Certifications, Licenses & Academic Degrees

• National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC), by NBHWC

• Master of Science in Psychological Medicine & Mental Health, by London Metropolitan University.
  Dissertation: “Treating the Person Behind the Chronic Pain: A Review of the Science and Practice of Psychological Treatments for Nociplastic Pain”

• Certified Lifestyle Medicine Professional (DipIBLM), by the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine

• Emotional and Binge Eating Licensed Practitioner, by Eating Freely

• 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-500), by Yoga Alliance

• Lifestyle Medicine Coach, by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (through Wellcoaches School of Coaching)

• Certified Culinary Health Coach - CHEF (Clinicians Culinary Health Education Fundamentals), by Harvard Medical School and Institute of Lifestyle Medicine

• Medical Fitness Yoga Specialist, by MedFit Classroom

• Certified Yoga Coach, by YogaMedCo (Blend of talk- and movement-based coaching into one empowering experience)

• Certified Team Well-Being Coach, by YogaMedCo (Optimize physical, financial, social, mental, purpose and emotional well-being)

• Certified “Genius Break” Coach, by YogaMedCo (Mindfulness + Movement + Self-Compassion)

• Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, by AADP - American Association of Drugless Practitioners

• Certified Holistic Nutritionist by AFPA - American Association of Fitness Professionals

• Certified Health & Wellness Coach by AFPA - American Association of Fitness Professionals

• Certified Youth Nutrition Specialist by AFPA - American Association of Fitness Professionals

• Culinary Nutrition Educator by Veggiecation Educator Training Program

• Ph.D. in engineering and physics, from the Technical University of Denmark, followed by many years of work experience in biomedical engineering (modeling physics in the human body, including medical devices and imaging), both in academia, government research, and industry.

• MBA in Marketing and Business Strategy

   

Professional Training & Courses

• Professional Certificate - Lifestyle Medicine: Improving the Future of Healthcare, by Doane University

• Introduction to Nutritional Psychiatry: Nutri-Psyche, by Deakin University

• FODMAP and IBS training for Dietitians, by Monash University

• Nerva IBS Clinicians' Course, by Mindset Health

• ARFID: An Introduction to diagnosis and management, by University of Winchester

• Nutritional Psychiatry for Healthcare Practitioners, by Dr. Drew Ramsey

• Integrative Approaches to Pelvic Pain in Women, by Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona

• Female Health Yoga Teacher Training, by Yoga Medicine

• 300-hr Yoga Therapy Teacher Training Course, by Sampoorna Yoga

• 200-hr Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training, by Sampoorna Yoga

• Essential Pain Management, by ANZCA - Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

• Plant-based nutrition; a sustainable diet for optimal health, by University of Winchester

• Lifestyle Medicine and Emotional Health, by Evidence in Motion (in progress)

• Explain Pain, by NOI - Neuro Orthopaedic Institute, Australia

• Assessment and education for patients with neural circuit disorders, by Dr. Howard Schubiner (Unlearn your Pain)

• Functional Nutrition for Chronic Pain, by Integrative Pain Science Institute

• Mindfulness-Based Chronic Pain Management™ Practical Training, by University of Toronto

• Gut Health Course - The Plant-Fed Gut, by Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

• Head to Head with Heartburn, by Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

• Diagnosing Food Intolerance, by Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

• Overcoming FODMAP Intolerance, by Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

• Overcoming Histamine Intolerance, by Dr. Will Bulsiewicz 

• The Power of Awareness, Mindfulness Training by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield, by Sounds True

• Cognitive Fitness by Harvard Medical School

• Plant-Based Sports Nutrition, by Human Kinetics Continuing Education

• Culinary Nutrition by Plantlab (formerly Matthew Kenney Cuisine)

• Foundations of Positive Psychology Specialization by University of Pennsylvania

• Mindfulness Fundamentals by Mindful Schools

• Mindful Educator Essentials by Mindful Schools

• Unlocking EQ by Six Seconds

• Nervous System & Restorative Yoga Training, by Yoga Medicine

• Eating Disorders: How Yoga Teachers Can Help, by Eat Breathe Thrive (in progress)

• Mindsight Approach to Well-Being: A Comprehensive Course in Interpersonal Neurobiology, by Dr. Dan Siegel - Mindsight Institute (in progress)

   

Conferences & Workshops Attended

• Lifestyle Medicine: Tools for Promoting Healthy Change, Harvard Medical School, 9-11 June 2023

• Lifestyle Medicine For Mental Health Symposium, Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine, 18 March 2023

• Disordered Eating in GI Disease. Webinars by Monash FODMAP, March/April 2023 

• Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Implementation with Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Disorders. ROME Foundation GastroPsych, 18 Feb 2023

• Singapore Allied Health Conference, 13 to 15 October 2022

• Trauma, Inflammation, and Recovery: Insights from Neurobiology, March 18th 2022, with Donna Jackson Nakazawa, Confer Webinar

• Mental Health Reimagined Summit, March 4th and 5th 2022, by Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine

• IV Congresso Brasileiro de Medicina do Estilo de Vida, Sep 30th to Oct 3rd, 2021, by Brazilian College of Lifestyle Medicine

• International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine, July 15th to 17th, 2021, by George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

• “The Relational Montage of Eating Disorders” – with Professor Jean Petrucelli, Confer Webinar, 26 June 2021

• Asia-Pacific Mindfulness Conference 2021, 14-29 August 2021

• Solving Chronic Pain Summit: A New Pathway to Relief, 22-24 Jan 2021, by Open Center

• How to Work with a Client’s Emotional Triggers, by National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine