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Lifestyle & Functional Medicine, Ireland Empowering practitioners through high-quality, evidence-based education and events that inform and inspire lasting good health

An Annual Functional and Lifestyle Medicine conference. The Mission of the FMC is to redefine healthcare, and to support, empower and educate healthcare professional on the principles of functional and lifestyle medicine. Join the FMC and learn from world class experts and network with other like-minded integrative healthcare practitioners.

13/10/2026

What happens when the body’s natural rhythms fall out of sync?

Sleep, hormones and stress are often considered separately in clinical practice, but what happens when the timing and rhythms that help regulate these systems become disrupted?

At FMC2026, Dr Deanna Minich will explore this in The Seven Rhythms of Life: Clinical Consequences of Chrono-Biological Misalignment, looking at sleep disruption, hormonal imbalance and stress patterns that persist in clinical practice.

Her second presentation takes a different, but equally wide-ranging, view of health.

Women’s Health Across the Lifespan: Tracing the Endocrine Journey from Menarche to Menopause and Beyond will explore the physical, emotional and spiritual changes that occur across each decade of a woman’s life.

Together, the two sessions give practitioners an opportunity to think about health across time: the rhythms operating across the day and the biological and endocrine changes taking place across decades.

Dr Deanna Minich:
Women’s Health Across the Lifespan: Tracing the Endocrine Journey from Menarche to Menopause and Beyond
The Seven Rhythms of Life: Clinical Consequences of Chrono-Biological Misalignment.

Join us for FMC2026, taking place on 14 and 15 November in the Hogan Suite at Croke Park, Dublin.

Book your place and join us in Croke Park this November.

12/10/2026

Perimenopause is usually discussed through the lens of changing hormones, but at FMC2026 Dr Julia Malkowski will take practitioners into another part of the picture: the gut microbiome and the mechanisms that may help shape women’s healthspan.

Her first presentation, Gut Microbiome Dynamics in Perimenopause: Mechanisms Shaping Women’s Healthspan, will explore this relationship and the biology connecting the microbiome with women’s health through this stage of life.
And in her second presentation, Julia will widen the lens again.

Beyond Cholesterol: Gut Microbial Dysbiosis, Environmental Toxicants and the Biology of Cardiometabolic Aging will examine cardiometabolic ageing through the interconnected areas of gut microbial dysbiosis and environmental toxicants, moving the conversation beyond cholesterol alone.

Dr Malkowski is a dual-degreed physician specialising in functional diagnostics and systems-based clinical education, with expertise across functional, restorative, nutritional and environmental medicine.

An international speaker and published author, her work focuses on the biological systems that shape long-term health, resilience and clinical outcomes, and she is particularly known for translating complex mechanisms into practical, clinically relevant information for healthcare professionals.

She currently serves as a Staff Doctor at Doctor’s Data and practises near Chicago, alongside her work as an author, educator and consultant in functional medicine.

For practitioners working in women’s health, perimenopause, gut health, cardiometabolic health or healthy ageing, Julia’s two FMC2026 presentations bring several increasingly important areas of clinical interest into the same conversation.

Dr Julia Malkowski

Gut Microbiome Dynamics in Perimenopause: Mechanisms Shaping Women’s Healthspan
Beyond Cholesterol: Gut Microbial Dysbiosis, Environmental Toxicants and the Biology of Cardiometabolic Aging.

Join us for FMC2026, taking place on 14 and 15 November in the Hogan Suite at Croke Park, Dublin.
Book your place and join us in Croke Park this November.

11/10/2026

The biggest health conversations of 2026 are coming to Dublin.

Longevity & healthspan
The microbiome & gut health
Insulin resistance & metabolic health
Mitochondrial function & cellular energy
Inflammaging & cellular senescence
Women’s health, menopause & hormones
Brain health & dementia risk
Cardiovascular health
Nutrition & lifestyle
Environmental influences on health
Healthy ageing

Two days with international expert speakers, all in one room.

Which conversations do you want to be part of?

Join us for FMC2026, taking place on 14 and 15th November in the Hogan Suite at Croke Park, Dublin.

Book your place and join us in Croke Park this November.

10/10/2026

Who’s in the room at FMC2026?

They’re travelling from…
Across Ireland
The UK
Europe
The US

They work across…
Nutritional therapy
Herbal medicine
Medicine
Pharmacy
Physiotherapy
Women’s health

They’re coming to explore…
Longevity
Healthy ageing
Metabolic health
Insulin resistance
Gut health
The microbiome
Mitochondrial health
Cellular energy
Inflammaging
Cellular senescence
Women’s health
Menopause
Hormonal health
Cardiovascular health
Brain health
Dementia risk
Nutrition and lifestyle
Environmental influences on health
Healthspan
Functional medicine

Some are returning to FMC.
Some are joining us for the first time.
Some are coming with colleagues.

One weekend and one room and a lot to talk about.

Will you be there?

Join us for FMC2026, taking place on 14-15th November in the Hogan Suite at Croke Park, Dublin.

Book your place and join us in November.

09/10/2026

Why are you going to FMC2026?

Maybe it’s because you want to hear some of the leading voices in Functional Medicine and health research in person, including Dr Datis Kharrazian, Dr Robert Rountree, Kiran Krishnan PhD, Dr Gary Goldman and the rest of our international faculty.

Perhaps it’s the subjects that are bringing you to Dublin this November.

Longevity and healthy ageing. Mitochondrial function. The microbiome and metabolic health. Insulin resistance. Inflammaging and cellular senescence. Women’s health. Cardiovascular health. Dementia risk. Cellular energy. The relationship between nutrition, lifestyle and long-term health.

Or perhaps it’s the opportunity to step away from your normal working week and spend two days surrounded by other health practitioners who are just as interested in these questions as you are.

To hear the research presented and discussed.
To ask questions.
To meet people working across different areas of health and clinical practice.
And to have some of those conversations that only happen when you put hundreds of interested people in the same place for a weekend.

And the place matters too.
FMC2026 takes over the Hogan Suite at Croke Park, Dublin, on 14 and 15 November, giving us two days together in one of Ireland’s most iconic venues, including our Saturday evening Educational & Networking Reception.

So, if you’ve already booked, we’d love to know:

Why are YOU going to FMC2026?

Tell us in the comments, or share this post…

And if you haven’t booked yet, join us and book your place for Croke Park this November, comment FMC for the link.

08/10/2026

Could a compound found in cocoa mimic some effects of exercise?

Epicatechin is a naturally occurring plant compound found in cocoa, and researchers are investigating its potential to influence some of the biological pathways associated with exercise.

It’s an intriguing area of research, particularly when we consider the importance of mitochondrial function, cellular energy and healthy ageing.

At FMC2026, Professor Paul Shiels and Dr Sundeep Dugar will explore this emerging area in their presentation:

Cellular Energy as Driver of Health and Healthspan - Role of Epicatechin as an Exercise Mimetic

Professor Paul Shiels is Professor of Geroscience at the University of Glasgow and founder of the Glasgow Geroscience Group. His research spans the biology of ageing, cellular senescence, the microbiome and the environmental and lifestyle influences on healthspan.

Dr Sundeep Dugar is a pharmaceutical chemist, inventor and co-founder of BlueOakNx, with almost 40 years of experience in small-molecule drug discovery and development.

BlueOakNx is a Platinum Sponsor of FMC2026 and is also sponsoring our complimentary Educational and Networking Reception, which includes education, networking, food and drinks.

We look forward to welcoming Professor Shiels, Dr Dugar and BlueOakNx to Dublin this November.

Join us for FMC2026, taking place on 14 and 15 November in the Hogan Suite at Croke Park, Dublin.

Book your place and join us in Croke Park this November.

07/10/2026

It’s a question that increasingly comes up in conversations around ageing and longevity. We are living longer, but naturally we also want to know what we can do now to protect our health and quality of life in the years ahead.

At FMC2026, Dr Gary Goldman will explore this in his session, Novel Approaches to Reducing the Risk of Dementia.

Gary brings an unusual breadth of clinical experience to the conversation. A board-certified Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, he has maintained admitting privileges and a faculty appointment at New York Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical College since establishing his practice in 1990.

After decades in conventional medical practice, Gary began his formal study of Functional Medicine through the Institute for Functional Medicine in 2016, completed his certification in 2018 and was invited to join IFM’s group of educators in 2020. He is now a member of their teaching faculty.

His clinical and teaching interests include menopause, hormone replacement therapy, endometriosis, pelvic pain, fibroids, HPV and PCOS, alongside his work in prevention, healthy ageing and longevity.

And at FMC2026 he’ll also present Health and Longevity Simplified: What You Can Do Today to Achieve Healthgevity, bringing the conversation back to a question many of our patients are already asking: what can I do now that could make a difference to how I age?

For practitioners supporting people through midlife and beyond, Gary’s two sessions will put prevention, dementia risk and healthy ageing firmly on the agenda.

Book your place at FMC2026, visit our website, link in bio 👆🏻

06/10/2026

AN EXCLUSIVE EXTRA FOR EVERY FMC2026 ATTENDEE

We’re delighted that Dr Datis Kharrazian is once again offering FMC2026 attendees complimentary 30-day access to his Longevity Course through the Kharrazian Institute.

The 12-hour course gives attendees the opportunity to continue their learning after the conference, with a full month of access to work through the material in their own time.

The Longevity Course is also CPD-approved.

So your FMC2026 experience doesn’t finish when you leave Croke Park on Sunday evening.

You’ll have the opportunity to continue learning from Dr Kharrazian through this additional course, included for FMC2026 attendees at no extra cost.

Complimentary 30-day access
12-hour Longevity Course
CPD-approved.

A very generous additional benefit from Dr Kharrazian and the Kharrazian Institute, and another reason to join us at FMC2026 this November.

FMC2026 takes place on 14-15th November at the Hogan Suite, Croke Park, Dublin

Book your place at FMC2026, comment FMC for the booking link and our special conference hotel rates.

How early does insulin resistance actually begin?For years, the conversation around insulin resistance has centred heavi...
05/10/2026

How early does insulin resistance actually begin?

For years, the conversation around insulin resistance has centred heavily on glucose, diet, weight and metabolic markers. But research into the gut microbiome and intestinal barrier is opening up another area for practitioners to consider.

At FMC2026, research microbiologist Kiran Krishnan will explore the proposition that insulin resistance may be a barrier problem before it becomes a glucose problem.

His session, Insulin Resistance Begins in the Gut, will trace the proposed pathway from changes in the large bowel microbiome and disruption of the intestinal barrier, through bacterial endotoxin entering the circulation, to impaired insulin signalling.

He will then take the discussion into the intervention research, presenting findings from a six-month randomised controlled trial in which HbA1c, fasting insulin and circulating endotoxin improved significantly, alongside the specific organisms associated with the observed effects.

For practitioners working with metabolic health, this is an opportunity to explore the research into what may be happening before conventional glucose markers reveal the extent of the problem.

Could the gut give us another piece of the insulin resistance picture?

Join us at FMC 2026 on 14-15th November to find out.

Hogan Suite, Croke Park, Dublin, book your place now, comment FMC for booking link.

04/10/2026

What are we talking about at FMC2026?

What is happening inside the cell as we age?
What role does mitochondrial dysfunction play in chronic disease?
How are inflammaging and cellular senescence connected to age-related disease?
Could changes in the gut and intestinal barrier be contributing to insulin resistance before glucose markers begin to fail?
What are we learning about the microbiome, metabolic health and the relationship between the gut and the rest of the body?
How should we be thinking about women’s health, hormones and the changes that take place through perimenopause and beyond?
What does the latest thinking around cardiovascular health mean for clinical practice?
How do nutrition, lifestyle, physical activity and our wider environment influence healthspan?
What are researchers discovering about the biological mechanisms of ageing, and where might that take longevity medicine next?
Could compounds such as epicatechin mimic some of the cellular effects associated with exercise?
And how do mental, emotional and spiritual health fit into a genuinely whole-person approach to health?

These are some of the subjects we’ll be getting into at FMC26.

Across two days at Croke Park, our speakers will take us from the gut to the mitochondria, from metabolic and cardiovascular health to women’s health, cellular ageing, longevity and the wider factors that influence how we age.

If your work involves asking why something is happening rather than simply observing that it is happening, there is a lot to explore in this year’s programme.

FMC 2026
14 and 15 November
Hogan Suite, Croke Park, Dublin

Book your place at FMC26, comment FMC for booking link and conference hotel rates.

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