2027 Scientific Meeting

The 2027 AAHB conference theme recognizes that health behaviors are shaped, reinforced, and transformed by a dynamic interplay of biological, psychological, social, environmental, and structural influences over an individual's lifetime. From early development through older adulthood, factors such as critical life stages, developmental transitions, cumulative risk, and multilevel social and environmental determinants have lasting implications for health and well-being. Advances in life course science have demonstrated that understanding these influences across the lifespan is essential for developing effective interventions, informing policy, reducing disparities, and improving population health.

The conference will examine health behaviors across time, place, and identity in areas such as nutrition, physical activity, sleep, substance use, mental health, sexual health, chronic disease prevention, healthy aging, and others to understand health across the lifespan. By bringing together researchers, practitioners, and trainees, the conference will foster interdisciplinary dialogue, highlight innovative approaches to health behavior science, and inspire collaborations that accelerate discovery, translation, and impact across the life course.