Special Interest Groups
SBM offers 26 different Special Interest Groups (SIGs) to its members across a range of behavioral medicine interests.
SIGs are free to join, and the benefits of membership are numerous. SIGs:
- Provide leadership opportunities – each SIG has a chair and/or co-chairs, and most include positions for student/trainee members.
- Collaborate on a variety of SBM publications, including the Healthy Living article series, Outlook member newsletter, and policy position statements.
- Help their members collaborate on Annual Meeting abstract submissions.
- Host in-person networking and educational sessions during the Annual Meeting, along with online events throughout the year.
Click on the individual SIG pages below to learn more about each group and how you can get involved.
Populations
Physical & Mental Health
Systems & Specialties
Health Decision Making and Communication
Integrated Primary Care
Multiple Health Behavior Change and Multi-Morbidities
Palliative Care
Population Health Sciences
Diseases & Disorders
Improving the Science
Meet the SIGs
Proven Science—Better Health Giving Campaign:
Battle of the SIGs
Congratulations to the 2023 Proven Science—Better Health Giving Campaign Battle of the SIGs winner, the Climate Change & Health SIG!
The Climate Change & Health SIG have an important mission of addressing climate change, health, and health equity through behavioral medicine research, advocacy, and education. In 2023, the Climate Change & Health SIG had the largest percentage of members donate with an 8.7% philanthropic rate, raising $1,132!
Contributions to the Giving Campaign support the professional development of our members, share our members’ research with the popular press and general public, influence public health laws by strategically promoting our members’ research to policy makers, and keeps membership dues affordable. For more information about the Proven Science—Better Health Giving Campaign, click here.
Participate in the 2024 Battle of the SIGs competition! January 1 - December 31, 2024
Will your home SIG be deemed the most generous SIG of the year? Make a donation and select your home SIG to represent in this fundraising competition and your SIG could receive an SBM-funded happy hour at the 2025 Annual Meeting in San Francisco and a Battle of the SIGs trophy with your SIG name displayed.
More competition details and 2023 rankings here!
2023-24 SIG Awards
The SIG Committee is proud to recognize the following SIGs for their exceptional accomplishments over the past year:
Membership Growth Award
HIV and Sexual Health
Member Recognition Award
Cancer
Publications Award
Climate Change and Health
Cardiovascular Disease
"Big Spender" Award
Student
1st runner-up: Cardiovascular Disease
2nd runner-up: Child and Family Health
Committee Engagement Award
Cancer
Cardiovascular Disease
Climate Change and Health
Evidence Based Behavioral Medicine
Health Decision Making and Communication
Health Equity
Obesity and Eating Disorders
Pain
Palliative Care
Physical Activity
Population Health Sciences
Sleep
Theories and Techniques of Behavior Change Interventions
Violence and Trauma
Women's Health
SIG Listservs: Network to the Next
Each SIG has a unique listserv email list, facilitating critical networking among colleagues whose behavioral medicine interests overlap. The SIG listservs are intended to facilitate communication among members concerning scientific and administrative issues of professional interest and importance. This medium is an important forum that derives its utility from open access to information related to the scientific and professional mission of the society.
Upon joining SBM, members are automatically subscribed to the listservs of the SIGs they joined on their membership applications. All email messages sent using SIG listservs must adhere to Listserv Terms and Conditions. SBM's Executive Committee approved the Listserv Terms and Conditions on December 14, 2007, and updated them in September 2008 and February 2011. The Executive Committee will revise the guidelines from time to time; society members may provide feedback by contacting any Executive Committee member or SIG chair.
Join a SIG
- Log in to the Members Only section.
- Click My Profile.
- Edit the SIG section under the Professional tab.
If you have questions or difficulty, email info@sbm.org.
To submit listserv content, like job postings and funding opportunities, contact:
Andrew Schmidt at
aschmidt@sbm.org.