Meet our speaker - Alicja Baska

Alicja Baska

Alicja Baska

Polish Society of Lifestyle Medicine

Alicja Baska

Polish Society of Lifestyle Medicine

BIO

Doctor, specialist in public health and lifestyle medicine (International Board of Lifestyle Medicine), researcher. She combines teaching and research with work in national and international non-governmental organizations promoting the development and implementation of lifestyle medicine in medical education and healthcare systems.

On a daily basis, she is associated with the Department of Lifestyle Medicine at the School of Public Health of the Medical Center for Postgraduate Education in Warsaw. She is also the co-founder and Organizational Director of the Polish Society of Lifestyle Medicine and Vice-President of the European Lifestyle Medicine Council.

Her research interests include health psychology, in particular techniques and tools that support lasting changes in health behaviors, as well as the commercial determinants of health and the relationship between the food system and human and planetary health. For years, she has been involved in advocacy for the transformation of the food system towards healthy, sustainable, and equitable models.

Co-author of monographs and publications on lifestyle medicine and public health, with a particular focus on the planetary diet. Organizer of several medical conferences on lifestyle in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. She regularly speaks at conferences, appears in the media, and conducts training for healthcare professionals and patients.
She believes that through systematic and interdisciplinary efforts, we can create an environment in which healthy choices become easy, attractive, and accessible to everyone.