2025 PRESENTER PROFILES
New Technologies to Address Old Questions in Molecular Metabolism
Saturday, June 21, at 8:00 a.m. CT
Room W190 A • McCormick Place Convention Center
New Tools to Study Energy Balance
Alexander S. Banks, PhD
Associate Professor,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
What is your presentation about?
Understanding the elements that influence obesity is critical for the development of therapeutic interventions and efforts to prolong a healthy lifespan. Modern indirect calorimetry systems allow for detailed measurement of the components affecting energy balance. However, inconsistent measurement units and flawed data normalization methods have slowed progress in this field. This talk will present consensus standards to unify these practices for more consistent, meaningful, reproducible, and replicable results.
How do you hope your presentation will impact diabetes research or care?
I hope to simplify research into the factors affecting obesity, including food intake and energy expenditure.
How did you become involved with this area of diabetes research or care?
I am the chair of the International Indirect Calorimetry Consensus Committee. I also run a research lab and the Energy Balance Core at Harvard Medical School.
