Affiliation:
Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Short bio:
Dr. Ellina Lytvyak, MD, PhD, DABOM, FRCPC, is an Assistant Professor at the Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
She completed her medical school in Ukraine and obtained her PhD Degree in Gastroenterology. In 2009, she was awarded a Hubert Humphrey Fellowship, Fulbright Scholarship, by the United States Department of State, and completed it at Tulane University, New Orleans, USA. She also completed her Post-Doctoral Fellowship with the University of Alberta.
Dr. Ellina Lytvyak is an author and co-author of 168 peer-reviewed publications, received over $320,000 in grants and fellowship funding, and has been actively involved in teaching activities for medical students and healthcare professionals. She currently serves as an Evidence-Based Medicine lead with the MD Program at the University of Alberta.
Dr. Ellina Lytvyak is certified in Obesity Medicine by the American Board of Obesity Medicine and specializes in this area. Her academic and clinical interests are in the prevention and management of excess weight, steatotic liver disease, adiposity-associated chronic diseases, and their risk factors at the individual and population levels. My research is also focused on psychological aspects of obesity, such as psychological aspects of eating behaviour and control of eating, the link between obesity and mood, anxiety and sleep disorders, as well as the quality of life.