Preventive Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine

Preventive Medicine Overview

A preventive medicine specialist focuses on the health of individuals and defined populations to protect, promote, and maintain health and well-being as well as to prevent disease, disability, and premature death. A preventive medicine physician may be a specialist in general preventive medicine and public health, occupational medicine or aerospace medicine.¹

¹ The American Board of Medical Specialties. Guide to Physician Specialties. Evanston, IL: American Board of Medical Specialties; February 2008.

Lifestyle Medicine Overview

According to the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine is the use of evidence-based lifestyle therapeutic intervention—including a whole-food, plant-predominant eating pattern, regular physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substances, and positive social connection—as a primary modality, delivered by clinicians trained and certified in this specialty, to prevent, treat, and often reverse chronic disease.
 

Faculty Advisors

Preventive and Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group 2023-2024

President:  Kathryn Halbritter

Vice President: Jedel Butoy

Secretary: Abby Rodriguez 

Treasurer: Brian Fish

Public Health/Community Services Rep: Giovanna Nelson  

Historian: Chetiwe Kapila   

4th Year Rep: CJ Walters

3rd Year Rep: Forest Sheperd

2nd Year Rep: Megan Ervin

1st Year Rep: Emily Novak

Faculty Sponsor: Karen R. Studer, MD

Preventive and Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group Constitution

 

Obesity Medicine Interest Group 2023-2024

President: Courtney Walters

Vice President: Savannah Hodgkin

Community Service Rep: Nolan Chu

Secretary: Eleanor Hansen

Curriculum Development: Preston Kim

Treasurer: Madeline Carritte

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Peter Bastian 

Obesity Medicine Interest Group Constitution

 

Clinical Informatics and Analytics Interest Group 2023-2024

Clinical Informatics and Analytics Interest Group (CIA-IG) Constitution