Confident Conversations: Food, Metabolism & Cancer Risk
Madam Walker Legacy Center
617 Indiana Ave., Indianapolis
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
6-7:30 p.m. (Doors open at 5:45 p.m.)
Event Description
How do the foods we eat, our metabolism, and emerging weight-loss medications shape cancer risk? Join us for an evidence-based community conversation exploring:
- Nutrition patterns linked to cancer prevention
- How metabolic health influences cancer risk
- What GLP-1 medications (such as Ozempic and Wegovy) do - and what current research shows
- Food access, affordability, and equity
The evening includes expert discussion, audience Q&A, community resource tables, and a short interactive line-dance demonstration, “Move for Your Metabolism.”
The event is hosted by the IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, IU School of Medicine, IU School of Medicine Student National Medical Association, Indy Health District, and IU Research.
Free and open to the public. All are welcome.
Program Agenda
| 5:30 p.m. | Doors open (resource tables) |
| 6 p.m. | Welcome |
| 6:10 p.m. | Panel discussion with: Jingchuan (Serena) Guo, MD, PhD -Member, Cancer Prevention and Control research program, IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
Anali Morales-Juarez, MSc, BS |
| 7:15 p.m. | Audience Q&A |
| 7:30 p.m. | Short line dancing demo. "Move for Your Metabolism" |
| 7:45 p.m. | Closing + resource engagement |
| 8 p.m. | End |
Resource tables include food access programs, medication affordability resources, and prevention services.
