Faculty and Staff
Jennifer L. Trilk, Ph.D., FACSM, DipACLM
| Title: | Professor |
| Biomedical Sciences | |
| School of Medicine Greenville | |
| E-mail: | trilk@greenvillemed.sc.edu |
| Phone: | 864-766-2092 |
| Office: | 701 Grove Road Greenville SC 29605 |
Bio
| Background: | Jennifer Trilk, PhD, FACSM, DipACLM is a Professor at University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville and Director of Lifestyle Medicine Programs, which comprehensively trains medical students in curricula and research in nutrition, physical activity/exercise, behavior change, student/patient self-care, and resiliency to prevent and treat the nation’s top chronic diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and various forms of cancer. Dr. Trilk also directs the Lifestyle Medicine Education Curriculum (LMEd), which provides open-access LM curricula to medical schools across the globe. In 2019, LMEd was awarded the U.S. President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition Community Leadership Award, Dr. Trilk's second PCFSN award. She also founded and directs Exercise is Medicine Greenville®, a comprehensive 12-week medically-based exercise and lifestyle program for adults with chronic health conditions, and for which in 2019 she received the Exercise is Medicine Global Leadership Award from the American College of Sports Medicine. Both of these programs were recognized on September 28th, 2022 as part of the White House’s national strategy for their Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. Dr. Trilk has received national recognition by The Wall Street Journal, CNN, U.S. News and World Report, Chicago Tribune, Association of American Medical Colleges (Press Release 2017; Press Release 2018), and others. She also has been showcased internationally as an invited adjunct professor at the Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale (UPO) medical school in Novara, Italy in 2017, and recently at Tel Aviv School of Medicine, Israel in July 2022. She also is an advisory board member and a frequent guest speaker for Physicians’ Association for Nutrition in Berlin, Germany. In 2024, Dr. Trilk presented the rational for Lifestyle Medicine training in medical school at the Department of Health and Human Services Food is Medicine Summit. In 2017, she also presented Lifestyle Medicine Education at a congressional briefing on Capitol Hill in conjunction with the American College of Preventive Medicine, was awarded her first U.S. President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition Community Leadership Award in 2014, and in 2013 was an invited speaker for the Bipartisan Policy Center: “Teaching Nutrition and Physical Activity in Medical School: Training Doctors for Prevention-Oriented Care.” Dr. Trilk is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, a Diplomate of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and a Fellow of the third class of the Aspen Global Leadership Network's Health Innovators Fellowship Program. |
| Teaching Interest(s): | 1. Lifestyle Medicine (Exercise, Nutrition, Sleep, Stress) |
| Research Interest(s): | 1. Lifestyle Medicine for Populations with Chronic Conditions (Type 2 Diabetes, CVD, Obesity, Cancer) 2. Lifestyle Medicine for Populations with movement disorders (Parkinson's Disease) |
| Honors & Awards: | Special Recognition Award White House Conference National Strategy recognition for LMEd and EIMG® Diplomat of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine Exercise is Medicine Global Leadership Award U.S. President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition Community Leadership Award (LMEd) Fellow, Aspen Institute Health Innovator Fellow of American College of Sports Medicine Outstanding Scholar Award, USC School of Medicine Greenville U.S. President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition Community Leadership Award (Lifestyle Medicine Teaching) NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows Graduate School Dissertation Completion Award Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award Mary Ella Lunday Soule Scholarship Award Graduate School Assistantship Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society Alpha Zeta Honor Society |
| Professional Affiliations: | American College of Lifestyle Medicine Member European Society of Lifestyle Medicine Other - Collaborator American Heart Association Member Lifestyle Medicine Education Collaborative Other - Co-Founder American College of Sports Medicine Member Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society Member Alpha Zeta Honor Society Member |