Livelong Women's Health Summit
Agenda
A two-day, evidence-first summit for women building clarity, confidence, and independence in their health decisions as they age.
Friday, april 17
Arrive, settle in, and connect with women approaching aging with clarity rather than anxiety.
Arrive, settle in, and connect with women approaching aging with clarity.
An opening that grounds us in why we’re here: to think clearly, decide independently, and navigate aging on our own terms.
The foundation to keep you strong, mobile, and independent for decades.
- Dr. Vonda Wright — Orthopedic surgeon and expert in musculoskeletal aging, mobility, and strength
What if your most meaningful years are still ahead of you? Jane Fonda reflects on reinvention, resilience, activism, purpose, and why aging can become a source of freedom rather than limitation.
- Jane Fonda — Actor, activist, and cultural figure redefining aging and vitality.
Female physiology differs fundamentally from male physiology. Understanding these differences clarifies how training, nutrition, and recovery choices affect long-term capability.
- Dr. Stacy Sims, PhD — Exercise physiologist known for pioneering research on female physiology and performance.
Available to VIP ticket holders only.
How ovaries age, what that means across decades, and why this knowledge matters whether you’re planning a family or planning for your seventies.
- Dr. Jessica Shepherd, MD — OB-GYN focused on comprehensive women’s health across the lifespan.
- Dr. Natalie Crawford, MD - Reproductive endocrinologist specializing in fertility preservation, ovarian health, and evidence-based reproductive decision-making.
- Dr. Francesca Duncan, PhD Reproductive scientist and cell biologist specializing in ovarian aging, egg quality, and the cellular mechanisms that drive reproductive decline.
- Dr. Deena Emera, PhD — Evolutionary biologist at the Buck Institute studying the genetic basis of reproductive longevity and author of A Brief History of the Female Body.
Moderated by Dr. Hillary Lin, MD — Women’s health physician specializing in hormonal transitions and tissue health
Take a break and move your body.
- Dance Church
What happens systemically when estrogen declines: cognitive shifts, cardiovascular changes, metabolic adaptations. Understanding the transition clarifies your options.
- Dr. Mary Claire Haver, MD — OB-GYN specializing in menopause science and evidence-based midlife care.
- Dr. Kathleen Jordan, MD — Physician and healthcare executive focused on evidence-based women’s midlife health and metabolic care.
- Dr. Thais Aliabadi — OB/GYN and hormone and metabolic health expert known for her prevention-first approach.
Moderated by Rachel Lehmann-Haupt, Livelong Media
Current research on Alzheimer’s, brain aging, and detection. What the evidence shows on mental health and social psychology.
- Dr. Louann Brizendine, MD – Neuropsychiatrist, Best-Selling Author, and Founder of the UCSF Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic
- Dr. Sasha Hamdani, MD — Psychiatrist focused on mental health, attention, and emotional regulation.
- Dr. Sharon Malone, MD — Board-certified OB/GYN and Chief Medical Advisor at Alloy Health focused on menopause, midlife women’s health, and translating medical science into practical guidance for women.
Moderated by Rachel Lehmann-Haupt, Livelong Media
For decades, aging was considered inevitable. Today, scientists are uncovering the cellular mechanisms that drive aging itself—and opening the door to interventions that may help us live healthier for longer.
How ovaries age, what that means across decades, and why this knowledge matters whether you’re planning a family or planning for your seventies.
An overview of how aging unfolds at the cellular level and why systems adapt or degenerate over time.
- Dr. Wei-Wu He, PhD — Molecular biologist focused on the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying aging and age-related disease.
- Dr. Eric Verdin, MD — President and CEO of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and expert in epigenetics and aging biology.
Moderated by Dr. Hillary Lin
What happens systemically when estrogen declines: cognitive shifts, cardiovascular changes, metabolic adaptations. Understanding the transition clarifies your options.
The next breakthroughs in women's health are closer than you think. Leaders driving that change share what's coming — and what it means for all of us.
- Trish Costello — Founder and CEO of Portfolia, the venture fund investing in innovations that advance women's health and longevity.
- Dr. Todd Constable, PhD — Yale neuroscientist and imaging expert whose work is now being applied to reimagine how mammography is performed.
Moderated by Brad Inman
Sponsored by Portfolia
Building, beauty, starting over, and aging with power. Your most defining chapter doesn't have to be your first one.
Why strength, mobility, and muscle mass are foundational to maintaining independence. What training actually protects as we age.
- Dr. Vonda Wright, MD — Orthopedic surgeon and expert in musculoskeletal aging, mobility, and strength.
Your questions, their expertise.
- Dr. Stacy Sims, PhD — Exercise physiologist known for pioneering research on female physiology and performance
- Dr. Vonda Wright, MD — Orthopedic surgeon and expert in musculoskeletal aging, mobility, and strength
- Dr. Mary Claire Haver, MD — OB-GYN specializing in menopause science and evidence-based midlife care.
- Dr. Hillary Lin, MD — Women’s health physician specializing in hormonal transitions and tissue health
- Dr. Jessica Shepherd, MD — OB-GYN focused on comprehensive women’s health across the lifespan.
An evening for connection and conversation with experts and peers.
Available to VIP ticket holders.
An evening for connection and conversation with experts and peers.
Available to VIP ticket holders.
Available to Premier & VIP ticket-holders only.
saturday, april 18
Connect with exhibitors and other attendees before the day’s sessions begin.
Connect with exhibitors and other attendees before the day's sessions begin.
Join a morning meditation practice to start the day with grounding and connection. We will use our senses to mindfully attune to Nature and experience the felt support available from the greater world around us. This activity begins in the lobby with a crystal sound bowl activation and continues outside to experience walking meditation in Nature.
- Dina Saalisi – Health and wellness coach who helps individuals heal through integrative, evidence-based practices.
A high-energy bodyweight workout led by a world-class trainer.
Functional Resistance Training. Weight Training. Cardio. Why this formula is the ultimate recipe for long-term wellness, resilience, and healthy aging for women.
- Dr. Jessica Shepherd, MD — OB-GYN focused on comprehensive women’s health across the lifespan.
Sponsored by PVOLVE
A meditation to start the day grounded. No experience necessary, just bring yourself and an open mind.
Specific steps, habits, and interventions that move the needle for women at midlife and beyond. You'll leave with a concrete plan, not just inspiration.
- Dr. Sara Szal, MD — Harvard-trained physician, NY Times bestselling author of Younger, and the #1 longevity voice on Substack, now focused on the emerging science of female longevity.
An opening experience designed to shape how we engage with the ideas, the speakers, and one another throughout the summit.
- Stephanie Cowan — Performance artist and community builder
GLP-1s have exploded in popularity, but the science on side effects like hair loss and fertility is still catching up. A panel spanning dermatology, fertility, and endocrinology unpacks the current evidence on weight, hair, hormones, and metabolic health, and how to navigate these medications with clarity, not hype.
From using AI to program cancer cells to destroy themselves to an entirely new (no compression!) mammogram method, women’s health innovation is all around us.
How integrative and functional medicine are rewriting the rules for what women can expect from their doctors, in midlife and beyond.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women, yet many risk factors are preventable. Learn the lifestyle habits, screenings, and medical advances that can help protect your heart, and what every woman should know long before symptoms appear.
Take a break and move your body.
High-achieving women are exceptionally good at performing while absorbing enormous psychological cost. This session names what that costs, clinically, professionally, and legally, and reframes mental health not as a personal failing but as a critical and structural workplace issue. It also surfaces the heaviness of invisible labor and mental load, and how they can lead to burnout.
A foundational overview clarifying which longevity interventions have evidence behind them, which remain speculative, and where attention is most warranted.
- Dr. Mark Hyman, MD — Physician and leading voice in metabolic health, nutrition, and functional medicine.
Most gut health advice is built on research done in men, but women's microbiomes are biologically distinct and shift with estrogen and the "estrobolome" at every life stage. Dr. Karan Rajan walks through the female gut across the lifespan, and why knowing what's normal at each stage is key to catching what isn't.
Available to VIP ticket holders only
From blood tests that detect disease years before symptoms appear to emerging therapies that may slow progression, experts explain how Alzheimer's care is changing, and what these breakthroughs mean for women today.
Lifestyle reversal of heart disease and using science, testing, and treatment to reduce your risk.
- Dr. Leslie Cho, MD — Cardiologist and Director of the Women’s Cardiovascular Center at Cleveland Clinic specializing in prevention, early detection, and treatment of heart disease in women.
- Dr. Nicole Harkin, MD – Preventive Cardiologist and Founder of Concierge Private Practice Whole Heart Cardiology
Moderated by Brad Inman, Founder of Livelong Media
Cancer care is changing rapidly. Learn how to reduce your risk, understand today's screening recommendations, and separate fact from fiction so you can make informed decisions with confidence.
Why everyday conversations and small social risks can strengthen connection, improve wellbeing, and play a powerful role in long-term health and longevity.
- Dr. Juliana Schroeder, PhD – Award-winning behavioral scientist and professor at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business who studies social connection and how everyday interactions shape human behavior.
Moderated by Erin Hunter, Editorial Director, Livelong Media
What eight hours of daily screen time is doing to your health and the simple protocol to undo it.
- Manoush Zomorodi, host of NPR's TED Radio Hour
A break to refuel, connect with exhibitors, and move at your own pace.
A 2-hour dedicated workshop for physicians and healthcare professionals. Earn an additional (2) hours of CE credit. Add-on ticket required.
Available to Premier & VIP ticket-holders only.
Time for nourishment, informal conversation, and exploration.
From continuous glucose monitors to DEXA scans, how to interpret your own health data and decide what’s worth tracking.
- Kayla Barnes — Women’s health educator translating hormonal science into practical guidance.
- Dr. Nicki Byrne, Optispan - Board-certified internal medicine physician focused on biomarker-driven preventive care.
- Heidi Davis, CEO & co-founder, Peri — Scientist, and entrepreneur with a career spanning healthtech, biotechnology, and consumer wellness.
- Dorothy Kilroy – Chief Commercial Officer at ŌURA
Moderated by Dr. Hillary Lin
Small-group conversations with experts and peers. Find your demographic table or topic table — and feel free to move between sessions.
Table Topics:
- The Screenings, Tests, and Wearables That Are Worth the Investment
- Perimenopause: What’s Happening Before Menopause
- Why Your Hair is Changing and What Actually Helps
- Endometriosis: Why It Takes So Long to Diagnose
- GLP-1s and What You Need to Know
- Nutrition Strategies to Optimize Metabolism & Extend Healthspan
- Window of Opportunity for Hormone Therapy
- What the Science Actually Says About Supplements
- Personalized Genetics & Precision Medicine
- Women’s Health & Cancer: Your Biggest Questions, Answered
- Mental Health at Every Stage of Life
- What Your Wearable is Actually Telling You
- Your Menopause Questions Answered
- Sexual Health After 40
- Personalized Medicine: How to Turn Your Health Data Into a Plan that Works
- Chronic Disease Prevention
- Building Financial Wellness in a Changing World
- Post-Menopause Aging Strategies
- Autoimmune Diseases & Inflammation
- Building Muscle and Mobility That Lasts
- Oral Health & Healthy Aging
- What Your Skin Needs at Every Age
- The Paperwork That Protects You: Healthcare Proxies and Wills
- Mapping Your Career Power Curve
- Caring for Aging Parents Without Losing Yourself
- Why You Wake Up at 3 A.M.—and What Actually Helps
- Pelvic Floor Health Without Embarrassment
How cellular aging and inflammation shape internal health and outward vitality. What drives visible aging—and what doesn’t.
- Dr. Carolina Reis Oliveira, PhD – CEO & co-founder of OneSkin, leading research on senescence-targeting peptides and skin longevity
- Dr. Somi Javaid, MD –— Board-certified OB-GYN and sexual health expert focused on pelvic health and hormonal transitions
- Dina Saalisi – Health and wellness coach who helps individuals heal through integrative, evidence-based practices.
Moderated by Rachel Lehmann-Haupt
Sponsored by OneSkin & Dina Saalisi Healing Arts
Choose the sessions that matter most to you.
What does it look like now and what does it look like in the future?
- Elizabeth Weil – Venture investor and technology operator with a front-row seat to breakthrough innovations
Moderated by Christen O'Brien, Operating Partner at Scribble Ventures
- Grand Ballroom: The Power of Muscles: Why strength protects independence, metabolism, and mobility as women age.
- Trianon Ballroom: When Should I Consider Hormone Therapy?
- Mercury Ballroom: Inflammation Is Aging — Here's Where It Starts
A conversation on aging with agency, meaning, and resilience.
- Jane Fonda — Actor, activist, and cultural figure redefining aging and vitality.
Moderated by Dr. Stacy Sims
Specific steps, habits, and interventions that move the needle for women at midlife and beyond. You'll leave with a concrete plan, not just inspiration.
- Dr. Sara Szal, MD — Harvard-trained physician, NY Times bestselling author of Younger, and the #1 longevity voice on Substack, now focused on the emerging science of female longevity.
- Grand Ballroom: Reframing Women's Longevity Through Pelvic Health, Hormones, and Tissue Regeneration
- Trianon Ballroom: The Ozempic Era: What GLP-1 medications mean for women's metabolic health. Benefits, risks, trade-offs, and long-term considerations.
- Mercury Ballroom: Caring for Women at Elevated Risk: How cancer risk, survivorship, and medical history reshape women's health decisions across the lifespan.
Time for nourishment, informal conversation, and exploration.
- Grand Ballroom: Hair and Hormones: What Women Need to Know to Optimize Them
- Trianon Ballroom: Before It Becomes Cancer: The Science of Early Detection and Precision Prevention
- Mercury Ballroom: Sleep Is Not Optional: The Biology of Rest, Recovery & Longevity
Available to VIP ticket holders only.
The essential screenings and strategies every woman should know to detect risks early, prevent disease, and protect her health.
- Dr. Thais Aliabadi — world renowned OB/GYN and women’s health expert specializing in early detection and prevention
- Mary Alice Haney — Advocate and educator empowering women with actionable health insights
Sponsored by SHE MD Podcast
Choose the sessions that matter most to you.
- Main Stage: The Power of Muscles: Why strength protects independence, metabolism, and mobility as women age.
- Dr. Stacy Sims, PhD — Exercise physiologist known for pioneering research on female-specific training, fueling, and performance.
- Roma van der Walt – Sports scientist who helps women optimize longevity by turning personalized health data into actionable performance insights.
- Rebecca Rusch — Seven-time world champion adventure athlete and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker whose career is built on the belief that movement is medicine.
- Dr. Jennifer Wagner, MD — Board-certified anesthesiologist and former Division I athlete with expertise spanning clinical medicine, exercise physiology, and human performance.
Sponsored by Canyon Ranch
- California Room: When Should I Consider Hormone Therapy?
- Dr. Kudzai Dombo, MD — Board-certified OB-GYN, menopause specialist, Alloy Health prescribing physician
- Dr. Krista Ramonas, MD – Double-board certified physician & surgeon, founder of LabXMD
Moderated by Tiffany Nieslanik, Livelong Media
Sponsored by Alloy Health
- Expo Hall:
- 1:30 - 1:45 PM The Gut Brain Axis How science connects digestion, inflammation, and brain health. What is clinically actionable now.
- Dr. Mary Pardee, NMD — Naturopathic Medical Doctor specializing in preventative medicine and longevity
- 1:45 - 2:00 PM The New Face of Aging: How skin reflects systemic aging biology, including hormones, inflammation, and cellular health—beyond cosmetics.
- Dr. Carolina Reis Oliveira, PhD — CEO & co-founder of OneSkin, leading research on senescence-targeting peptides and skin longevity
- Main Stage — HerGevity: Reframing Women’s Longevity Through Pelvic Health, Hormones, and Tissue Regeneration
- Dr. Saranya Wyles, MD — Dermatologist and regenerative medicine specialist at Mayo Clinic focused on skin aging, tissue repair, and women’s health.
- Lana Kerr — Founder and CEO of Lumisque, focused on innovations in women's health and longevity.
Sponsored by Lumisque
- California Room — The Ozempic Era: What GLP-1 medications mean for women’s metabolic health. Benefits, risks, trade-offs, and long-term considerations.
- Dr. Kathleen Jordan, MD — Physician focused on evidence-based women’s midlife health and metabolic care
- Dr. Amy Killen, MD — Physician specializing in hormones, skin health, and regenerative approaches to aging
- Dr. Myra Ahmad, MD – Physician and founder of Mochi Health
Moderated by Tiffany Nieslanik, Livelong Media
Sponsored by Mochi Health
- Expo Hall — Caring for Women at Elevated Risk: How cancer risk, survivorship, and medical history reshape women’s health decisions across the lifespan.
- Dr. Mindy Goldman, MD - Clinical Professor of OB/GYN at UCSF and national leader in menopause care for cancer survivors
- Julia Civardi - Founder & CEO, SOTERIA Precision Medicine Foundation; National Leader in Precision Oncology Navigation
Moderated by Katie Kossev
- Main Stage — Hair and Hormones: What Women Need to Know to Optimize Them
- Dr. Somi Javaid, MD — Board-certified OB-GYN and sexual health expert focused on pelvic health and hormonal transitions
- Dr. Isabelle Raymond, PhD, Nutrafol – Scientist specializing in hair health, hormonal balance, and nutrition-based approaches to women’s aging
Sponsored by Nutrafol
- California Room — Before It Becomes Cancer: The Science of Early Detection and Precision Prevention
- Dr. Tina Ziainia – President and Chief of Women's Health at Human Longevity, bringing 25+ years of clinical experience in precision longevity medicine and hormone optimization
- Olivia Svrchek - Chief Nursing Executive at Prenuvo
Moderated by Dr. Hillary Lin
Sponsored by Human Longevity Inc.
- Expo Hall — Sleep Is Not Optional: The Biology of Rest, Recovery & Longevity
- Dr. Sahil Chopra MD - Physician and sleep specialist focused on the intersection of sleep, brain health, metabolism, and performance across the lifespan.
- Dr. Stacey Gunn, MD - Sleep medicine physician at Empower Sleep
- Krista A. Treide - General Manager of NOWATCH USA
Moderated by Katie Kossev
Sponsored by NOWATCH USA
Small-group conversations with experts and peers. Find your demographic table or topic table — and feel free to move between sessions.
Table Topics:
- Know Before It Shows: The Tools Reshaping Women’s Preventive Medicine with Dr. Tina Ziainia (Sponsored by Human Longevity Inc.)
- Perimenopause: What’s Happening Before Menopause with Dr. Ghazaleh Afshar
- Hair Health During Menopause & Perimenopause with Dr. Isabelle Raymond, Nutrafol
- Hormone Therapy & Menopause with Dr. Jessica Kassis (Sponsored by Radiant Women's Health)
- What Evolution Can Teach Us About Menopause — and Why It Matters for Your Health with Dr. Deena Emera
- Endometriosis: Why It Takes So Long to Diagnose — and What You Can Do with Dr. Mona Orady
- GLP-1 Science for Metabolic Health with Dr. Myra Ahmad (Sponsored by Mochi Health)
- Periods, Hormones & the Fertility Formula: What Your Cycle Means for Your Health with Dr. Natalie Crawford
- Nutrition Strategies to Optimize Metabolism & Extend Healthspan with Therese Nadler
- What the Science Actually Says About Supplements, Hormones & Your Gut with Dr. Shikha Snigdha (Sponsored by OLLY)
- What You Need to Know About Longevity Medicine
- Next-Generation Diagnostics with Dr. Nicki Byrne
- Women’s Health & Cancer: Your Biggest Questions, Answered with Dr. Mindy Goldman
- Working with Dr. GPT: How to Leverage AI Safely & Effectively with Singari Seshadri (Sponsored by IKJ)
- Training the Mind for Longevity and Well-Being with Ashley Barbera & Inanna Craig-Morse (Sponsored by Waking Up)
- Building Your Women’s Health Community with Namita Gupta, SoulCycle
- Holistic Perimenopause Care with Dr. Amy Day (Sponsored by The Women's Vitality Center)
- Healing After Cancer: Gratitude, Food, and Movement in Midlife with Shirin Aryanpour
- Wearables & Wellness with Kayla Barnes
- Ask Alloy Anything: Your Menopause Questions Answered with Dr. Kudzai Dombo (Sponsored by Alloy Health)
- Sexual Health during Perimenopause and Menopause with Dr. Somi Javaid
- Personalized Medicine: How to Turn Your Health Data Into a Plan that Works with Dr. Krista Ramonas
- Chronic Disease Prevention with Dr. Mary Pardee
- Intimate Wellness, Longevity, and Aesthetic Wellness with Dr. Peter Castillo (Sponsored by Swan Medical)
- Building Financial Wellness in a Changing World with Carla Koren & Lisa Zengel (Sponsored by Morgan Stanley)
- Career Longevity with Jana FitzGerald
- Perimenopause: What No One Told You — and Where to Find Real Answers with Laura Okafor
- Aging Strategies Before, During, and After Menopause with Dr. Lizellen La Follette
- Autoimmune Diseases & Inflammation with Dr. Diana Girnita
- The Science of Nature-Based Wisdom: Ancient Tools for a Modern Age with Dina Saalisi (Sponsored by Dina Saalisi Healing Arts)
- 3 Ms of Female Adaptation: Muscles, Movement and Mobility with Roma van der Walt
- Your Smile is a Longevity Organ: How the Oral Microbiome Affects Your Heart, Your Brain, and How You Age with Dr. Eve Lofthus (Sponsored by Kaneka)
Living longer means planning differently. A look at how women's health milestones intersect with financial security.
- Dr. Kim Henderson, MD, JD — Physician and Head of Health and Wellness Education at Morgan Stanley, helping women treat their health with the same rigor they bring to their financial lives.
Moderated by Lisa Zengel, Morgan Stanley
Sponsored by Morgan Stanley
The role of self-compassion in shaping attention, behavior, and long-term emotional resilience.
- Dr. Sasha Hamdani, MD — Psychiatrist focused on mental health and emotional regulation
- Dr. Serena Chen, PhD — Social psychologist studying self-compassion and how it influences identity, relationships, and emotional resilience
Women's health has been chronically underfunded — and that's exactly what makes it one of the most compelling investment opportunities today. Portfolia CEO Trish Costello breaks down how Women's Health Fund IV is backing breakthrough companies and how you can invest alongside the most active investor community in the space.
- Trish Costello — Founder and CEO of Portfolia, the venture fund investing in innovations that advance women's health and longevity.
Sponsored by Portfolia
Living longer is only half the equation. A conversation about the financial and lifestyle strategies women need to protect their most valuable asset — their health — across the decades ahead.
- Dr. Kim Henderson, MD — Physician and Head of Health and Wellness Education at Morgan Stanley, helping women treat their health with the same rigor they bring to their financial lives.
A reflective closing session connecting science, action, and purpose into a long-term approach to health.
- Maddy Dychtwald – Co-founder, Age Wave & best-selling author, “Ageless Aging: A Woman’s Guide to Increasing Healthspan, Brianspan, and Lifespan”
A final opportunity for attendees to ask questions and synthesize key insights with a rotating panel of experts.
- The Livelong Editorial Team
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