1. http://www.isbm.info/

2. ISBM is a Federation of national or regionally-based societies, whose goal is to serve the needs of all health-related disciplines concerned with issues relevant to behavioural medicine. Each national society must have membership from different relevant disciplines or professions. Behavioural medicine is an interdisciplinary field concerned with the development and integration of sociocultural, psychosocial, behavioural and biomedical knowledge relevant to health and illness and the application of this knowledge to disease prevention, health promotion, etiology, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation. ISBM Charter What is the International Society of Behavioral Medicine (ISBM)?

3. Joost Dekker Editor, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine Neil Schneiderman Chair, Strategic Planning Committee Frank J. Penedo Chair, Program Committee Kasisomayajula Vishwanath Chair, Organizational Liaison Comm. Governance Executive Committee Hege R. Eriksen Past President Joost Dekker President Elect Norito Kawakami President (president@isbm.info) Petra Lindfors Treasurer Urs M. Nater Secretary Board Members Norito Kawakami President Hege R. Eriksen Past President Joost Dekker President-Elect Petra Lindfors Treasurer Urs M. Nater Secretary Richard Peter Chair, Communications Committee Anne H. Berman Chair, Education and Training Committee Antti Uutela Chair, Finance Committee Yuji Sakano Chair, International Collaborative Studies Committee Neil Schneiderman Chair Membership Committee TBD Chair, Nominations Committee

4. Member Societies North America Asia / Pacific South America Europe

5. Member Societies North America Academy of Behavioural Medicine Research American Psychosomatic Society Society of Behavioural Medicine Latin America Chilean Society of Behavioural Medicine Mexican Society of Behavioural Medicine Venezuelan Interdisciplinary Group of Behavioural Medicine Europe Central and Eastern European Society of Behavioral Medicine Danish Society of Psychosocial Medicine Finnish Section of Behavioural Medicine of the Finnish Association of Social Medicine German College of Psychosomatic Medicine German Society of Behavioural Medicine and Behaviour Modification Hungarian Society of Behavioural Sciences and Medicine Italian Society of Psychosocial Medicine Netherlands Behavioural Medicine Federation Norwegian Society of Behavioural Medicine Portuguese Society of Behavioral Medicine Romanian Society of Behavioral Medicine Slovak National Society of Behavioral and Psychosomatic Medicine Spanish Society of Behavioural Medicine and Health Psychology Swedish Society of Behavioural Medicine UK Society of Behavioural Medicine Asia Pacific Australasian Society for Behavioural Health and Medicine Chinese Society of Behavioral Medicine Korean Society of Stress Medicine Japanese Society of Behavioural Medicine Thailand Society of Behavioural Medicine

6. Emerging Member Societies and Affiliates? Brazilian Society of Behavioral Medicine / Canadian Society of Behavioral Medicine / South African Association for Behavioral Health Division of Health Psychology / Society of Pediatric Psychology

7. Membership of ISBM Membership is available to: All national / regional societies of behavioral medicine A balance of members between biomedical & behavioural / social sciences A commitment to behavioural medicine as defined in the ISBM charter And must have: Affiliate membership is also available Reduced registration fee at the International Congresses Free subscription of the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine Membership entitlements include: Invitations to participate in the scientific and educational activities of the ISBM

8. Activities The function of ISBM is to: Conduct activities that stimulate BM research and practice Coordinate communication and interaction within the worldwide behavioural medicine community. Dissemination and interaction occurs through: ISBM International Congresses Major Scientific Journal - International Journal of Behavioral Medicine (IJBM). First issue in 1994. Teaching seminars in conjunction with other world leaders in health and medicine i.e. WHO, National Public Health Institute of Finland etc. Liaison with other professional organisations Education and training through the preparation of curricula and the facilitation of international collaborative research studies

9. Special Interest Groups  International Network for Subjective and Unexplained Health Complaints  Women’s Health Issues  Diabetes Collaboration The ISBM along with international collaborators have identified a number of interest groups and issues that require research input to improve the health of all through behavioural medicine. These interest groups are as follows:

10. Journal The International Journal of Behavioural Medicine (IJBM). First issue in 1994. Editor – Joost Dekker (Netherlands) For more information: http://www.springer.com/medicine/journal/12529 Every member has a free online access. Impact factor: 0.903 (in 2009)

11. Past Congresses 2000 – Brisbane, Australia 1990 – Uppsala, Sweden 1992 – Hamburg, Germany 1994 - Amsterdam 1996 – Washington DC, USA 1998 - Copenhagen, Denmark 2004 – Mainz, Germany 2002 – Helsinki, Finland 2006 – Bangkok, Thailand 2008 – Tokyo, Japan 2010 – Washington DC, USA

12. The Next Conference The 12th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine (ICBM) August 29 – September 1, 2012 Budapest, Hungary Adrienne Stauder, Chair, Local Organizing Committee Frank J. Penedo, Chair, Scientific Program Committee

13. For more information: ISBM Website: http://www.isbm.info/ International Congress of Behavioural Medicine 2010 Website: http://www.icbm2010.org International Journal of Behavioural Medicine Website: http://www.springer.com/medicine/journal/12529 International Network for Supporting Promising Individual Researchers in their Early career (INSPIRE, formerly called the “Early Career Network”) - http://isbminspire.freeforums.org/index.php

14. ISBM Newsletter Released twice a year Including messages from Executive Committe members, information in conferences and training sessions, reports from Committees, etc. Recent issues No. 16 - Vol 11 - 2010 No. 15 - Vol 10 - 2010 No. 14 - Vol 10 - 2009 No. 13 - Vol 9 - 2009 No. 12 - Vol 8 - 2008 Newsletter editor, Urs M. Nater Available online at ISBM website - http://www.isbm.info/