Cardiometabolism in Health and Disease (J6)
January 26-29, 2026  | Keystone Resort, Keystone, CO, United States
Daniel P Kelly, Rong Tian and William C. Sessa
Scholarship Deadline: Sep. 25, 2025 | Abstract Deadline: Jan. 6, 2026 | Early Registration Deadline: Nov. 25, 2025
* Session Chair † Invited but not yet accepted | Program current as of August 23, 2025 4 AM | For the most up-to-date details, visit https://www.keystonesymposia.org
Monday, January 26, 2026
4:00–8:00 PM Registration
6:00–8:00 PM Welcome Mixer
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00–9:00 AM Welcome and Keynote Address (Joint)
  Richard D DiMarchi, Indiana University
The Chemical Evolution of Peptides To Transform Human Health
 
9:00–11:15 AM Beyond Weight Loss: New Directions for Obesity Therapeutics (Joint)
  Rachel J. Roth Flach, Valo Health
Targeting Metabolism for HFpEF
 
  Susan Quaggin, Northwestern University
A United Vision for Kidney and Cardiovascular Disease Treatment
 
  James Trevaskis, Eli Lilly
Incretins for MASH Treatment
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
9:30–9:50 AM Coffee Break
11:15–12:15 PM Meet the Editors (Joint)
  * Rong Tian, University of Washington
 
11:15–1:00 PM Poster Setup
12:15–2:30 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing
2:30–4:30 PM Symposia Spotlight 1: Emerging Therapies, Lifestyle Interventions and AI Approaches
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–7:00 PM Metabolic Origins of Heart Health and Disease
  Daniel P Kelly, University of Pennsylvania
Modulating Cardiac Maturation in the Failing Heart
 
  Catherine Makarewich, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Microproteins as Targets in the Diseased Heart
 
  David A. Kass, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Integrated OMIC and Physiologic Interrogation of HFpEF
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Dinner
7:30–10:00 PM Poster Session 1
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00–11:00 AM Metabolic Contributions to Vascular Health and Disease
  William C. Sessa, Yale School of Medicine
Probing Trans-Vascular Lipid Trafficking
 
  Katrien De Bock, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Metabolic Determinants of Angiogenesis in Disease States
 
  Yajaira Suarez, Yale School of Medicine
Regulators of Macrophage or Endothelial Cell Functions in Atherosclerosis
 
  Zoltan Arany, University of Pennsylvania
Metabolic Determinants of Vascular Function
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break
11:00–1:00 PM Poster Setup
11:00–3:00 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing
1:30–2:45 PM Career Roundtable (Joint)
3:00–4:30 PM Panel Discussion: SGLT2 and GLP-1: Potential Mechanisms of Cardioprotective Actions
  * Daniel P Kelly, University of Pennsylvania
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–7:00 PM Mitochondria and Cardiometabolic Disease
  Rong Tian, University of Washington
Mitochondria in HFpEF
 
  E. Dale Abel, David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA Health
Mitochondrial Dynamics and Cardiometabolic Disease
 
  Yibin Wang, Duke-NUS, Singapore
Branched-Chain Amino Acid Metabolism in the Failing Heart
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Dinner
7:30–10:00 PM Poster Session 2
Thursday, January 29, 2026
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00–11:00 AM Emerging Therapies for Obesity and Cardiometabolic Diseases (Joint)
  Matthias H. Tschöp, Helmholtz Munich
Dual and Triple Co-Agonists: From Discovery to Best-in-Class
 
  Kirsten Raun, Novo Nordisk A/S
Amylin: The All-Inclusive Obesity Therapeutic
 
  Thomas Alexander Lutz, University of Zürich
Amylin Physiology and its Therapeutic Potential to Treat Metabolic Diseases
 
  Murielle M Véniant-Ellison, Amgen Inc.
Unlocking the Power of GIPR and GLP-1R Targeting for Effective Weight Loss and Metabolic Improvement
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break
11:00–2:30 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–2:00 PM Panel: Perspectives: Personalized Medicine & Patient-Centered Strategies (Joint)
2:30–4:30 PM Symposia Spotlight 2: Leverage AI for Biomedical Research
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available
5:00–6:45 PM Environmental and Social Modulators of CV Health and Disease
  Martin E. Young, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Circadian Control of the Heart in Health and Disease
 
  Danica Chen, University of California, Berkeley
Aging and Cardiovascular Health
 
  Tiffany M Powell-Wiley, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health
Social Determinants of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk
 
  Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
 
6:45–7:00 PM Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Dinner
8:00–11:00 PM Cash Bar
8:00–11:00 PM Entertainment
Friday, January 30, 2026
12:00–11:59 PM Departure