@article{27dda9f2aaff4bd69af75c8a1947529a,
title = "The Behavioral Medicine Research Council: Its origins, mission, and methods",
abstract = "The Behavioral Medicine Research Council (BMRC) is a new, autonomous joint committee of 4 of the leading behavioral medicine research organizations, including the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, the American Psychosomatic Society, the Society for Health Psychology, and the Society of Behavioral Medicine. The BMRC's work has important implications for the science and practice of behavioral medicine. The distinguished senior scientists who comprise this new committee will identify a series of strategic research goals for behavioral medicine and promote systematic, interdisciplinary efforts to achieve them. This special report discusses the developments that led to the formation of the BMRC, describes the BMRC's mission, and explains the methods that its members will use.",
keywords = "Behavioral medicine, Health behavior, Multicenter studies, Randomized controlled trials as topic, Societies",
author = "Freedland, {Kenneth E.}",
note = "Funding Information: Second, the paucity of large, multicenter, Phase III efficacy trials in behavioral medicine has been a frequent topic of discussion over the past decade at the annual Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials. The Summer Institute is supported by the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Its trainees represent many different disciplines and fields of research, and its faculty includes some of the leading experts in behavioral trial methodology. Numerous discussions of our field{\textquoteright}s “Phase III famine” have led them to conclude that individual scientists and small collaborative groups cannot solve this problem entirely on their own, and that concerted efforts by the behavioral medicine research community are needed. Funding Information: This work was supported in part by grant 1R13CA228496-01 from the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 American Psychological Association.",
year = "2019",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1037/hea0000731",
language = "English",
volume = "38",
pages = "277--289",
journal = "Health Psychology",
issn = "0278-6133",
number = "4",
}