Duke University School of Medicine Research Symposium and the 2026 Robert J. Lefkowitz, MD, Distinguished Lecture
Metabolism and Health Across the Lifespan
Thursday, February 5, 2026 | 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Great Hall, Trent Semans Center for Health Education
All School of Medicine faculty, staff, and trainees are invited.
Sessions:
- Lifestyle, Aging, and Precision Health
- Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms of Metabolic Disease
- Gut-Brain Signals and Hormonal Control of Metabolism
Speakers
- Diego Bohórquez, PhD
- Jonathan Campbell, PhD
- David D’Alessio, MD
- Rana Gupta, PhD
- Terrie Moffitt, PhD
- Deborah Muoio, PhD
- Herman Pontzer, PhD
- Leanna Ross, PhD
- Svati Shah, MD, MHS
- James White, PhD
- Heather Whitson, MD, MHS
The symposium will not be recorded or livestreamed.
Concluding with
The 2026 Robert J. Lefkowitz, MD, Distinguished Lecture
"Emerging indications, molecules and mechanisms for GLP-1 medicines"
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Delivered by Daniel Drucker, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Senior Scientist, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Mt. Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto
A short reception will begin at 5:00pm, immediately following the lecture.
A livestream link for the Distinguished Lecture will be made available closer to the event and a recording will be available afterwards.