tomi Maki-Opas (Board Member) tomi.maki-opas@uef.fi

German College for Psychosomatic Medicine

Prof. Christoph Herrmann-Lingen (President) cherrma@gwdg.de

Prof. Martina de Zwaan (Secretary) dezwaan.martina@mh-hannover.de

                      German Society of Behavioral Medicine and Behavior Modification
                      Thomas Kubiak (President) cherrma@gwdg.de
                      Michael Bach (Vice President) michael.bach@promente-reha.at

Ricarda Nater-Mewes (Secretary) ricarda.nater-mewes@univie.ac.at

Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health
Prof. Joseph Tak-fai Lau (President) jlau@cuhk.edu.hk

Prof. Winnie Mak (Vice-President) wwsmak@cuhk.edu.hk

Prof. Martin Wong (Vice-President) wong_martin@cuhk.edu.hk
Prof. Tony Ka-chun Yung (Treasurer) yungtony@cuhk.edu.hk

Prof. Nelson Yeung (Secretary) nelsonyeung@cuhk.edu.hk

Hungarian Society of Behavioural Sciences and Medicine
Prof. Adrienne Stauder (President) stauder.adrienne@med.semmelweis-univ.hu

Marta Novak (Vice-President) marta@nefros.net
Dr. Eva Susanszky (Secretary) susanszky.eva@med.semmelweis-univ.hu

Italian Society of Psychosocial Medicine
Lucio Sibilia (President) lucio.sibilia@uniroma1.it

Anna Rita Colasanti (Treasurer)
Dr. Raffaella Aresu (Secretary) info@crpitalia.eu or info@simps.it

Japanese Society of Behavioral Medicine

Shigeru Inoue (President) inoue@tokyo-med.ac.jp

Akihito Shimazu (Past President) ashimazu-tky@umin.ac.jp
Mutsuhiro Nakao (Vice President, President Elect) m-nakao@iuhw.ac.jp
Yasumasa Otsuka (Secretary) otsuka@human.tsukuba.ac.jp

Kanami Tsuno (International Collaborations Committee) ktsuno-tky@umin.ac.jp

Korean Society of Stress Medicine
Yun Jun Yang (President) jyang@paik.ac.kr

Jun-Shik Hwang (Honorary President) junshickwh@dreamwiz.com

Sungjae Kim (Chief Director) sungjae@snu.ac.kr

Yu-Jin Paik (Treasurer) noliaa@naver.com

Da Yeon Lee (Secretariat) stress@stressmed.or.kr

Mexican Society of Behavioral Medicine
José Louis Ibarrola (President) jibarrola47@terra.com.mx

Netherlands Behavioral Medicine Federation
Prof. Dr. Judith Prins (President) Judith.Prins@radboudumc.nl
Dr. Sasja Huisman (Secretary) S.D.Huisman@lumc.nl

Norwegian Society of Behavioural Medicine
Arnstein Finset (President) arnstein.finset@medisin.uio.no
Vigdis Sveinsdottir (Secretary) visv@norceresearch.no

Svein Bergvik (Treasurer) svein.bergvik@uit.no

Portuguese Society of Health and Behavior
Maria Figueiras (President) figueirasmar@gmail.com

Maria Ceu Machado (Vice-President) machadomariaceu@gmail.com
Tania Gaspar (Secretary) tania.gasper@edu.ulusiada.pt

Romanian Group of Behavioral Medicine
Adriana Baban (President) adrianababan@psychology.ro

Slovak National Society of Behavioral and Psychosomatic Medicine
Marianna Prikazska (President) prikazska@gtsi.sk
Eva Sovcikova (Representative) eva.sovcikova@szu.sk