A little about this talk: SBM will kick off the Annual Meeting with a welcome session. You won't want to miss our festive welcome to the great city of Baltimore and a thought-provoking, cathartic kickoff keynote conversation between SBM Past Presidents Monica Baskin, PhD, and Michael Diefenbach, PhD, and SBM Past Program Chairs Dori Steinberg, PhD, RD, and L. Alison Phillips, PhD. How did they adapt during the COVID-19 pandemic? And where do we go from here?

A little about this talk: While the COVID-19 pandemic is attributable to a respiratory virus, its spread and persistence is defined by human behavior. Enhancing our study of behaviors and the psychological underpinnings of behavioral choices fall squarely within the domain of population and behavioral researchers.

A little about this talk: Reading the news over the past two years is enough to make one wonder if we are living in a hothouse of disease and hate. We are not, but we are being called to action. Join SBM President David Conroy in this session to explore how the experts in behavioral medicine are key to improving public health in the face of harms from systemic racism, the pandemic, and the climate crisis.

A little about his talk: Dr. Maibach will discuss the urgent public health imperative of limiting global warming and building community resilience to its health impacts, and will focus more deeply on the important role of health professionals in helping communities, states and nations rise to these challenges.

A little about her talk: This keynote will address how behavioral scientists can continue to adapt to the challenge of reaching health equity through innovations in our interventions, research methods, and curricula.

A little about her talk: In this keynote lecture, Dr. Kerr will share her journey: learning the causes of her burnout, finding purpose post-professor, and having the courage to step into a new arena to impact working mom burnout.