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Welcome to the website of the UK Society for Behavioural Medicine’s (UKSBM) 5th annual scientific meeting, incorporating the National Prevention Research Initiative (NPRI) annual scientific meeting. The meeting, entitled ‘Behavioural Medicine: Where Next?’ will take place on the 14th – 15th December 2009 at the University of Southampton, Avenue Campus. The UKSBM annual scientific meeting is open to clinical practitioners, behavioural and public health researchers, epidemiologists, health and clinical psychologists, medical sociologists, health economists, nurses and all colleagues interested in the field of behavioural medicine.

Download the flyer here (pdf)

Keynote Speakers

Professor James Raftery, Professor of Health Technology Assessment, Director of the NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, University of Southampton,
"NIHR evaluation grants: towards a behavioural analysis of funding decisions"

Professor Rob Horne, Professor of Behavioural Medicine, Director, Centre for Behavioural Medicine, The School of Pharmacy, University of London
"Improving medication adherence in tomorrow’s NHS: Can We? Should We?"

Professor Christopher Dowrick, Professor of Primary Medical Care, University of Liverpool
"Embodied suffering: challenging medical perspectives"

Professor Annie S Anderson BSc PhD SRD, Centre for Public Health Nutrition Research, Department of Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee
"Disease Prevention - research, practice, policy and user communities"

Special Workshop

Professor Trudie Chalder, King’s College London
"Developing cognitive behavioural interventions for health outcomes associated with chronic diseases"