Agenda Miller School of Medicine

2026 Agenda

Time	Session
8:00 - 8:45	Registration + Coffee
8:45 - 9:00	Welcoming Remarks Nima Sharifi, M.D.
Session 1: Metabolic Interventions in Human Health and Disease
9:00 - 10:00	Interventional Cardiac Metabolic Pathophysiology Zoltan Pierre Arrany, M.D., Ph.D.
10:00 - 10:30	Coming Soon
10:30 - 11:00	Morning Break
11:00 - 11:30	Ketogenic Fasting Interventions in Prostate Cancer Laura Sena, M.D., Ph.D.
11:30 - 12:00	Fatty Acid Synthase Inhibition Clinical Studies in Prostate Cancer Massimo Loda, M.D.
12:00 - 1:30	Lunch
Session 2: Prostate Cancer Metabolism
1:30 - 2:00	Metabolic Health and Prostate Cancer Survivorship Alicia Morgans, M.D., M.P.H.
2:00 - 2:30	Androgen Production, Uptake, and Conversion Enzymes in CRPC Charles Ryan, M.D.
2:30 - 3:00	Alternative Androgen Synthesis Pathways in Prostate Cancer Nima Sharifi, M.D.
3:00 - 3:30	Afternoon Break
Session 3: Metabolic Mechanisms and Approaches
3:30 - 4:00	Targeting Metabolism in Prostate Cancer Shaun Stauffer, Ph.D.
4:00 - 4:30	Dark GPCRs and Mitochondrial Transport Daniel Isom, Ph.D.
4:30 - 5:00	Ketone-body Dependent Post Translational Modifications Zhipeng Wang, Ph.D.
5:00	Closing Remarks Nima Sharifi, M.D.
5:00 - 8:00	Poster Session and Reception

Past Agendas

2025

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Time	Session
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Coffee and Registration
Session 1: Metabolism in Human Health and Disease
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Welcoming remarks Nima Sharifi, M.D.
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM	Mitochondrial Dynamics and Cardiometabolic Disease Dale Abel, M.D., Ph.D.
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Insulin Regulation of Bile Acid Physiology Rebecca Haeusler, Ph.D.
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Morning Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Metformin Intervention in STAMPEDE Silke Gillessen, M.D.
11:00 AM - 11:30 PM	Human Steroid Metabolism Phenotypes Nima Sharifi, M.D.
11:30 PM - 12:00 PM	Muscle Metabolic Alterations with Physical Activity and Disuse Blake Rasmussen, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch
Session 2: Dietary Interventions to Combat Metabolic Dysfunction
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM	Dietary Interventions and Nutrient Availability in Cancer Progression Evan Lien, Ph.D.
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Nutritional Strategies to Improve Metabolic Health and Potentially Longevity Eric Ravussin, Ph.D.
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	A ketone shunt generates anti-obesity ketone metabolites Maria Dolores Moya Garzon, Ph.D.
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Break
Session 3: Approaches for Studying Human Metabolism
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Spatial Imaging of Metabolites Paired with Transcript and Peptide Imaging Erin Seeley, Ph.D.
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Toward Single Cell Resolution for Mass Spectrometry Metabolite Imaging Jens Soltwisch, Ph.D.
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Physiomimetic Microsystems for Studying Metabolism Ashutosh Agarwal, Ph.D.
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Poster Session & Reception

2024

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Time	Session
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM	Coffee & Registration
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM	Welcoming Remarks Nima Sharifi, University of Miami
Session 1: Normal Metabolism and the Diversity of Human Metabolic Phenotypes
8:15 AM - 10:15 AM	Overarching Perspectives on Metabolism Ralph DeBerardinis, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UT Southwestern Opportunities for Studying Diverse Populations in Miami Brandon Mahal, University of Miami Prostate Cancer and Genetic Ancestry in Jamaican Men Chad Ritch, University of Miami
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Break
Session 2: What Happens When Metabolism Goes Awry?
10:45 AM - 12:30 PM	Metabolic Adverse Effects of Hormonal Therapy Alicia Morgans, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School Metabolic Stress in Men Training for the Special Forces Harris Lieberman, Department of Defense Effects of Stress and Hormonal Therapy on Steroid Metabolism Nima Sharifi, University of Miami
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch
Session 3: How Can We Favorably Modify Human Metabolism?
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Time Restricted Eating as a Method to Optimize Metabolism Satchidananda Panda, Salk Institute Mechanistic Consequences of Amino Acid Deprivation on Translation Alicia Darnell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dietary Interventions with Cancer Therapy Marcus Goncalves, Weill Cornell Medicine Regulation of an Exercise-Inducible Appetite Suppressant Shuke Xiao, Stanford University
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon Break
Session 4: Approaches for the Study of Human Metabolism
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Spatial Resolution of Carbohydrate Metabolism Ramon Sun, University of Florida Imaging Metabolic Dependence of the Myc Oncogene Peter Kreuzaler, University of Cologne Molecular Mapping at Cellular Resolution with Multimodal Imaging Mass Spectrometry Jeffrey Spraggins, Vanderbilt University Emerging Approaches for the Study of Metabolomics in Humans Gary Patti, Washington University
6:00 PM	Closing Remarks and Adjourn
Evening	Cocktail Social

Agenda

2026 Agenda

Welcoming Remarks

Session 1: Metabolic Interventions in Human Health and Disease

Interventional Cardiac Metabolic Pathophysiology

Coming Soon

Ketogenic Fasting Interventions in Prostate Cancer

Fatty Acid Synthase Inhibition Clinical Studies in Prostate Cancer

Session 2: Prostate Cancer Metabolism

Metabolic Health and Prostate Cancer Survivorship

Androgen Production, Uptake, and Conversion Enzymes in CRPC

Alternative Androgen Synthesis Pathways in Prostate Cancer

Session 3: Metabolic Mechanisms and Approaches

Targeting Metabolism in Prostate Cancer

Dark GPCRs and Mitochondrial Transport

Ketone-body Dependent Post Translational Modifications

Closing Remarks

Past Agendas

2025

Session 1: Metabolism in Human Health and Disease

Welcoming remarks

Mitochondrial Dynamics and Cardiometabolic Disease

Insulin Regulation of Bile Acid Physiology

Metformin Intervention in STAMPEDE

Human Steroid Metabolism Phenotypes

Muscle Metabolic Alterations with Physical Activity and Disuse

Session 2: Dietary Interventions to Combat Metabolic Dysfunction

Dietary Interventions and Nutrient Availability in Cancer Progression

Nutritional Strategies to Improve Metabolic Health and Potentially Longevity

A ketone shunt generates anti-obesity ketone metabolites

Session 3: Approaches for Studying Human Metabolism

Spatial Imaging of Metabolites Paired with Transcript and Peptide Imaging

Toward Single Cell Resolution for Mass Spectrometry Metabolite Imaging

Physiomimetic Microsystems for Studying Metabolism

2024

Welcoming Remarks

Session 1: Normal Metabolism and the Diversity of Human Metabolic Phenotypes

Overarching Perspectives on Metabolism

Opportunities for Studying Diverse Populations in Miami

Prostate Cancer and Genetic Ancestry in Jamaican Men

Session 2: What Happens When Metabolism Goes Awry?

Metabolic Adverse Effects of Hormonal Therapy

Metabolic Stress in Men Training for the Special Forces

Effects of Stress and Hormonal Therapy on Steroid Metabolism

Session 3: How Can We Favorably Modify Human Metabolism?

Time Restricted Eating as a Method to Optimize Metabolism

Mechanistic Consequences of Amino Acid Deprivation on Translation

Dietary Interventions with Cancer Therapy

Regulation of an Exercise-Inducible Appetite Suppressant

Session 4: Approaches for the Study of Human Metabolism

Spatial Resolution of Carbohydrate Metabolism

Imaging Metabolic Dependence of the Myc Oncogene

Molecular Mapping at Cellular Resolution with Multimodal Imaging Mass Spectrometry

Emerging Approaches for the Study of Metabolomics in Humans