Governing Council

Member Societies

Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research
Ian Kronish (President) ik2293@cumc.columbia.edu

Anna Marsland (Past President) marsland@pitt.edu

Sue Everson-Rose (President Elect) saer@umn.edu

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

Paige McDonald (Secretary) pm252v@nih.gov

Jaclyn Sadiua (Organizational Assistant) JSadiua@fabbs.org

American Psychosomatic Society
Peter Gianaros (President) gianaros@pitt.edu

Tené T. Lewis (Past President) tene.t.lewis@emory.edu
Tara Gruenewald (President Elect) gruenewa@chapman.edu

Anna Whittaker (Secretary-Treasurer) a.c.whittaker@stir.ac.uk

Laura Degnon (Executive Director) laura@degnon.org

Connie Mackay (Associate Executive Director) connie@psychosomatic.org

Australasian Society of Behavioural Health and Medicine

Dr. Chris Kilby (President) chris.kilby@cairnmillar.edu.au

Dr. 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

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

Dr. Bryan Richard Cleal (President) bryan.richard.cleal@regionh.dk

Dr. Ulla Møller Hansen (President Elect) ulla.moeller.hansen@regionh.dk
Prof. Terese Sara Høj Jørgensen (Treasurer & ISBM contact) tshj@sund.ku.dk

Finnish Section of Behavioral Medicine of the Finnish Association of Social

Medicine
Prof. Sakari Suominen (Chair) sakari.suominen@utu.fi
Adj. Prof. Carola Ray (Secretary) carola.ray@folkhalsan.fi

Adj. Prof. Hanna Konttinen (Vice Chair) hanna.konttinen@helskinki.fi

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

Dr. Olli Kiviruusu (Board Member) olli.kiviruusu@thl.fi

German College for Psychosomatic Medicine

Prof. Stephan Herpertz (President) stephan.herpertz@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Prof. Christiane Waller (President Elect) christiane.waller@klinikum-nuernberg.de

Prof. Martin Teufel (Vice President) martin.teufel@lvr.de

Prof. Katrin Giel (Secretary) katrin.giel@med.uni-tuebingen.de

Prof. Carsten Spitzer (Treasurer) carsten.spitzer@med.uni-rostock.de

German Society of Behavioral Medicine and Behavior Modification
Ricarda Nater-Mewes (President) ricarda.nater-mewes@univie.ac.at

Johannes Laferton (Vice President) johannes.laferton@health-and-medical-university.de

Susanne Fischer (Secretary) s.fischer@psychologie.uzh.ch

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
Adrienne Stauder, MD PhD (President) stauder.adrienne@med.semmelweis-univ.hu

Éva Susánszky, PhD (Vice-President) info@selyesociety.hu
Ágnes Zana, PhD (Secretary) info@selyesociety.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