Laura Saslow, PhD
Laura Saslow, PhD, is a behavioral medicine researcher interested in creating and optimizing diet and lifestyle interventions for adults with type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, and other conditions related to metabolic syndrome. She was formerly a postdoctoral scholar at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine and […]
Ronesh Sinha, MD
Dr. Ronesh Sinha, author of The South Asian Health Solution, is an internal medicine physician and expert on insulin resistance and corporate wellness. His groundbreaking work in reversing diabetes and insulin resistance in diverse populations has been featured on the front cover of Fortune magazine and the LA times. He is a top rated speaker for companies like Google, Oracle, […]
Nina Teicholz, PhD
Nina Teicholz, a science journalist, is author of the New York Times bestseller, The Big Fat Surprise, which upended the conventional wisdom on dietary fat–especially saturated fat—and spurred a new conversation about whether these fats in fact cause heart disease. Named a *Best Book* of the year by the Economist, Wall Street Journal and Mother Jones, […]
Jeff Volek, PhD
For the last 25 years Dr. Volek has conducted various nutrition and exercise training studies including highly-managed free-living and controlled-feeding experiments covering a broad range of populations and analyzing a wide array of physiological responses. Much of his research has focused on elucidating how humans adapt to diets restricted in carbohydrate, and more recently exogenous […]
Benjamin Bikman, PhD
Benjamin Bikman earned his Ph.D. in Bioenergetics and was a postdoctoral fellow with the Duke-National University of Singapore in metabolic disorders. Currently, his professional focus as a scientist and professor (Brigham Young University) is to better understand the role of elevated insulin and nutrient metabolism in regulating obesity, diabetes, and dementia.
Justin Fongemie, PharmD, BCCP
Dr. Justin Fongemie is an associate medical science liaison at AstraZeneca, where he is part of the Cardiovascular, Renal, and Metabolic Disease team. Drawing on his extensive experience, he works to bridge the gap between innovative research and practical clinical application. He also devotes time to teaching health care professionals, including pharmacists, nurses, medical students, […]
Surendra Sivarajah, MD
Dr. Surendra Sivarajah is the senior medical director of Cardiovascular Metabolic Disease at AstraZeneca. Prior to joining AstraZeneca, Dr. Sivarajah served as the Diabetes Director at Penn State College of Medicine, where he provided oversight on all diabetes-related clinical and scholarly activity, with a focus on delivering optimal integrated diabetes treatment across the spectrum of […]
Patrick Dunn, PhD, MS, MBA
Dr. Patrick Dunn is a clinical exercise physiologist, data scientist, software engineer, and health educator with 37 years of experience in cardiac rehabilitation, preventive cardiology, quality, and wellness. He is the program director for Connected Heart Health and the architect of Intelligent Health Solutions for the Center of Excellence for Health Technology and Innovation of […]
Francoise A. Marvel, MD
Dr. Francoise A. Marvel is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology and core faculty of the Ciccarone Advanced Lipid Disorders Program at Johns Hopkins, where she specializes in preventive cardiology. Her clinical interests are in preventive cardiology, digital health, precision medicine, and developing transformational health technology and delivery systems that connect […]
Stephen Lynch
Stephen Lynch is the director of Health Marketing for Novo Nordisk, leading the company’s digital health strategy in the U.S. His team focuses on managing partnerships with established and emerging technology companies, developing commercial programs for Novo’s cardiometabolic portfolio, and using data to understand and enhance the patient experience. Throughout his career, Stephen has leveraged […]
