Clinical Mastery of Hormones: Integrating Metabolites, Metabolism, and Patient Patterns.
As hormone therapy, metabolic dysregulation, and age-related concerns continue to rise, clinicians need a clear and science-grounded understanding of how hormones truly work. Yet, the current assessment model of measuring parent hormones in serum provides a view only into hormone production, and leaves out what happens when hormones interact with receptors at a tissue level. Understanding how to incorporate key hormone metabolites into your clinical assessment can provide a much more complete understanding of your patient’s hormone picture.
This course brings those pieces together.
Led by Deanna Minich, Mark Newman, Dr. Jaclyn Smeaton, this masterclass offers a deep exploration of hormone pathways, metabolic patterns, and the interconnected systems that shape patient symptoms. You’ll learn to recognize the signatures of hormonal imbalance, understand how metabolism influences—and is influenced by—endocrine activity, and identify meaningful patterns in complex presentations.
While the DUTCH Test will be used to illustrate real-world examples, the focus of the course is on building a solid, clinically relevant understanding of hormone physiology, specifically targeting estrogen and progesterone, androgens, and cortisol. Through case studies and guided interpretation, you’ll see how foundational concepts translate into practice and how they can support targeted, patient-centered treatment strategies.
You’ll leave with greater clarity around hormones, deeper metabolic insight, and a strong framework for approaching hormone-related dysfunction.
Speakers:
5:00-5:30 pm: Deanna Minich PhD
5:30-6:00pm: Mark Newman
6:00-6:30pm: Jaclyn Smeaton ND
6:30-7:00pm: Panel Discussion
Speakers
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Mark Newman, MSPrecision Analytical Inc.Mark Newman, MS, is a recognized expert and international speaker in the field of hormone testing. Mark spent nearly 25 years developing and directing 24-hour urine, organic acid, and salivary hormone testing labs. His unique experience led him to pursue a revolutionary way to test hormones. So Mark began his own lab, Precision Analytical Inc., to create the most comprehensive functional hormone test available, DUTCH® (a Dried Urine Test for Comprehensive Hormones). His vision for a better way to test hormones drove Mark to co-write multiple peer-reviewed research papers, which prove the effectiveness and accuracy of dried urine testing to comprehensively evaluate hormone health. Mark is committed to making it easier for patients and their healthcare providers to answer complex clinical questions through extensive education on validated hormone research. Every day, he and his team of experts work toward their mission to profoundly change one life, and then a million more through industry-leading functional hormone testing and education.
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Jaclyn Smeaton, N.D.Dr. Jaclyn Smeaton brings extensive experience in the nutrition and wellness space in both practitioner and consumer markets. She specializes in commercial crossover areas including ownership of commercial growth in new product ventures, acquisitions, key strategic customer acquisition and nurture, association, academic and strategic partnerships, business development and marketing functions, ensuring a customer-first approach. Her portfolio includes education, technical writing, product design and innovation, and quality and regulatory practices in manufacturing of dietary supplements, foods, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and medical foods. Dr. Smeaton brings a uniquely diverse skill set and deep knowledge of the health technology and nutrition markets and a love of marketing and the customer experience. Jaclyn’s unique background includes clinical practice, lab science, extensive teaching and strategic leadership and consulting. She is a sought-after writer for both peer-reviewed journals and lay publications and speaker at national and international conferences, presenting on topics across regulatory affairs, health technology and clinical practice. Dr. Smeaton is very involved in both practitioner and industry groups and has extensive board experience. She has led several nonprofit organizations including President of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians and the NH Association of Naturopathic Doctors and served as a Trustee for the American Herbal Products Association. During her tenure, she has successfully led efforts to successful adoption of friendly legislation and regulatory guidance, increased association revenue and improved efficiency of the organization allowing for a doubling of association revenue invested in meaningful investment and projects. Dr. Smeaton has also served in numerous roles including Ambassador for the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine, as a board member of the Integrative Health Policy Consortium and the Institute of Natural Medicine.
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Deanna Minich, PhD, CNS, IFMCPNutritionist, Scientist, Lecturer, Educator, Author Food and Spirit, LLCDr. Deanna Minich is a nutrition scientist, functional medicine educator, and author with more than two decades of experience exploring how hormones, metabolism, nutrition, and lifestyle intersect to shape human health. Her work integrates endocrinology, phytonutrient science, circadian biology, and systems medicine to help clinicians understand hormonal physiology within the broader context of metabolic function and daily living. In addition to her role as Chief Science Officer at Symphony Natural Health, she is the 2025 recipient of the Linus and Ava Helen Pauling Award in Functional Medicine and serves on the Board of Directors for the Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute. Dr. Minich has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications and several books and has been a longtime faculty member for the Institute for Functional Medicine and other professional training programs. Her teaching emphasizes the foundational role of nutrition, phytonutrients, stress physiology, sleep, circadian alignment, and environmental inputs in shaping hormonal expression across the lifespan. She is particularly known for her work in environmental health and metabolic detoxification, illuminating how toxicants, metabolic load, and detoxification pathways influence endocrine function and overall hormonal resilience. Dr. Minich’s current work focuses on the metabolic and environmental drivers of endocrine imbalance, the hormone–mitochondria connection, and the ways food, lifestyle, and daily rhythms can support long-term hormonal vitality and well-being.
