Grant Details
Grant Number: |
5R13CA091918-04 Interpret this number |
Primary Investigator: |
Orleans, C |
Organization: |
Society Of Behavioral Medicine |
Project Title: |
Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting |
Fiscal Year: |
2004 |
Abstract
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant):
The Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) will hold its 23rd annual meeting in
March 2002 in Washington, DC. As the nation's largest multidisciplinary
society dedicated to advancing behavioral medicine research/practice, SBM
represents over 2,500 behavioral medicine researchers and practitioners,
including the nation's leading cancer prevention and control researchers.
SBM's annual meetings have become a forum for the field's most important
research and practice, and increasingly cover topics and research strategies
that are consistent with the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) cancer
prevention and control mission. Between 1996-2000, scientific and clinical
presentations in the core Cancer Track (i.e., cancer etiology, screening,
prevention or treatment) doubled, increasing from 6 percent to 12 percent. In
addition, a very large portion of the rest of the program (over 50 percent)
consistently address topics more broadly related to cancer prevention and
control (e.g., tobacco, diet, physical activity, pain management, tailored
communications, risk perception, addressing disparities in health and
behavior), with increasing emphasis on the relevant challenges of integrating
advances in basic bio-behavioral biomedical research and new technology,
translating science to improved health outcomes, harnessing advances in
communications technology and preparing new leadership for transdisciplinary
research. This proposal seeks funding over the next five years (2002-2006)
for program activities consistent with the general aims and mission of the
NCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, namely: (1) support
for SBM's core Cancer Track; and (2) support for four additional annual
program features.
Publications
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