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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!)

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Published since 1939, Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine is the official peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine. The journal changed its name from Psychosomatic Medicine.

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

New open access article, Cardiovascular Stress Physiology and Interoceptive Pathways to Brain Aging and Health. A Scienitifc Spotlight article from Peter Gianaros, Dept. of Psychology & Center for Mind-Body Science and Health, Univ. of Pittsburgh doi.org/10.1097/PSY.... @connectsbsm.bsky.social

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

In this clip, lead author @alliesullivan.bsky.social spoke with @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social on key takeaways from investigating placental corticotropin-releasing hormone (pCRH) as a possible factor explaining intergenerational stress effects on children's mental health in 838 mother-child dyads.

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🟢 UPDATE: Deadline extended for manuscript submissions for a Special Issue on Protocols and Data Notes in Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology - now due July 1. Updated call and full details: journals.lww.com/bsam/Documen...

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Suzanne Segerstrom @segerstrom.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Missed the deadline for the @bsamjournal.bsky.social special issue on protocols and data notes? Good news! We have extended the deadline to July 1. Looking forward to reading your submissions. With @daryloconnor.bsky.social Call for papers, with new deadline: journals.lww.com/bsam/Documen...

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

How is childhood trauma linked with cardiovascular responses to stress among survivors of myocardial infarction? This question was examined in a sample of nearly 500 participants to better understand racial disparities in stress physiology related to childhood trauma. Free to read for the week:

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

BSAM is welcoming submissions on any area of health psychology/behavioral medicine for a special issue for protocols and data notes! Goal is to support open/transparent research culture. Accepting submissions through 6/1/2026.

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

How may abuse in childhood contribute to an elevated risk for such a wide range of maladaptive health outcomes in adulthood? This study focused on impairments in fear learning processes (i.e., discerning between fear and safety signals in one’s environment). #psychscisky Free to read this week!:

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Ryan L. Brown @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

🗣 Join the Stress Measurement Network for a webinar digging into "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬" Date: November 7, 2025 Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM PDT Sign up here: www.stressmeasurement.org/event-detail... #psychscisky #healthpsych #affectsci

The Biological Cost of Chronic Stress: Allostatic Load and Newer Conceptualizations 7 November 2025 9am -12 pm PDT

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

BSAM is welcoming submissions on any area of health psychology/behavioral medicine for a special issue for protocols and data notes! Goal is to support open/transparent research culture. Accepting submissions through 6/1/2026.

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

In a recent meta-analysis and systematic review, Cardenas et al., (2025) found that greater discrimination was associated with higher levels of systemic inflammation based on 161 effect sizes from 47 articles representing ∼74,763 participants Free to read this week: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

The October issue of BSAM covers topics spanning discrimination, neighborhood opportunities, fear learning processes, with implications for cardiovascular reactivity, biological aging, among others. Read more: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...

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PNIRS @pnirs.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

📣 #PNIRS2026: Save the Date‼️ 🗓️ June 22–25, 2026 📍 New Orleans, Louisiana 🇺🇸 ✨ Whether your PsychoNeuroImmunology research emphasizes the P, N, or I — we look forward to seeing your work and connecting in The Big Easy! 📻 Stay tuned for more info re: call for abstracts. Please spread the word 🙏🏼

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Does a negative itch expectancy manipulation (via verbal suggestions and conditioning) lead to more costly itch-related avoidance behavior? You can learn more from this Open Access paper published in BSAM: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Does the type of acute psychological stress (active versus passive) hold implications for stress-induced changes in proportions of monocyte subsets? Evidence from this study of young, healthy adults suggests that it does! Read more in BSAM (free through the 29th):

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

How temporally stable are somatic symptoms induced by a commonly used experimental paradigm? And do they predict somatic symptom distress over time? These questions were addressed in an Open Access study of participants who completed the Affect and Symptom Paradigm 18 months apart. #PsychSciSky

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

New in BSAM - Asthma: Biomedical and Psychobiological Perspectives This review combines a recognition of societal factors that worsen & consolidate disparities in asthma outcomes + explores mechanisms to support resilience in asthma patients from disadvantaged communities. Free for the week!

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Asthma: Biomedical and Psychobiological Perspectives : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

ade in identifying mechanical, cellular and molecular mechanisms of asthma and influences of psychosocial factors on development, pathophysiology, and management have been demonstrated. However, much ...

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

The September issue of BSAM is available now! Check out a summary of papers in this issue here: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex... #psychscisky #affectsci #healthpsych

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Elevated systemic inflammation (CRP) is one pathway through which heightened vigilance may contribute to CVD risk for African Americans adults. Free to read for the week: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex... #disparities #psychscisky #healthpsych #healthdisparities #affectivescience

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Vigilance and Systemic Inflammation Among Middle-Aged to... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

, threats related to discrimination), has previously been linked to markers of CVD risk among African Americans. However, the link between vigilance and inflammation remains underexplored in this popu...

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Among people diagnosed with lung cancer, how does the co-occurrence of depression and systemic inflammation at diagnosis link with trajectories of depressive symptoms in the next 8 months? Read this new research for free through August 28th!: #cancer #healthpsychology #PNI #oncology #depression

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Depression and Inflammation Predict Depression Trajectory... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

depression and systemic inflammation predicts a worsened trajectory of depressive symptoms from diagnosis through 8 months. Methods: An observational longitudinal cohort design was used (ClinicalTr...

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Ryan L. Brown @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

What an incredible opportunity to learn about critical topics in sex and aging from The Kinsey Institute! Only $25 to attend online! Greatly appreciate the focus on menopause, social and structural factors that shape our sexual lives, LGBTQ+ aging, vulvovaginal health, and sexual well-being.

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Do late adolescents and emerging adults who live in a communities with higher violent crime rates exhibit altered reward-related neural activation? This question was recently investigated in a sample of 101 adolescents. Read more in BSAM, free for the week! #healthpsych #psychscicky

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Residence in Communities With Higher Violent Crimes... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

dequately understood. Furthermore, most of the adversity literature examines individual-level exposure (eg, crime victimization), whereas efforts to consider neighborhood-level factors (eg, neighborho...

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

In students’ first year of college, how do first-generation status and financial stress influence changes in inflammation and depressive symptoms? You can read this new research published in BSAM for free through August 21st! #disparities #psychscisky Read here: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...

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The Influence of Financial Stress and First-generation... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

ssive symptoms across the first year of college. Methods: At the beginning and end of the academic year, a sample of N=198 first-year college students (Mage=18.1 y) provided dried blood spot sample...

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

In students’ first year of college, how do first-generation status and financial stress influence changes in inflammation and depressive symptoms? You can read this new research published in BSAM for free through August 21st! #disparities #psychscisky Read here: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...

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The Influence of Financial Stress and First-generation... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

ssive symptoms across the first year of college. Methods: At the beginning and end of the academic year, a sample of N=198 first-year college students (Mage=18.1 y) provided dried blood spot sample...

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Chronic pain can affect a person's social relationships, but is one's empathic capacity disrupted when experiencing chronic pain? This topic was explored in a recent systematic review and meta-analysis published in BSAM. Free to read for the next week! #chronicpain #healthpsych

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A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cognitive and... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

srupted in people with CP. Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted following PRISMA guidelines. PsycINFO, CINAHL Complete, MEDLINE Complete, and Scopus were searched on May 14,...

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Chronic pain can affect a person's social relationships, but is one's empathic capacity disrupted when experiencing chronic pain? This topic was explored in a recent systematic review and meta-analysis published in BSAM. Free to read for the next week! #chronicpain #healthpsych

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A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cognitive and... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

srupted in people with CP. Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted following PRISMA guidelines. PsycINFO, CINAHL Complete, MEDLINE Complete, and Scopus were searched on May 14,...

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

In this month's issue of BSAM, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh investigated links between dietary intake of antioxidant nutrients and a structural neuroimaging indicator of brain age in midlife adults. #nutrition #brainaging You can read the results in their open-access paper here:

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Circulating Antioxidant Nutrients and Brain Age in Midlife... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

ine. What is unclear, however, is the extent to which antioxidant nutrients may exert neuroprotective effects through their influence on established indicators of age-related changes in brain tissue. ...

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Have you read the research from the latest issue of Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine? You can check out brief article summaries here!: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...

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Article Summaries for July/August 2025 Biopsychosocial... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

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Ryan L. Brown @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

My dept (HDFS) at Texas Tech is hiring an Assistant Professor who studies family science and health, broadly defined to include physical health, mental health, community health, and relational health, including romantic and intergenerational relationships. Plz share widely! #healthpsych

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

🚨Calling all health psychologists! Submit to the Special Issue of BSAM on Protocols & Data Notes in Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology + share this call widely to support a more open & transparent culture aimed at improving the rigor & reproducibility of our research! Call for submissions:

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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Join @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social, David Creswell, and A. Janet Tomiyama on July 23 for a new webinar! Learn more about what distinguishes toxic stress from manageable challenges, how #stress manifests differently across cultures & life stages, and which interventions are backed by evidence.

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

🚨Calling all health psychologists! Submit to the Special Issue of BSAM on Protocols & Data Notes in Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology + share this call widely to support a more open & transparent culture aimed at improving the rigor & reproducibility of our research! Call for submissions:

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Suzanne Segerstrom @segerstrom.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

➡️Special issue for protocols and data notes at @bsamjournal.bsky.social - any area of health psychology/behavioral medicine welcome! If a protocol was peer reviewed by a funder, it may be eligible for rapid review 👀 Accepting submissions through 6/1/2026. Details: journals.lww.com/bsam/Documen...

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Have you checked out the overview of articles in the June issue of BSAM? Read here: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...

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Article Summaries for June 2025 Biopsychosocial Science and ... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

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Ryan L. Brown @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

🧩 Tune in now for the last episode of Season 1 of the Stress Puzzle with Dr. Andrew Steptoe! Dr. Steptoe reflected on social relationships as we age, positive well-being & health + the next steps needed in intervention science. #scicomm #devpsych #psychscisky Listen now: tinyurl.com/andrewsteptoe

EPISODE 12
An Integrative Approach to Population Health:
Social connections and emotional well-being in aging
with Dr. Andrew Steptoe

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Ryan L. Brown @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

It was especially exciting to talk to Dr. Steptoe since he just received the Distinguished Scientist Award at SBSM! I was intrigued by his "Boosting the Positive or Reducing the Negative" debate w/ Dr. Laura Kubzansky at SBSM a few years ago & was delighted to ask him more about it in this episode.

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

How is allostatic load (an index representing biological dysregulation) involved in associations between affect regulation and mortality risk for midlife adults? Dr. Amanda Ng & colleagues recently published their results in BSAM. Free to read for the next week!: tinyurl.com/affectreg #psychscisky

Affect Regulation and Mortality Risk: The Role of... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

tality risk while examining the role of allostatic load. Methods: From 2004 to 2006, 1941 participants from the Midlife in the United States longitudinal study completed validated scales assessing ...

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Melissa Flores @melissafloresphd.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Check out this great paper by @rileym-oneill.bsky.social! Nice work!!

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

In a systematic review and 3-level meta-analysis, Katrin Schwartz & co-authors examined associations between #mindfulness & interoceptive accuracy. There were important considerations related to the types of studies and body awareness tasks. Free to read this week!: tinyurl.com/mindfulness-...

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Mindfulness and Objective Measures of Body Awareness: A... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

able evidence. Methods: Randomized controlled trials, case-control studies, and cross-sectional studies were identified in a systematic literature search and conjointly analyzed with 3-level meta-a...

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Ryan L. Brown @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

On the Stress Puzzle, @dalmeidapsu.bsky.social shared good news about aging from a daily stress perspective! He highlighted that we experience fewer stressors AND have less affective reactivity to daily stressors as we age. #psychscisky #affectivescience #devpsych Listen: tinyurl.com/dailystress

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Reminder to check out the May issue of BSAM and read featured papers (like the one below which is free to access for the week)!

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Daryl O’Connor @daryloconnor.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

“Transforming health psychology and behavioral medicine to address the climate crisis” Great webinar here coinciding with latest Behavioural Medicine Research Council statement www.apa.org/education-ca...

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

How are one's socioeconomic status (SES) and epigenetic age linked at midlife? Do associations differ by gender? Dr. Jennifer Robinette and Theo Moran examined these questions using individual and neighborhood indicators of SES from MIDUS. Free to read for the week: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...

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Household Income, Neighborhood Poverty, and Epigenetic Age: ... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

compared with men. Some research documents an even stronger SES-health link among women. The present study investigated gender differences in SES-epigenetic age associations. Methods: Using data fr...

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

This month's issue features papers spanning topics from affect regulation and mortality risk to gender differences in SES-epigenetic age associations. Read an overview of articles included in the May issue of Biopsychosocial Science & Medicine here: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex... #psychscisky

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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

🌍 On this Earth Day, we recognize the critical importance of addressing climate change and the importance of health psychology & behavioral medicine rising to this moment. Please take time to read (and widely share) this call to action to better face the biggest challenge of our time.

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Transforming Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine to... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

evance of the health psychology and behavioral medicine communities in addressing the health impacts of climate change. Method We identify mitigation and adaptation climate health behaviors and soc...

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Reminder to check out this new paper from @rileym-oneill.bsky.social and colleagues on vigilance and biobehavioral responses to stress while it is free to access! #healthpsych #psychscisky #socialpsych

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Kristi E. White, Ph.D., ABPP (she/her) @kristiwhitephd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I invite you to join me & my colleagues on Monday, April 21 for APA’s Essential Science Conversation where we will discuss how Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine can transform to address the #ClimateCrisis. 🗓 April 21, 2025 🕙 10:00 AM CST 🔗 apa-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Quote by Kristi White that states, “Health psychology and behavioral medicine have ample opportunities for addressing the health impacts of climate change through prioritizing co-benefit solutions in clinical practice and educational settings. How we respond to this call to action represents an important inflection point for our fields at this critical juncture in history.

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

In a recent BSAM paper, Riley O'Neill & colleagues examined how experimentally manipulated stress varying in vigilance demand may elicit differing biobehavioral responses and if responses varied by the type of stress. Free to read for the week so share widely! journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...

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Examining Impacts of Situational Stress on Cardiovascular... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

nd whether persistent vigilance demand was matched by sustained physiological activation. Methods: A final sample of 135 undergraduate young adults (49% male, 51% female; Mage=19 y, SDage=4 y) was ...

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Be sure to check out this new paper while it is still free to read!

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

🗣️ Please share this call widely to support early career opportunities for folks in biobehavioral medicine, health psychology, or related disciplines! The ECEB is a great way to gain experience that is often not emphasized in grad or postdoctoral training. #healthpsych #affectivescience #psychscisky