Spring 2026 Forum

Michigan Health Policy Forum
A Non-Partisan Venue to Discuss Health Policy
Hosted by Michigan State University

The Michigan Health Policy Forum is Pleased to Present the Spring 2026 Forum

"GLP-1 Medication: Exploring the Modern-Day Panacea"

The Spring 2026 Michigan Health Policy Forum will be held Monday, June 1, 2026 from 12:00pm - 3:30pm at Lansing Community College West Campus, 5708 Cornerstone Drive, Lansing, MI 48917. The Spring Forum will be in-person only and there will be no concurrent live-streaming of the event. There is no cost to attend. 

Registration can be done here.  

Speaker:

Dr. Randy J. Seeley, PhD, Professor of Surgery, Internal Medicine, and Nutritonal Sciences, University of Michigan School of Medicine

Dr. Randy Seeley is the Henry K. Ransom Endowed Professor of Surgery at the University of Michigan School of Medicine. He also serves as the director of the NIH-funded Michigan Nutrition Obesity Research Center (MNORC).

His scientific work has focused on the gut-brain axis and its role in regulating energy balance and metabolism, emphasizing new treatment strategies for obesity and diabetes. He has published over 400 peer-reviewed articles that have been cited more than 47,000 times and Dr. Seeley has a Scopus h-index of 108. Dr. Seeley has received numerous awards including the 2009 Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award from the American Diabetes Association.