Personal Information:

 Curriculum Vitae:

- Medical Doctor with a Specialty in Internal Medicine (thesis on Dyslipidemia and Carotid Atherosclerosis)

- PhD in Clinical Physiopathology and Experimental Medicine: Association between small dense LDL and early atherosclerosis in a sample of menopausal women

- Founder and President of the European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO) and of the Swiss Society of Lifestyle Medicine (SSLM) 

- Founder and Director of the Medinvita Clinic, the first Lifestyle Medicine Clinic in Switzerland. 

- Vice-president and Founding member of the Mediterranean Lifestyle Medicine Institite (MLMI)

- Specialty in Psychotherapy (ongoing): thesis on the relation between stress and chronic diseases

Dr Ubaldi is a specialist in Internal Medicine; with an ongoing second specialization in psychotherapy. 

She has a PhD in Clinical Pathophysiology and Experimental Medicine (pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis, lipidology), completed postgraduate trainings in Nutrition, Integrative Health Therapies and other Lifestyle Medicine related courses.

She is President and co-founder at the “European Lifestyle Medicine Organization”, founder and President of the “Swiss Society of Lifestyle Medicine” (SSLM) and founding member and Vice-President of the “Mediterranean Lifestyle Medicine Institute”.

These academic trainings, combined with her academic work, also in the field of lifestyle medicine, contributed to her being a European authority in the field of chronic diseases related to lifestyle.

She is actively involved in different academic and governmental projects related to nutrition, fertility and environment, lipidology and nutrigenetics.

 Dr Ubaldi clinical practice focuses on treating modifiable lifestyle factorsfor the prevention and treatment of major metabolic and chronic diseases, including atherosclerosis, dyslipidemias, obesity, metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and some types of cancer. She promotes what she calls an "anti-inflammatory lifestyle" based on an anti-inflammatory diet and behavior

 Moreover, in the last years, her clinical practice and research focused on the role of environmental factors (endocrine disruptors, indoor pollution) in the pathogenesis of chronic diseases.

 She is a pioneer in her clinical practice in promoting a healthy environment providing concrete tools for the diagnosis of indoor pollution and heavy metals toxicity and solutions to reduce the exposure to harmful chemicals.

Education:

Work Experience:

January- June 2008    Training in the Hospital A.O.R.N. Cardarelli  (Naples, Italy) in Internal Medicine Unit.

2006-2012  Specialized reader of carotid  IMT ( specialized software technique).

2011      Founder of the “Centro di Educazione Alimentare Venuba”(“Food Education Center”)for the  promulgation of healthy nutrition and healthy life style

   2012    Internist Doctor at LILT (Italian Cancer League) in Avellino (Italy)

 July-September 2012   Medical doctor c/o Emergency Unit of “Clinique La Colline”, Geneva-(SWITZERLAND)

  2013         Board Member of the European Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ESLM) – Scientific Director

 2014 -        Founder and director at MEDINVITA

 2015           Creator of the Training Course in Lifestyle Medicine for the medical and paramedical staff of the Hopital in Oliveto Citra (Italy)

2015           Creator and Co-founder of the Lifestyle Medicine Department in Uro-Andrology at the hospital of Oliveto Citra (Italy)

2016-2018   Lecturer at the University of Florence (Italy) for the Advanced Course in Food Science

 2016 -          Member of the True Health Initiative Council

Dec 2016        Founder of DNA PERFORMANCE

 Feb 2016 -      President of the European Lifestyle Medicine Organization

2017-         Responsible of the Operative Unit of Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine in an Italian project with Ministry of Health on adolescents abd fertility

 2018-2019    Member of the International Committee of Functional Biology (SYNLAB)

 2019            Member of the GSLA (Swiss Working Group Lipids and Atherosclerosis)

 2000 -       Independent activity as Medical Doctor, internal medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. Expert in Nutritherapy and Nutrigenetics

2020         President and co-founder of the Swiss Society of Lifestyle Medicine

2021 -      Vice President and Founding member of the Mediterranean    Institute of Lifestyle Medicine (MLMI)

Scientific Publications

Publication 1999

Stefania Ubaldi, A.Zito, S.Papa, F.Perrotti, A.S. Vorraro, G. Cancelmo, F. Di Giacomo“Influenza della dieta sull’insorgenza di litiasi calcica delle vie urinarie: stato dell’arte” Quad Med Chir 1999; 15 (3)

Publications 2005-2006

 Publications

1. Pauciullo P., Gentile M., Ubaldi S., Marotta G., Jossa F., Iannuzzo G., Faccenda F., Rubba P. “Inflammatory markers in Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia”. Atherosclerosis. Vol. 7.pag. 231, 2006.

Abstracts

1. Gentile M.,Pauciullo P., Jossa F., Faccenda F., Iannuzzo G., Baiano A., Ubaldi S., Viceconti R., Turco S., Montefusco S., Rubba P. “Prevenzione cardiovascolare nell’ambito della validazione di un gruppo di controllo”.Abstract, Giornate Scientifiche della Facoltà di Medicina, Università di Napoli "Federico II". pag. 4, 2005.
2. Gentile M., Jossa F., Ubaldi S., Mattiello A., Santucci de Magistris M., Del Pezzo M., Rubba P., Panico S. “Prevalenza di Sindrome Metabolica in una popolazione femminile dell’area metropolitana di Napoli: risultati del Progetto ATENA”.Abstract, Giornate Scientifiche della Facoltà di Medicina, Università di Napoli "Federico II". pag. 18, 2006.
3. Gentile M., Pauciullo P., Ubaldi S.,Marotta G., Jossa F., Iannuzzo G., Faccenda F., Rubba P. “Marcatori infiammatori nella Iperlipidemia Combinata Familiare”. Abstract, Giornate Scientifiche della Facoltà di Medicina, Università di Napoli "Federico II". pag. 17, 2006.
4. Rubba F., Ubaldi S., Iannuzzi A., Gentile M., Pauciullo P., Marotta G., Jossa F., Triassi M., Rubba P. “Modelli cooperativi  e possibilità di modelli di integrazione  manageriale: Il Network regionale per le Dislipidemie Familiari”. Abstract, Giornate Scientifiche della Facoltà di Medicina, Università di Napoli "Federico II". pag. 429, 2006.

Publications 2008-2009

Publications

1. Gentile M., Panico S., Jossa F., Mattiello A., Ubaldi S., Marotta G., Pauciullo P., Rubba P. “Small dense LDL particles and metabolic syndrome in a sample of middle-aged women. Findings from Progetto Atena”. Clin Chim Acta.388 pag. 179-183, 2008.
2. Pauciullo P., Gentile M., Marotta G., Baiano A., Ubaldi S., Jossa F.,  Iannuzzo G., Faccenda F., Panico S., Rubba P. “Tumor necrosis factor-áis a marker of familial combined hyperlipidemia, independently of metabolic syndrome”. Metabolism 57 pag. 563-568, 2008.

 Abstracts

1. Pauciullo P., Gentile M., Marotta G., Baiano A.,Ubaldi S., Jossa F.,  Iannuzzo G., Faccenda F., Panico S., Rubba P. “Small dense low-density lipoprotein in familial combined hyperlipidemia: Independent of metabolic syndrome and related to history of cardiovascular events.” Atherosclerosis203 pag. 320-24, 2009
2. Gentile M., Iannuzzo G., Ubaldi S., Panico S., Jossa F., Mattiello A.,  Marotta G., Pauciullo P.,  Rubba P. “Association between small dense LDL particles and early atherosclerosis in a sample of middle-aged women. Findings from Progetto Atena.” NMCD  V18., 2008
3. Rubba F.,Ubaldi S.,Licenziati M.R., Gentile M., Sodano M., De Salvo D., Quagliata L., Panico S., Rubba P., Triassi M. “The transition from children to adult Metabolic syndrome ambulatory care: Organisational needs.”NMCD  V18., 2008
4. Gentile M., Rubba P., Pauciullo P., Iannuzzo G., Ubaldi S., Marotta G.,  Jossa F.,  Mattiello A., Panico S. “Apo B, Small-dense LDL and carotid atherosclerosis in menopausal women”.Atherosclerosis. Vol. 10. pag , 2009.

Publications 2009

Publications

1. Pauciullo P., Gentile M., Marotta G., Baiano A., Ubaldi S.,Jossa F., Iannuzzo    G., Faccenda F., Panico S., Rubba P. Small dense low-density lipoprotein in    familial combined hyperlipidemia: Independent of metabolic syndrome and          related to history of cardiovascular events. Atherosclerosis203 pag. 320-24,          2009. 

Abstracts

2.  Gentile M., Rubba P., Pauciullo P., Iannuzzo G., Faccenda F., Ubaldi S.,Sodano M., Marotta G.,  Jossa F.,  Mattiello A., Panico S. Apo B, Small-dense          LDL and carotid atherosclerosis in menopausal women.NMCD. Vol. 19; 2009

 Publications 2010-2011

1. Gentile M., Panico S., Mattiello A., Iannuzzo G., Faccenda F., Ubaldi S., Nunziata M., Coppola MG., Marotta G., Rubba P. Creatinine levels and intima media thickness in a population based cohort study: finding from Progetto Atena. Gior Ital Atrter Vol 0. pag. 72; 2010
2. Marco Gentile, Fabiana Rubba, Francesco Verdesca, Gennaro Marotta, Fabrizio Jossa, Marta Sodano, Ersilia La Fata, Luigi Maresca, Maria Nunziata, Stefania Ubaldi, Maria Gabriella Coppola, Elena Giancotti, Paolo Rubba PERCORSI DIAGNOSTICO-TERAPEUTICI NEL NETWORK REGIONALE DELLE DISLIPIDEMIE NELLA REGIONE CAMPANIA : POTENZIALITA DELLA DIAGNOSTICA AVANZATA DEI PROFILI LlPIDICI

Publication 2013 

1. Marco Gentile, Salvatore Panico, Amalia Mattiello, Stefania Ubaldi, Gabriella Iannuzzo, Mario De Michele, Arcangelo Iannuzzi, Paolo Rubba. “Association between small dense LDL and early atherosclerosis in a sample of menopausal women”. Clinica Chimica Acta 426 (2013) 1–5

Publication 2022

Effects of a Lifestyle Change Intervention on Semen Quality in Healthy Young Men Living in Highly Polluted Areas in Italy: The FASt Randomized Controlled Trial.