Discover our Keynote Speakers
Weight Loss Without Frailty: Optimizing Muscle and Function in Older Adults
Dennis T. Villareal, MD
Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Dennis T. Villareal, MD, is Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and a geriatrician and endocrinologist whose research focuses on weight management, frailty, and sarcopenia in older adults. His work centers on optimizing body composition, physical function, and metabolic health in aging populations, with particular emphasis on interventions that promote healthy longevity.
Dr. Villareal has led multiple federally funded clinical trials evaluating lifestyle interventions, including diet and exercise, as well as pharmacologic strategies, to improve muscle mass, strength, physical performance, and metabolic outcomes in older adults with obesity. His research has contributed to evolving clinical approaches to weight loss in later life by demonstrating that intentional weight reduction, when appropriately designed, can improve function and quality of life while preserving muscle and skeletal health.
He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and is a frequent invited speaker at national and international scientific meetings. Dr. Villareal has also served on advisory panels, data and safety monitoring boards, and scientific review committees focused on aging and metabolic research.
His current work continues to explore lifestyle and metabolic interventions aimed at reducing frailty and maintaining functional independence in older adults.
Mapping the Trajectories of Intrinsic Capacity and their Determinants
John Beard
John Beard, PhD - Irene Diamond Professor of Productive Aging (in Health Policy Management, Epidemiology and in the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center) and Director of the International Longevity Center USA at CUMC.
GLP-1 Medications in Aging and Frailty: Lessons from Tirzepatide Trials
Clare Lee
Clara Lee,MD, MHS, Associate Vice President, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (United States) Dr. Clare Lee is an endocrinologist and clinical research physician in Global Medical Affairs at Eli Lilly and Company. Dr. Lee received a medical degree from Stony Brook, State University of New York and completed Endocrinology Fellowship at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Prior to Lilly, Dr. Lee was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Division of Endocrinology with clinical expertise and research focus on type 2 diabetes and obesity.
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