Midlife Strategies for Disease Prevention – From Risk to Resilience

Join us for the second event of the Lexington Women's Health Speaker Series, following January's sold-out Menopause Therapies Unlocked, where we’ll dive deep into proactive strategies for disease prevention in midlife.

This event will explore chronic conditions affecting midlife women as hormonal changes in perimenopause and menopause increase vulnerability to health imbalances.

Are you noticing changes in your health—rising blood sugar, inflammation, blood pressure, or cholesterol? Struggling with low energy, weight issues, brain fog, decreasing fitness, or other midlife shifts? Have you been diagnosed with a chronic condition and want to address the root causes? You’re not alone, and you don’t have to navigate this journey by yourself.

This engaging panel discussion will feature expert speakers sharing evidence-based insights on how to prevent and manage chronic diseases through lifestyle changes.

Learn from local health professionals:

• Lifestyle medicine for cancer prevention
• Optimizing blood sugar for metabolic health
• Nutrition, movement and mental resilience for cardiovascular health
• Hormones, Health & Longevity

This event is for midlife women who want actionable steps to take charge of their health, prevent chronic diseases, and feel empowered in their bodies.

Our Mission: The Lexington Women's Health Speaker Series aims to empower midlife women on their health & wellness journey by connecting them with innovative local experts, sharing evidence-based insights, and fostering a strong community of support.

About the speakers:

Dr. Marisa Kearney is a double board-certified Emergency and Lifestyle Medicine physician with over 20 years in emergency care. After surviving triple-negative breast cancer, she shifted her focus to addressing the root causes of disease through lifestyle medicine.

Trained at Harvard BIDMC residency and certified by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, she founded a lifestyle medicine center for female cancer patients and is launching a concierge practice to provide personalized, holistic care.

Dr. Marisa shares her expertise on her popular Instagram page, DrMarisaLifestyleMedicine, where she educates followers on the six pillars of lifestyle medicine: sleep, nutrition, exercise, stress management, social connection, and avoiding harmful substances. She leads by example, proving that true healing starts with how we live.

Beverly Mazza, is a Registered Nurse, Board-Certified Nurse Coach, and Women's Integrative Prediabetes Coach, specializing in helping perimenopausal and menopausal women with prediabetes achieve better blood sugar control and sustainable weight loss. Bev combines nursing expertise, functional medicine principles, nutrition, and mindfulness with her advanced knowledge of continuous glucose monitor (CGM) data interpretation to provide personalized strategies to address the unique metabolic challenges of midlife women.

As the founder of Purely Present Health, Bev leverages her nursing background, functional medicine training, and holistic coaching techniques to deliver customized programs that empower clients to lower blood sugar, manage stress, and improve overall health. Through her Blood Sugar Balance Strategy Session, CGM Empowerment Package, and 90-day Blood Sugar Balance Blueprint, Bev offers compassionate and expert guidance to help women make meaningful, lasting changes.

Anne Rollins, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN, is a board-certified specialist in sports dietetics, registered dietitian, and founder of three wellness-focused businesses: embodyFitness, Rollins Coaching, and SkorFit. Her programs blend fitness, nutrition, stress management, sleep, and mindset to help individuals achieve sustainable health and vitality.

She holds a Master of Science in Nutrition from NYU, is a USA Triathlon Level 1 Coach, certified trainer, and an Ironman and ultramarathoner. A lifelong runner and endurance athlete, she has coached with the New York Road Runners Foundation and worked with elite athletes through QT2 Systems and The Core Diet. Her diverse experience also includes clinical nutrition and counseling at Perkins School for the Blind. Anne is also the founder of the Rollins Scholarship Fund, a nonprofit raising awareness and support for mental health. A proud mom of two and active Screen Actors Guild member, she lives what she teaches every day.

Laura Brown, WHNP-BC, MSCP, is a board-certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and, and holds a certification as a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner (MSCP) from The Menopause Society, one of only 2,300 in the country. She is also a Certified Coach by Koach Training, offering a unique set of skills many other clinicians do not possess. Laura began her NP career in Internal Medicine which gave her a broad spectrum of experience, and then worked in OBGYN which allowed her to focus on women’s health across the lifespan, and opened her midlife care practice, Sapphire Women's Healthcare, in May of 2024.

Laura earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in History at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, as well as a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees, both in nursing, at Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts. She is a member in good standing of The Menopause Society, the Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners and the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, a graduate of the Monarch Health Clinician Mentorship and she is a Certified Coach through Koach Training, as well as a co-chair of the North Atlantic Regional Committee of the Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health organization.