ELMC Leadership
Dr Rob Lawson, MD
ELMC Trustee and President, founder of The British Society of Lifestyle Medicine, Executive Committee Member of WLMO
Vice President Mediterranean LM Institute
Diplomate of International Board of Lifestyle Medicine
Having qualified in Medicine in 1975, Rob has gained extensive experience as a GP in Scotland. His principal interests have been primary and secondary prevention of disease and the specialty of Lifestyle Medicine. In 1991 he founded a charity providing weekly activity and support in venues around East Lothian for sufferers of long term conditions including heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, stroke, lung disease and frailty. He has retired from NHS practice to concentrate on the applications of Lifestyle Medicine to healthcare. In 2016 he co-founded British Society of Lifestyle Medicine.
Dr Alicja Baska, MD
ELMC Vice President and Trustee, founding member and Executive Director of the Polish Society of Lifestyle Medicine, Executive Committee Member of WLMO
She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Medical University of Warsaw in 2019, where in 2016 she co-founded and served as a President of the first in Poland Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group. In 2017 she was awarded American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s Donald A. Pegg Student Leadership Award. Between 2018-2020 she was a member of the ACLM Trainees Executive Board on a position of a Global Alliance Liaison. In 2019 she co-founded Polish Society of Lifestyle Medicine, Co-author of the “Polish Lifestyle Medicine” handbook (Śliż, Mamcarz, 2018). Polish national editor at Practical Health Psychology Blog. For many years she was involved with the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations IFMSA-Poland advocating for students’ involvement and education in the field of lifestyle medicine.
Labros S. Sidossis, PhD FTOS, FAHA, FNAK
ELMC Treasurer
Labros S. Sidossis, is a Distinguished Professor at the Department of Kinesiology and Health and the Department of Medicine at Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA and President of the Mediterranean Lifestyle Medicine Institute. He holds a BS in Exercise Sciences, an MS in Exercise Physiology, MA in Exercise Biochemistry and Nutrition, and a PhD in Nutrition - Metabolic Biochemistry from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX USA.
Dr. Sidossis’ research over the past 30 years has focused on the role of lifestyle factors (nutrition and exercise) in the prevention and treatment of major cardiometabolic diseases, including obesity, insulin resistance and dyslipidemias. His studies have been funded by the National Institutes of Health (USA), the American Diabetes Association, the Shriners Hospitals for Children, the European Union, and the industry. His 220+ papers in peer-reviewed journals have been cited > 20000 times; h-index: 68, i10-index:179