BSLM 2021 Annual Conference

Tim Spector is a Professor of Genetic Epidemiology and Director of the TwinsUK Registry at Kings College, London and has recently been elected to the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences. He trained originally in rheumatology and epidemiology. In 1992 he moved into genetic epidemiology and founded the UK Twins Registry, of 13,000 twins, which is the richest collection of genotypic and phenotypic information worldwide.

Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE became Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 2012 and her term will conclude in September 2021. She came to the college after a long career in the voluntary sector, latterly as Director-General of the National Trust from 2001-2012. During her time as DG she made the Trust warmer and more welcoming, bringing the houses to life and raising the profile of the Trust’s work in the countryside.

Dr Garry Egger AM MPH PhD FASLM is a leading authority on lifestyle and chronic disease. He provides counsel to the Australian medical community, Federal Government and the World Health Organisation. Prof Egger has written 30 books (including 6 texts), and over 250 peer-reviewed scientific publications.

Roy Taylor qualified in medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and is Professor of Medicine and Metabolism at Newcastle University and Honorary Consultant at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust. He created the Newcastle University Magnetic Resonance Centre in 2006 and has focussed on developing techniques to elucidate how food is handled by the body in health and disease.

Dame Sally Davies is the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. Before this, she was Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK government from May 2010 to September 2019. She was a member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Executive Board 2014-2016 and has led delegations to a range of WHO summits and forums since 2004.

Dr. Collings is Director of Lifestyle Medicine for Silicon Valley Medical Development and El Camino Health Medical Network in the San Francisco Bay Area. She serves as current President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Collings has dual board certifications in Cardiology and Lifestyle Medicine. She holds a graduate degree in exercise physiology

Gordan Lauc is the Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Zagreb, Director of the National Centre of Scientific Excellence in Personalised Healthcare, honorary professor at the University of Edinburgh and the Kings College London and member of the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars.

Dr Lucy Loveday: @drlucyloveday (MRCGP, PG Cert Clinical Education) is founder of Movement & The Mind; a pioneering multidisciplinary platform showcasing the latest research from leaders in the field for the benefits of physical activity for mental health & brain development & mindfulness for human performance.

James received his undergraduate pharmacy degree at the University of British Columbia in 1982 and received his doctorate in pharmacy (Pharm.D.) in 1986 from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. He has had extensive experience, both locally and internationally, talking to health professionals and consumers about the rational use of medication, and has presented over 500 seminars on drug therapy over the last 30 years.

Joanna McMillan is a Scottish-born Australian and one of the country’s favourite and most trusted health and wellbeing experts. She is a PhD qualified nutrition scientist, Accredited Practising Dietitian, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow with La Trobe University, guest lecturer at The University of Sydney and Fellow of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine.

Dr Richard Weller is an academic dermatologist at the University of Edinburgh dividing his time between clinical practice and research. He first identified a new pathway by which sunlight mediates systemic health benefits independently of vitamin D. This occurs by release of nitric oxide from stores in the skin, producing cardiovascular and possibly other benefits.

Dr Rosie Rowe, is Oxfordshire’s Lead for Healthy Place Shaping. After initially working with a national health care charity, she joined the NHS to lead quality improvement in integrated community health and social care in Bath & North East Somerset. Subsequently she focused on the sustainability and development of General Practice supporting the establishment of GP Federations and the delivery of enhanced primary care in Oxfordshire before becoming the Bicester Healthy New Town Programme Director.

Dr Sam Manger MBBS BSc FRACGP FASLM is a GP and the President and a Fellow of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM), which focusses on managing conditions with lifestyle measures including nutrition, movement, mind states, social connection, connection to nature, online & advanced technology, health coaching techniques and public policy evolution.