The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is holding the ‘3rd Annual Precision Nutrition Forum’ and the ’11th Annual PREDIMED Omics Symposium’ at Harvard (Boston) on 9 and 10 June, where it will present the latest advances on research, tools, and technologies in precision nutrition, omics, and cardiometabolic health.
This meeting has been called in light of the current situation where metabolic diseases, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and some cancers, pose a major burden on public health systems, accounting for most global chronic diseases and deaths. In fact, it knows that these conditions share complex underlying pathophysiology interacting with environmental, lifestyle, and dietary factors. It is widely recognized that poor diet quality contributes substantially to these conditions, but the mechanisms by which diet influences metabolic health are not well studied. Currently, emerging tools and technologies, including advances in omics profiling and wearables, can help elucidate mechanisms underpinning the relationship between diet and metabolic disease and help us understand interindividual differences in the metabolic response to dietary interventions. A thorough understanding of the molecular links between diet and disease risk could pave the way for precision nutrition, where dietary advice and interventions are tailored to individuals based on their health status, lifestyle factors, social-cultural factors, genetics, and other molecular phenotypes.
During the celebration will share knowledge, identifying potential gaps and synergies, and fostering collaborations among researchers in precision nutrition, omics, and cardiometabolic health at all career levels. This event will bring together international experts in nutrition, metabolism, epidemiology, data science, and omics technologies (genomics, metabolomics, metagenomics, and proteomics) and present the latest concepts and advances in precision nutrition research. Young investigators will have opportunities to present their research through poster or oral presentations and receive travel awards to attend the conference.
Resource: Harvard T.H. Chan, 2025.