Mission Statement and Goals

Mission:

The Center for Excellence in Integrated Behavioral Medicine constitutes an interdisciplinary team focused on the development and integration of behavioral and biomedical knowledge and techniques, relevant to health and illness, as well as its application to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation.

The goals of the Center include:

• Promoting the integration of clinical services, training, and research
• Advancing research to facilitate the understanding of the association between psychological, social, behavioral, and biological factors that may influence the disease and health
• Integrating assessment and treatment of behaviors and psychiatric symptoms, that have been demonstrated to increase morbidity and mortality, into routine medical care
• Offering interdisciplinary training opportunities across disciplines