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!

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

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

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

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.

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

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...

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...

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

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

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:

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...

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

🚨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:

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.

🚨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:

➡️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...

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

🧩 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

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.

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

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

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-...

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

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)!

“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...

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...

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

🌍 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.

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

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...

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...

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

🗣️ 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

📢 Deadline extended! 📢 The deadline to apply for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine's Early Career Editorial Board has been extended to May 1st! Apply to join this vibrant community of early career scholars and feel free to reach out with any questions you may have about the ECEB!

We made this starter pack a few months ago so if any ECEB members have joined Bluesky since then, please DM us to be added to the list!

How is spirituality associated with cardiovascular health, and how do associations differ across and within racial and socioeconomic groups? #psychscisky This paper, led by Dr. Jason Ashe, was just published in BSAM. Free to read for the week so share widely! journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...

You can follow along with members of our Early Career Editorial Board through this starter pack: go.bsky.app/7wdxZUn

Reviewers are critical to the ongoing quality and success of our journal - we wanted to thank those who have taken time out of their busy schedules to review for the journal in 2024. You can see this note of thanks and the list of our reviewers here: journals.lww.com/bsam/citatio...

Read article summaries from April's issue of Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine here: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex... This issue features topics spanning from psychological experiences of long COVID to spirituality and cardiovascular risk to stress-related vigilance! #healthpsych #psychscisky

🌟 ECEB Member Highlight! 🌟 Meet Dr. Betsy Pantesco, Director of the Sleep and Heart Health Lab at Villanova University, and learn why she joined the ECEB for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine!

🧩 My conversation with Dr. Cheryl Woods Giscombé is out now! We discussed Dr. Giscombé's work on Superwoman Schema, nuances that stress science has missed among Black women, and her perspective on promising interventions. #scicomm #socialpsych #psychscisky Listen now: tinyurl.com/superwomansc...

Abstract deadline for the special issue on Interpersonal Processes of Biopsychosocial Health has been extended to May 1, 2025! #psychscisky #healthpsych #devpsych #socialpsych

If you're interested in joining the ECEB and attending #SBSM2025Seattle, I'm happy to answer any questions you may have about the experience!

We're grateful to BSAM Early Career Editorial Board scholars for their service to the journal and the field. Stay tuned to learn more about our current ECEB members! If you're interested in joining the ECEB, there are openings with applications due April 15, 2025: journals.lww.com/bsam/Documen...

Loved getting this crash course reading list for how bodily contexts can influence psychological processes from Dr. Keely Muscatell at #SBSM2025Seattle! Papers are linked in thread below. #psychscisky #affectivescience #healthpsych #devpsych

The gut and its microbiome as related to central nervous system functioning and psychological wellbeing: Introduction to the Special Issue of Psychosomatic Medicine (@bsamjournal.bsky.social): pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Calling Seattle! 📣 I am speaking on Sunday, March 23 at Seattle Town Hall about my new book, The Grieving Body--the science 🧪 of our reaction to #loss is #grief, physically & emotionally. townhallseattle.org/event/mary-f... @bsamjournal.bsky.social @psychscience.bsky.social @pnirs.bsky.social

And now a new handle as well! Be sure to tag us using our new handle (@bsamjournal.bsky.social) to highlight any research, funding opportunities, or anything else. We're excited to grow and engage with our scientific community on this platform as Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine 🦋🫶🏼

I don’t post here often, but today, I wanted to share a paper I truly enjoyed working on, which was recently published in one of my favorite journals, Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....