William Hansel Visiting Scientist Speakers Series

Almost every Thursday, prominent scientists from national and international universities as well as governmental and industrial laboratories visit to share their scientific discoveries and collaborate with the Pennington Biomedical Community. Topics and areas of research vary, but the majority relate to nutrition, obesity and metabolic health through the lifespan.

Date	Speaker	Area of Research	Host(s)
February 5, 2026 Sponsored by Pennington Biomedical/Louisiana NORC	C. Ronald Kahn, MD, PhD Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Chief Academic Officer, Joslin Diabetes Center, Center for Life Sciences Harvard Medical School	miRNAs and Metabolites: New Instruments in the Orchestra of Cellular Communication	Frank Greenway, MD John Kirwan, PhD
April 9, 2026 Sponsored by Pennington Biomedical/Louisiana NORC	David Nathan, MD Director, Clinical Research Center Director, Diabetes Center Massachusetts General Hospital Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School	Landmark Diabetes Clinical Trials: Past, Present, and Future	Owen Carmichael, PhD
April 16, 2026	Julie Hughes, PhD Supervisory Research Physiologist, Military Performance Division US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine	Challenging Long-Held Dogma in Bone Exercise Science to Prevent Bone Stress Injuries in Soldiers and Civilians	Stefan Pasiakos, PhD, FASN, FACSM
April 30, 2026	Hussein Yassine, MD Professor of Neurology and Department of Physiology and Neuroscience Kenneth and Bette Volk Professorship in Neurology Director, Center for Personalized Brain Health Keck School of Medicine of USC	DHA Supplementation, Lipid Metabolism, and Brain Health: From Biology to Clinical Trials	Owen Carmichael, PhD
May 21, 2026 Sponsored by Pennington Biomedical/Louisiana NORC	John Speakman, PhD DSc Chair of Zoology University of Aberdeen King’s College	Models Of Body Weight Regulation in Animals and Humans	Eric Ravussin, PhD

Date

Speaker

Area of Research

Host(s)

February 5, 2026

Sponsored by Pennington Biomedical/Louisiana NORC

C. Ronald Kahn, MD, PhD

Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Chief Academic Officer, Joslin Diabetes Center, Center for Life Sciences Harvard Medical School

miRNAs and Metabolites: New Instruments in the Orchestra of Cellular Communication

Frank Greenway, MD

John Kirwan, PhD

April 9, 2026

Sponsored by Pennington Biomedical/Louisiana NORC

David Nathan, MD

Director, Clinical Research Center

Director, Diabetes Center
Massachusetts General Hospital

Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Landmark Diabetes Clinical Trials: Past, Present, and Future

Owen Carmichael, PhD

April 16, 2026

Julie Hughes, PhD

Supervisory Research Physiologist, Military Performance Division US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

Challenging Long-Held Dogma in Bone Exercise Science to Prevent Bone Stress Injuries in Soldiers and Civilians

Stefan Pasiakos, PhD, FASN, FACSM

April 30, 2026

Hussein Yassine, MD

Professor of Neurology and Department of Physiology and Neuroscience Kenneth and Bette Volk Professorship in Neurology Director, Center for Personalized Brain Health Keck School of Medicine of USC

DHA Supplementation, Lipid Metabolism, and Brain Health: From Biology to Clinical Trials

Owen Carmichael, PhD

May 21, 2026

Sponsored by Pennington Biomedical/Louisiana NORC

John Speakman, PhD DSc

Chair of Zoology
University of Aberdeen
King’s College

Models Of Body Weight Regulation in Animals and Humans

Eric Ravussin, PhD