With great pleasure the editorial Board at Sustain-earth.com wishes warm welcome to Dr. Manolo Ernesto Beelke.

Dr. Manolo Ernesto Beelke, MD, PhD is a Chief Medical Officer and strategic clinical development leader with 28+ years in pharma, biotech, and CROs. He has designed 50+ trials, provided medical oversight for 100+ studies, and reviewed 500+ proposals across Neurology, Psychiatry, Sleep Medicine, Rare Diseases, and Oncology—bridging science, regulation, and market impact from early development to access. He trained in Italy (MD, University of Genoa; PhD in Sleep Medicine, University of Bologna) and is board-certified in Clinical Neurophysiology and Sleep Medicine. A multilingual advisor (DE/IT/EN/FR), he has served as CMO and executive board member roles while building high-performing, matrixed medical teams.

On Sustain-Earth, Dr. Beelke brings a systems lens to health, food, and sustainability—aligning the UN-SDGs with patient-centric innovation. His editorial focus ties “food as medicine” and preventive public health to resilient, low-impact food systems, translating evidence into practical choices for individuals and communities.

Leadership concept: Change scales from the self to the team to the system. Dr. Beelke’s Areté-based approach strengthens self-leadership and resilience, then codifies clarity, trust, and “less-but-better” strategic execution in teams and organizations—so that scaling-up science and scaling-out solutions deliver measurable health and sustainability outcomes. The diverse innovative solutions within “food as medicine” will bring considerable added ESG-values for measuring businesses’s impact on society, the environment and how transparent and accountable they are.