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Featured Keynote: Professor Thomas Seyfried
Metabolism, Chronic Disease & a Different Way of Thinking About Health
Professor Thomas Seyfried will explore the relationship between metabolism and chronic disease and why understanding metabolic health may reshape how we think about prevention, treatment, and long-term health.
From Sick Care to Health Care: Functional Health in the Workplace
What would happen if employers moved beyond simply managing healthcare costs and began helping employees address the underlying drivers of poor health?
The discussion will explore what employers are experiencing today, where traditional benefits fall short, how functional health can complement existing healthcare strategies, and what implementation can realistically look like inside the workplace. Your current roster supports these four participants for this panel.
Panelists:
Dr. Patrick Lovegrove — Moderator; Functional Medicine Physician, Founder of Merge Medical
Melanie Parrish — HR Perspective, Strategic People Services
Dan Poch — Former Benefits Leader & Founder, AlestaCare
Melissa Altman — Functional Medicine Practitioner
Rethinking Mental Health: The Whole-Person Approach
Mental health doesn't exist in isolation. Stress, sleep, nutrition, metabolism, relationships, physical health, environment, and lifestyle can all be part of the broader picture.
This panel will bring together leaders working across mental health, integrative care, research, and emerging approaches to treatment to discuss what a more comprehensive model of mental well-being could look like and how employers and communities can better support it.
Panelists:
Kristin Cunningham— Functional Medicine Practitioner, Moderator
Jeff Luther - EO Charleston President, Podcast Host of "All Can, No Can't"
Dr. Maia Gill — Clinical Director, Gnosis Wellness Collective
Kelly Hyland — Director of Psychosocial Oncology Research, Survivorship and Cancer Outcomes Research (SCOR), MUSC
Functional Health & the Workplace isn't another benefits conference. It's a conversation about what may come next and how employers can become a catalyst for better health.
