By Isabel M. Estrada Portales, Ph.D., M.S.

If you are attending the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) this week, make sure to catch one of the sessions and presentations by our OBSSR colleagues.

OBSSR Director, William Riley, Ph.D., will have a packed schedule, in which, not surprisingly, precision medicine features prominently. Dr. Riley’s conference starts on Tuesday evening with him serving as a panelist for the new SBM Leadership Institute for mid-career members.

In an effort to broaden the pipeline of applicants for National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and improve the chances of receiving it, OBSSR Health Scientist Administrator, William N. Elwood, Ph.D., will lead a seminar featuring information and advice on writing competitive applications. OBSSR Deputy Director, Stephane Philogene, Ph.D., will be a co-presenter.

The format will include didactic presentations, guidance on summary statement interpretation, and small group mentoring sessions.

Meanwhile, at the Population Association of America’s (PAA) Annual Meeting, OBSSR Health Scientist Administrator, Michael Spittel, Ph.D., will chair the session Early-Life Exposures, Aging, and Mortality, on Thursday, March 31, 10:15 a.m.–11:45 a.m.

View the final program here. The sessions featuring OBSSR colleagues are listed below including their page numbers on the program.

William Riley, Ph.D.

Wednesday, March 30, 3:15 p.m.–6:00 p.m.

Course 5: Cancer SIG Course: Precision Behavioral Medicine in Cancer: Personalization across the Cancer Care Continuum
Presenter
Program, Page 19

Thursday, March 31, 1:45 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Symposium 22: Innovative Analytic Strategies for Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) Data in Health Behavior Research
Discussant
Program, Page 48

Friday, April 1, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Midday Meeting: Multiple Health Behavior Change, Physical Activity, Obesity and Eating Disorders, Optimization of Behavioral Interventions, and Theories and Techniques of Behavior Change Interventions SIGs Present: Debate: Social Cognitive Theories No Longer Provide a Comprehensive Approach for Understanding and Improving Health-Related Behaviors
Speaker
Program, Page 68

Saturday, April 2, 10:15 a.m.–11:15 a.m.

Panel Discussion 25: Technology SIG Presents: Potential Confluence between Medical Informatics and Behavioral Science to Advance Precision Health Care
Panelist
Program, Page 98

William N. Elwood, Ph.D., Lead Presenter

Wednesday, March 30, 12:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.

Seminar 13: NIH Grantpersonship: Opportunities to Fund Research and Training
Stephane Philogene, Ph.D., Co-presenter
Program, Page 25

William N. Elwood, Ph.D.

Friday, April 1, 6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.

Poster Presentation: NIH’s OppNet initiative: First-year progress of a two-year comprehensive evaluation
Poster Number: C144

Saturday, April 2, 10:15 a.m.–11:15 a.m.

Poster Presentation: Relationships of legal matrimony with self-reported health-wellbeing and healthcare access among lesbian and gay Californians
Poster Number: D092