Professor Robert Thomas is a full time NHS Consultant Oncologist at Addenbrooke's and Bedford and Hospitals. He is Director of Oncology reserach at Bedford. He is also a Clinical Teacher at Cambridge University, a Professor of Sports and Nutritional science at the University of Bedfordshire author of the book "How to Live" and head of oncology at The Royal Hospital for integrative Medicine, Great Ormond St.

He manages patients with radiotherapy, chemotherapy, hormones and the newer biological treatments but incorporates nutritional and lifestyle strategies into routine management to enhance outcomes and reduce side effects.

Research Experience: He has been chief and principle investigator of numerous radiotherapy, Herceptin and hormonal trials run by the National Cancer Research Network, Universities or the pharmaceutical industry. He is also head of a Lifestyle and Cancer Research Unit which designs and conducts university approved scientific national studies which evaluate the impact of exercise, diet, gut health and natural therapies on cancer, long covid other chronic diseases and exercise performance. He is currently chief investigator of the national covid vaccine nutritional intervention study and the YourPhyto study evaluating phytochemical and probiotic strategies to improve gut health and their impact on prostate cancer progression. His over 100 peer viewed scientific papers and presentations published from this research, can be accessed on cancernet.co.uk.

He was awarded The UK's "Hospital Doctor of the Year", The British Oncology Association “Oncologist of the Year” and The Royal College of Radiologist Research Medal. The NHS research Prize and Honorary Fellow of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine.

Dr William Bird MBE is passionate about getting people active.

As a family GP in the 1990s, he pioneered the concept of social prescribing by setting up the first Health Walk scheme, closely followed by the first Green Gym. He quickly found that companionship and contact with nature were major driving forces in keeping people active. William is now a global authority on health and activity, and is an advisor to the World Health Organisation, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and Sport England. Recognising William’s contribution to health and physical activity, William was awarded an MBE in the 2010 Queen’s New Year Honours and as an Honorary Professor at the University of Exeter in 2021. In 2022 Dr Bird was officially appointed as the Chair of Active Essex, the Active Partnership for Essex.

In 2010, he set up Intelligent Health, an organisation that has a mission to build healthier, active and more connected communities. Intelligent Health’s flagship programme is Beat the Street, which sees communities transformed into a giant game where players achieve points and prizes by walking, cycling, and scooting around their local area. Beat the Street has had over 1.8 million participants worldwide to date and is backed by research which demonstrates sustained physical activity behaviour change.

Professor Tipton has worked at the University of Surrey and University of Portsmouth. In addition, he was based at the Institute of Naval Medicine (INM) from 1983 to 2004 and was Consultant Head of the Environmental Medicine Division of the INM from 1996. He has published over 800 scientific papers, reports, chapters, abstracts and books in his research areas of cold water immersion, thermoregulation, environmental and occupational physiology.

Professor Tipton is an honorary life member of Surf Lifesaving GB and was a Trustee/Director for ten years, he is a member of the Council of the RNLI as well as a Consultant to the Medical Director of the RNLI. He has been a consultant in survival and thermal medicine to the Royal Air Force, UKSport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS). He chaired UKSport’s Research Advisory Group and sat on the EIS Scientific and Ethics Advisory Group. Prof Tipton as edited several scientific journals including The Physiological Society’s “Experimental Physiology”.

Prof Tipton is a visiting Professor at King’s College, London, and an Adjunct Professor at Waterford Institute of Technology. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and The Physiological Society. He was awarded his MBE for services to physiological research in extreme environments; the Ireland Medal for saving lives from drowning worldwide; and the H&L Swiftwater rescue lifetime achievement award from the USA.

My name is Sheena Fraser, I'm a GP partner and trainer with a special interest in dermatology, minor surgery, Lifestyle medicine and microbiome science. I live and work in Glasgow but completed my medical training in Sheffield.

My interest in Lifestyle medicine and microbiome science started in 2018 when I attended my first BSLM conference. I have since completed my diploma in lifestyle medicine, lectured in sleep, taken part in a sleep and microbiome webinars for BSLM in 2021 and presented at the 2021 and 2022 annual BSLM conferences. I write regular blogs for BSLM on lifestyle related topics. I am also involved in medical training of GP trainees and regularly lecture in Dermatology, lifestyle medicine and microbiome science. I am passionate about preventative medicine and applying lifestyle medicine with my patients so started a patient walking group once a week in April 2021.

After 4 years of writing and researching with my fellow microbiome obsessed friend, Siobhan Maccormack, "Gut Microbiome for clinicians" (an online course on the gut microbiome) was published Sept 2022 in collaboration with BSLM. Its aim is educating more health professionals in this fascinating novel field. After realising we were not ready to part ways and had only really touched the surface of microbiome science, Siobhan and I launched the "Microbiome Medics Podcast". My own clinical practice has changed greatly with my new found microbiome knowledge and I thrive on the excitement of this new field of medicine.

I'm a busy mum to 3 children and am passionate about cooking food from scratch using local produce (often foraged). I am a keen supporter of The Soil Association and value our connection to nature and the need to protect the integrity of our soil and natural ecosystems.

Dr Wolfgang Marx is a Senior Research Fellow and an NHMRC Emerging Leader at the Food & Mood Centre, Deakin University.

Wolfgang is president of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research as well as an honorary research fellow at The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, La Trobe University, and Bond University.

Wolfgang’s current research program covers a broad range of projects involving the development of international guidelines for lifestyle interventions, the investigation novel dietary interventions, and exploring the potential adverse effects of ultra-processed foods on our mental health.

Ruth Goldstein is the Assistant Director of Public health and have been working in Cornwall for 6 years. She was a community pharmacist for 28 years before she entered the world of Public of Public Health 11 years ago. In her current role she has a remit around health protection and health improvement alongside supporting the Director of Public in all the work they do around reducing inequalities in health, the prevention agenda and our Human Resource issues.

Ruth's focus on prevention is fuelled with a passion for helping people ‘live their best lives’ and not just wait until they need support and feel ill. She firmly believes that no matter what stage of life someone is in, there will be things they can do to support their health and wellbeing. Ruth is also focussed on working with communities and trying to support mental wellbeing alongside physical health.

Paul is an award-winning strategic leader who has significant experience in tackling health inequalities across the communities in Cornwall who face the greatest barriers and worst outcomes.

He has worked in primary care and led the first UK Dental Company to achieve B Corp Status, an independent verification of social and environmental impact, balancing profit and purpose.

Paul is the CEO of Active Cornwall, the organisation bringing a change in the long-term health of populations by working with key partners to remove the barriers to movement and physical activity.

Emma Seward-Adams, Social Prescribing and Health Coach Lead, Watergate PCN

Emma has a background in sports science, joining the NHS after 20+ years in education. Her interests lie in using diet and lifestyle interventions to support people with long-term conditions to improve their health and wellbeing.

Izzy Webb, Health Coach, Watergate PCN

Izzy has an AfN accredited Degree in Nutrition. She works with patients to help educate, support and change behaviours around food, physical activity and their wellbeing.

Emma leads a team of people who are passionate about supporting the VCSE sector in Cornwall and the IoS. With over 20 years of experience in the VCSE, NHS and local government, Emma advocates for the sector to be treated as an equal partner in the design, delivery and funding of services.

Emma is committed to ensuring that statutory partners listen to and value our experience in working with the most vulnerable people and communities.

Emma loves yoga, sea dips, walking her three dogs and spending time in nature and volunteers in her local patient participation group.

Professor Anthony Woolf is a consultant rheumatologist previously at Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UK. He has held honorary chairs in Rheumatology at the University of Exeter Medical School, Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, and visiting Professor in Musculoskeletal Science, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden. He is co-chair of the Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health (G-MUSC).

His work focuses on influencing policy and practice nationally and internationally providing the evidence for gaining priority and the tools to implement change to benefit individuals through prevention and control of musculoskeletal conditions. In particular he focuses on what we need to do through the lifecourse to support musculoskeletal health to enable us to maintain our physical capacity, remain in the labour market and for healthy productive ageing.

He works with WHO, EU and in the UK with NHS England, OHID/Public Health England and Department of Work and Pensions to ensure musculoskeletal health is in all policies – health, social and employment.

Dr Sharpe is a Consultant in Public Health at Cornwall Council and an experienced environmental epidemiologist. Richard’s public health portfolio includes, mental health and suicide prevention, drugs and alcohol, sexual and reproductive health, social prescribing and speciality training.

Interests include tackling health inequalities across a range of marginalised communities and embedding prevention. Previous roles include working in project management in the private sector, working offshore, business planning and environmental management, and healthcare consultancy. He has an interest in links between the natural and built environment and a range of health outcomes such as air quality and risk of allergic diseases. Richard enjoys academic public health and has led a range of research projects and service evaluations to help translate evidence into practice.

Beth is a consultant psychiatrist working in CAMHS. She is co-lead for CAMHS Goes Wild, an initiative to embed nature-based approaches within specialist CAMHS in Cornwall. Support from an NIHR Mental Health Research Initiative enabled her to evaluate staff views around this new way of working. She will continue to advocate for the implementation and evaluation of nature-based and lifestyle medicine changes within clinical practice.