Michelle Dalal MD, FAAP is a Pediatrician and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at U Mass Chan Medical School.  She is currently the Medical Director of University Health and Counseling Services at Northeastern University. She is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Lifestyle Medicine and has advanced certifications in motivational interviewing and culinary coaching.  At MMS, she is Chair of the Committee on Mental Health and Substance Use. Other roles include Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (MCAAP) Chapter Oral Health Advocate and MCAAP Delegate to the Massachusetts Medical Society.

She recently co-authored the “The Teen Lifestyle Medicine Handbook: The Power of Healthy Living”. Her research has focused on integrating lifestyle interventions into routine care of adolescents and young adults with depression and anxiety and creating an 8 week intensive virtual program for adolescent depression called LIFT Mood -Lifestyle Interventions for Teen Mood. She has spoken locally, nationally and internationally on lifestyle medicine and prevention, management and treatment of chronic disease.