1. www.isbm.info

2. What is the International Society of Behavioral Medicine (ISBM)? ISBM is a Federation of national, regionally-based or specialized scientific societies, concerned with issues relevant to behavioral medicine 25 members, 2 affiliate members North America, Central and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia/NZ

3. Membership If you are a member of a member society, you are automatically a member of ISBM Take advantage of your membership

4. Activities The function of ISBM is to ● Stimulate research and practice in behavioral medicine ● Coordinate communication and interaction within the worldwide behavioral medicine community

5. Activities ● International Congress of Behavioral Medicine (ICBM) ● International Journal of Behavioral Medicine (IJBM) ● Newsletter ● Early Career Network (INSPIRE) ● Teaching seminars, curricula ● Facilitation of international collaborative research studies ● Liaison with other professional organizations

6. Benefits of international collaboration ●Collaboration among strong research groups High quality science Research opportunities ●Exchange of teaching materials and methods High quality teaching Teaching opportunities ●Strengthen BM practice, clinical care and public health High quality guidelines

7. Benefits of international collaboration ●Collaborative effort ●Joined forces ●Different perspectives and new insights ●Enhanced understanding

8. Executive Committee Joost Dekker, Netherlands President Norito Kawakami, Japan Past President Adrienne Stauder, Hungary President Elect Petra Lindfors, Sweden Treasurer Frank J. Penedo, United States Secretary

9. ICBM Groningen, the Netherlands August 20 - 23, 2014 Ronan O’Carroll, United Kingdom Chair Scientific Program Committee www.icbm2014.com

10. IJBM Christina Lee, Australia Editor-in-Chief ● Biobehavioral mechanisms ● Clinical studies ● Public health, health promotion and prevention Free access ISBM/SBM members www.isbm.info IJBM Username: ijbm Password: ijbm2008

11. Early Career Network (INSPIRE) Carina Chan, Malaysia carina.chan@monash.edu ● Networking opportunities ● Mentorship opportunities ● Support education, training and professional development ● Visibility of early career research ● Promote international research collaborations

12. Newsletter Beate Ditzen, Switzerland Free access: www.isbm.info

13. Anne H. Berman, Sweden Education and Training Committee ● Survey on education and training Paula Repetto, Chile International Collaborative Studies Committee ● Workshops ● Research networks Kasisomayajula Vishwanath, USA Organizational Liaison Committee ● Diabetes and depression ● Guideline European Cardiology Society ● Survey

14. Neil Schneiderman, USA Strategic Planning Committee Sakari Suominen, Finland Nominations Committee Angela Maia, Portugal Membership Committee Urs Nater, Germany Communications Committee Shin Fukudo, Japan Finance Committee