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.
Save the date: 21st Annual Scientific Meeting
SIGN UP FOR A PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP!
The meeting at will host three pre-conference workshops on Monday, 27th April:
Leadership for Chief Investigators: Led by Carla Girling and Jen Brown (Sheffield CTRU), focusing on leadership skills and effective collaboration with clinical trials units.
Participatory Systems Mapping: Led by Rachel Hawkins and Jen Brown.
LLMs in Evidence Synthesis: Led by João Craveiro and Ian Kellar, exploring the practical application of large language models in evidence synthesis.
The keynote programme includes:
Prof Parveen Ali (Sheffield): Addressing health inequalities, gender-based violence, and domestic abuse.
Prof Debi Bhattacharya (UEA): Design and evaluation of theory-based medication adherence interventions.
Prof Daryl O’Connor (Leeds): Investigating stress, biological processes (HPA axis), and health outcomes across the life course.
Prof James Rubin (KCL): Perceptions of health risks and behaviour during public health disasters.
Submit your abstract here: 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
Hear from Kelly:
“𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘋𝘳 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦 (𝘊𝘈𝘗𝘊) 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘭. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘮𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘮𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘳𝘉𝘢𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢. 𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘺𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦.”
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.
Thank you to those who took the time to apply, and congratulations to Kelly- we are excited to see your work grow and make an impact!