Lifestyle Medicine
Research Summit

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Lifestyle Medicine
Research Summit

Held December 4-5, 2019

Agenda and Presentations

There is a growing body of basic science, clinical practice, and population health evidence for applying healthy behaviors and lifestyles to prevent, treat and reverse common chronic diseases. To showcase these advances, The Lifestyle Medicine Research Summit took place Dec 4-5, 2019.

The Summit was made possible through the support of the Ardmore Institute of Health and collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). The meeting was held in close conjunction with a joint University of Pittsburgh/Department of Defense (DOD) meeting on Human Performance Enhancement that presented synergies in content and approach.

The Summit’s goal was to define research priorities in the core areas of lifestyle medicine namely nutrition, physical activity, mindfulness/stress/resilience, social relationships, addictions and sleep. The attendees reviewed existing knowledge and gaps relating lifestyle behaviors to common chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, many cancers, inflammatory- and immune-related disorders and other conditions. A priority outcome of the Summit is a summary white paper of findings and research recommendations to be published in one or more nationally prominent peer-reviewed journal(s).

Below are the white paper, presentations and event details from the convening.

Lifestyle Medicine Research Summit White Paper Published in Frontiers in Medicine

Prioritized Research for the Prevention, Treatment and Reversal of Chronic Disease: Recommendations from the Lifestyle Medicine Research Summit. Read or download the paper at Frontiers. — Prioritized Research for the Prevention, Treatment and Reversal of Chronic Disease: Recommendations from the Lifestyle Medicine Research Summit. Read or download the paper at Frontiers.

Summit Presentation Videos and Slide Decks

Following are the presentations from the 2019 Lifestyle Medicine Research Summit.

Interviews

Neal Barnard, Leonardo Trasande, Liana Lianov, Janet Calhoun, Franklin House, Mike Parkinson, Yoram Vodovotz, Eddie Phillips, Eduardo Sanchez, David Katz, Victoria Maizes, Deborah Snyder