Roberto Lobelo, MD, PhD, FAHA

Biography

R.L. Felipe Lobelo, MD, PhD, FAHA, is an associate professor in the Hubert Department of Global Health of Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. Dr. Lobelo serves as director of graduate studies for the department and as faculty member and executive committee member of Emory's Nutrition and Health Sciences Doctoral Program. He is a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute. He also serves program director for epidemiology, public health and preparedness, and senior consultant for population health research in the Department of Quality and Patient Safety at the Southeast Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente Georgia.

With more than two decades of experience in public health, epidemiology and preventive medicine, Dr. Lobelo has made significant contributions to the understanding and implementation of strategies for chronic disease prevention. His work focuses on lifestyle medicine and leading initiatives to improve population health.

Education

Dr. Lobelo earned his Medical Degree from Rosario University School of Medicine in Bogota, Colombia. He then completed his specialization in clinical Epidemiology (master's Equivalency) from Rosario University. He went on to earn his PhD in Exercise Science at the University of South Carolina. He also completed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) program serving as an EIS officer in the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

Titles & Roles

• Associate Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health

  Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Research

Dr. Lobelo focuses on cancer and other chronic disease primary, secondary and tertiary prevention via lifestyle interventions and exercise medicine.

Publications

Awards

Dr. Lobelo received the Outstanding Doctoral Student Award from the Department of Exercise Science of the University of South Carolina, 2008. Before that he received the Paffenbarger-Blair Award for Research on Physical Activity Epidemiology from the American College of Sports Medicine, 2006.