26th Annual Harvard Nutrition and Obesity Symposium
Date: JUNE 04, 2025 ZOOM LIVE Webinar *All times listed below are in Eastern Standard Time.* Please download the course agenda 
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| Session I: Physiological Mechanisms of Exercise Moderators: Dr. Melanie Haines, MD & Dr. Romit Bhattacharya, MD |
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| 08:30-08:40am | Opening Remarks
Steven Grinspoon, MD (Harvard Medical School) |
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| 08:40-09:15am | The George L. Blackburn Keynote Lecture: Envisioning a Future of Personalized Exercise and Nutrition
Dr. Michael Snyder, PhD (Stanford University) |
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| 09:15-09:35am |
Skeletal Muscle, Lipid Metabolism, and Insulin Resistance Dr. Bret Goodpaster, PhD (AdventHealth Research Institute) |
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| 09:35-10:05am |
Understanding Adaptation to Exercise via Extracellular Vesicle Cross Talk Dr. Martin Whitham, PhD (University of Birmingham) |
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| 10:05-10:15am | Discussion |
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| Session II: Molecular Mechanisms of Exercise Moderators: Dr. Melanie Haines, MD & Dr. Romit Bhattacharya, MD |
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| 10:25-10:55am |
How Does Exercise Protect Against the Progression of Lifestyle Diseases?
Dr. Mark Febbraio, PhD (Monash University) |
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| 10:55-11:25am |
Mitochondrial Multi-Omic Response to Exercise
Dr. Malene Lindholm, PhD (Stanford University) |
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| 11:25-11:50am |
Exercise Mimetics: Science or Science Fiction?
Dr. John A. Hawley, PhD (Australian Catholic University) |
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| 11:50-12:00pm | Discussion |
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Lunch
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| 12:15-12:35pm | Special Lecture: State of the Art Advances in Muscle Metabolism Biochemical Profiling of Human Exercise: The Search for Novel Exerkines Dr. Robert E. Gerszten, MD (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School) | |
| Session III: Applications to Human Health Moderators: Dr. Lindsay Fourman, MD & Dr. J. Sawalla Guseh, MD |
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| 1:00-1:25pm |
Effects of Exercise on Offspring Health
Dr. Laurie Goodyear, PhD (Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School) |
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| 1:25-1:55pm |
Maintaining Muscle Mass During Weight Loss: Clinical Consequences and New Strategies on the Horizon
Dr. Steven B. Heymsfield, MD (Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University) |
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| 1:55-2:25pm |
Changes in Muscle Mass with Aging
Dr. Roger A. Fielding, PhD (Tufts University) |
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| 2:25-2:55pm |
Exercise and Cognitive Health
Dr. Owen Carmichael, PhD (Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University) |
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| 2:55-3:05pm |
Discussion
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Break
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| Session IV: Exercise as a Metabolic Therapy Moderators: Dr. Lindsay Fourman, MD & Dr. J. Sawalla Guseh, MD |
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| 03:15-03:40pm |
Exercise and Circadian Clocks: Partners in Health
Dr. Karyn Esser, PhD (University of Florida) |
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| 03:40-04:10pm |
Prescribing Exercise as Medicine: How Should We Exercise?
Dr. David Bishop, PhD (Victoria University) |
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| 04:10-04:35pm |
Exercise as Medicine: Are We Ready?
Dr. Jonathan Long, PhD (Stanford University) |
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| 04:35-04:45pm |
Discussion
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| 04:45-04:50pm |
Closing Remarks
Steven Grinspoon, MD (Harvard Medical School) |
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