Please choose from one of the below sessions.

Virtual Exhibit Hall open
IFM Resource Center open
Wellness Lounge open
        Neuromuscular Integrative Action (NIA) Class (6:00-6:45 AM PDT)
        Cooking Demos
        Community Engagement
Connection Cafe open
        Poster Sessions
        Braindates
        Bookstore
        Coffee Cart

In this lecture, Dr. Carter will focus on social determinants of health, systems biology, and nutritional modification to stimulate wound healing.

Functional medicine practitioners have the knowledge and compassion to offer lasting healing solutions to patients with chronic pain. This presentation on the functional approach to pain management will cover pain management through the lens of the functional medicine matrix combined with the latest understanding of chronic pain physiology and integrative pain management approaches. The presentation will highlight integrative pain management approaches in the setting of a pain clinic in a US military hospital.

NIA is a fun, low-impact cardio dance fitness workout that combines a variety of dance styles, martial arts, yoga, and more. NIA is adaptable for every body and fitness level.

Virtual Exhibit Hall open
IFM Resource Center open
        Zoom Chat: Q&A with Mylene Huynh, MD, MPH and James Carter, MD (8:45-9:15 am PDT)
Wellness Lounge open
        Cooking Demos
        Community Engagement
Connection Cafe open
        Poster Sessions
        Braindates
        Bookstore
        Coffee Cart

Optimize Health and Promote Resilience Using ZRT's New Wellness Testing Suite in a Post-COVID World with Zane Hauck, MD and Alison McAllister, ND

In mammals, DNA methylation is an epigenetic mark that regulates gene expression by serving as a maintainable mark whose absence marks promoters and enhancers. Recent epidemiological studies demonstrate that DNA methylation levels are associated with aspects of biological aging in humans. We present several universal mammalian epigenetic clocks that lend themselves for measuring aging across mammalian species. These epigenetic clocks will be useful for evaluating anti-aging treatments in humans, preclinical models (mouse, rat), and in vitro.

Professor Longo will talk about the genes that regulate aging and age-related disease, and how calorie restriction affects aging and disease but also how it can cause major side effects. Professor Longo will also talk about how periodic fasting-mimicking diets, done only once a month or less for five days, can reduce risk factors for disease in humans and about how they are beginning to be employed to treat diseases.