Call for Special Interest Group (SIG) Meetings
Online abstract submission site is now open!
Submission Deadline: November 7, 2025, 11:59 pm, Pacific
New Horizons in Prevention Science: Multilevel Interventions for Systemic Challenges
The Program Planning Committee of the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) is offering the opportunity to hold Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings at the 34th Annual Meeting. We invite members to convene and chair a SIG. The purpose of the SIGs is to facilitate networking opportunities of conference attendees who would like to discuss in greater depth a specific prevention research, policy, or practice topic. The SIG convener(s) is expected to be in attendance, register for the conference, and facilitate the meeting, which will be open to all interested SPR conference attendees. The SIG can be formal with a planned agenda or informal depending upon the convener(s) and the participants.
To submit your SIG request, go to https://preventionresearch.org/2026-annual-meeting/. You will be asked to provide
- Convener(s) name and full contact information.
- Title of SIG
- 150 – 250 word description (please note the SIGs are not intended for research presentations)
Conveners may request a repeat of a prior SIG (see list below) or request a new SIG. SPR will coordinate the meeting space and time.
The SIGs will be scheduled for Wednesday, May 27 or Thursday, May 28, 2026, from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, which is during the lunch break (11:45 am – 1:15 pm). Participants would purchase a lunch in the hotel or from one of the lunch spots nearby the hotel and bring it with them to the meeting. Meeting space is limited. If the number of requests exceeds space limitations, the SPR Program Planning Committee will prioritize decisions based on representing a diversity of SIGs to best capture the interests of the membership. Confirmed SIGs will be listed in the conference program, which will indicate the date, time, convener(s), and meeting room assignment.
EXPANDED SERVICES:
Please also note that starting in March 2024, expanded services will be provided to SIG conveners who have held SIG meetings between June 2021 and May 31, 2025. Optional opportunities include holding a virtual SIG meeting hosted by SPR and posting SIG news on the SPR SIG webpage. For more details please visit https://preventionresearch.org/spr-special-interest-groups-and-meetings/.
SIGs from 2019 – 2025 include a wide range of topics:
- Top of Form
- 50th Anniversary of FAS/FASD Recognition: How are We Doing in Prevention?, 2024
- A Roadmap for Prevention Systems Research, 2022
- Adapting and/or Re-Evaluating Evidence-Informed Complex Population Health Interventions for Implementation in New Contexts: Guidance Development, 2021*
- Bottom of Form
- Advancing HIV Prevention Research, 2024, 2025
- Advancing Lifespan Prevention Science, 2021*, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Advancing Strong Standards for Preventive Interventions, 2019, 2022
- Advancing the Vision and Mission of the National Institute of Mental Health through Prevention Science, 2022, 2023
- American Indian and Alaska Native Prevention Research, 2019, Prevention Research Among American Indians and Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiian Communities, 2022, 2023, American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Prevention Research, 2024, 2025
- Climate Change and Mental Health, 2024
- Community-Engaged Etiology and Prevention Research Best Practices, 2023
- Community-Engaged Research in Prevention Science: What Does It Look like and Where are we Going?, 2024
- Developing Skill-Based Approaches to Decrease Micro-Aggressions and Anti-Racist Behaviors, 2021*
- Digital Health Technologies: From Primordial to Tertiary Prevention, 2023
- Effective Communication of Prevention Research, 2021*
- Engaging Undergraduates in Prevention Teaching and Research Mentorship, 2025
- Ethics, Social Justices and Cultural Humility to Create Equity in Prevention Research and for Prevention Program Planning and Implementation, 2023
- Evaluating Violence Prevention Programs for School-Aged Youth, 2025
- Health and Housing, 2021*
- Implementing Clinical Prevention into Primary Care, 2023
- Improving Health Equity and Access to Rural Communities through Telehealth: Optimizing Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication, 2023
- Innovative Approaches in Early Childhood Parent Support and Home Visiting Research, 2024
- Integrating Prevention into Healthcare Systems
- Leveraging Administrative Data to Support Prevention Science Research, Policy, and Practice, 2024
- Mindfulness-Based Interventions and Contemplative Practices, 2025
- Neurodiverse Perspectives in Prevention Science, 2024
- NIMH Suicide Prevention-Current Priorities, 2024
- Optimization of Multicomponent Interventions, 2020*
- Top of Form
- Parenting in the Context of Addiction and Recovery, 2020*, 2024
- Pediatric Unintentional Injury: Preventing the Leading Cause of Mortality Among Children
- Bottom of Form
- Prenatal Programming of Childhood Health Complications: Opportunities for Prevention, 2021*, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Prevention and Multimorbidity, 2020*
- Prevention of Substance Use during Perinatal Period, 2020*, 2021*, 2024
- Prevention Science Graduate Training Programs, 2023
- Prevention Science to Reduce Alcohol-Related Harms. A Dialogue with NIAAA, 2024
- Qualitative Research in Prevention Science, sponsored by SPR DNC, 2024
- Queer in Prevention Research (QIPR), 2023, 2024, 2025
- Top of Form
- Research Needs to Address Disparities in Reproductive Health, 2020*, 2021*
- Research-Practice-Policy Partnerships in Prevention: How Do They Work and How Do We Study Them?, 2022
- Bottom of Form
- Research Synthesis Methods for Prevention Science, 2019, 2020*, 2021*, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Research Transparency, Openness, and Reproducibility, 2019, 2021*, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Top of Form
- School-Based Aggression and Bullying Prevention Programming, 2020
- Bottom of Form
- Shifting the Conversation from Obesity Prevention to Weight Inclusive Health Promotion, 2022
- Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Considerations in Implementation Science, 2022
- Social Determinants of Health, Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Public Health Crises: Lessons Learned and Implications for Intervention, 2023.
- SPR Diversity Network Committee Health Equity, 2022
- SPR Diversity Network Committee, The Value of Partnerships in Prevention Science, 2021*
- SPR Diversity Network Committee: Qualitative Research in Prevention Science, 2025
- SPR Mid-Career Task Force, 2024, 2025
- SPR Strategic Plan Updates, 2022
- SPR Training Committee Mid-Career, 2023
- Suicide Risk Among Latinx Youth: Collaborating to Build Multilevel Prevention Strategies, 2020*
- Taking Stock of the Future of Prevention Science in the Trump Era, 2025
- The Changing Role of the Licensed Professional in Post-Disaster Behavioral Health Care, 2023
- Translating Implementation Science for Policymakers at the Federal, State and Local Levels: What Does It Take to Compel Action?, 2023
- Transparency, Replication, and Open Science: Plans for a Special Issue and Consensus Statement in Prevention Science, 2020*
- Unleashing the Power of Prevention, 2019, 2021*
- Using Neural Measures in Prevention Research and Policy, 2021*
- Violence Against Latinas: Using Data to inform Violence Prevention Interventions, 2022
*Accepted and convened virtually.
For questions regarding online abstract submissions, the peer review process, or other details, please contact Jennifer Lewis by email at jenniferlewis@preventionresearch.org or by telephone at 703-934-4850, ext. 1.