Speaker Profile
Biography
Ahmed Metwally is a Staff Research Scientist at Google, where he leads the Metabolic Health AI research program. His research focuses on developing models that leverage large-scale physiological and behavioral data to enable the early detection and personalized treatment or prevention of cardiometabolic diseases. He completed his postdoctoral work in the Snyder Lab at Stanford University. He holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and an M.S. in Computer Science, both from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has over 80 publications in prestigious journals, including Nature and Science. He is a co-inventor on nine patents. Ahmed has received numerous honors, including the IEEE EMBS Rising Star Award, the Stanford RISE Award, and the NIH Predoctoral Translational Scientist Fellowship. He was recently elected VP of Conferences for IEEE EMBS. His research has been covered internationally by news outlets, including The New York Times.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2027 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
Nir Barzilai, Albert Einstein & Mike Snyder, Stanford
PMWC Award Ceremony
• Alexander (Zan) Fleming, Hevolution Foundation (Pioneer)
• Daniel Drucker, Sinai Health (Pioneer)
• Andrea Maier, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (Luminary)
Featured Speakers
• Nir Barzilai, Albert Einstein
• Mike Snyder, Stanford
• Andrea Maier, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
• Sara Espinoza, Cedars-Sinai
• Brian Kennedy, Buck Institute
• John Newman, Buck Institute / UCSF
• Marco Quarta, Rubedo Life Sciences
• Maria Dermit, Novo Nordisk
• Alan Shuldiner, Regeneron
• David Furman, Stanford
• Steve Horvath, UCLA
• Daniel Belsky, Columbia
• Ahmed Metwally, Google
• Lee Hood, Phenome Health / ISB
• George Slavich, UCLA
Targeting Aging Biology
What is actually druggable today, and what remains wishful thinking.
From Metabolism to Longevity: GLP-1 and Beyond
Incretins reshaping cardiometabolic prevention and healthy aging.
Which Aging Measures Matter?
Biological-age measures and biomarkers that can change clinical decisions.
Wearables & Digital Biomarkers at Scale
Continuous phenotyping and longitudinal signals in real-world aging.
Clinical Translation
Trials, endpoints, regulation, and the hard road to credible longevity medicine.
PMWC Hall of Impact
Previous Speakers Include
Nobel laureates, technology founders, regulators, CEOs and scientific pioneers who have taken the PMWC stage.