From Macros to Micros: How to Make the Most of Your Nutritional Assessment
This PLMI virtual educational program offers an in-depth, clinically focused examination of nutritional assessment as a foundational tool in personalized and functional healthcare. The session will explore the integration of macronutrient intake analysis with micronutrient status, functional biomarkers, and clinical context to support more precise nutrition-based decision-making.
Moderated by Deanna Minich, PhD, and featuring Dr. Michael Chapman and Dr. Powell, this expert discussion will address the interpretation of nutritional assessment data, including dietary patterns, nutrient insufficiencies, metabolic considerations, and biochemical individuality. Faculty will highlight clinical strategies for translating assessment findings into targeted, patient-specific nutritional interventions within integrative and functional models of care.
This program is intended for healthcare professionals seeking to deepen their clinical competency in nutritional assessment and enhance the application of nutrition science in patient care.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Evaluate macronutrient intake patterns in the context of individual metabolic and clinical needs.
- Interpret micronutrient status and functional biomarker data to identify potential nutrient insufficiencies or imbalances.
- Integrate nutritional assessment findings into personalized, evidence-informed nutrition strategies.
- Apply a systems-based approach to nutritional assessment within functional and integrative care frameworks.
Sponsored by Genova Diagnostics.
5:00-5:30pm- Deanna Minich, PhD
5:30-6:00pm- Michael Chapman ND
6:00-6:30pm – Lahnor Powell ND
6:30-7:00pm: Panel Discussion with all faculty moderated by Deanna Minich, PhD
Speakers
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Deanna Minich, PhD, CNS, IFMCPDr. 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.
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Michael Chapman, NDDr. Michael Chapman has a doctorate in naturopathic medicine from Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Chapman is currently the Director of Product Innovation at Genova Diagnostics. Aside from educating and consulting with integrative and functional medicine practitioners, he is responsible for researching and developing new test profiles. In addition, he has delivered presentations nationwide at functional and integrative medicine conferences.
Dr. Chapman is a writer and contributor to the latest edition of The Textbook of Natural Medicine by Joe Pizzorno & Michael Murray, authoring chapters on urinary organic acid testing and urinary porphyrin analysis. Also, he is cohost of the Genova Diagnostics podcast titled The Lab Report.
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Lahnor Powell NDDr. Lahnor Powell is a Naturopathic Doctor specializing in integrative healthcare, gastrointestinal health, women’s medicine, and clinical nutrition. She holds a Naturopathic Medical Degree from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, with a focus on community health education and health behavior. Dr. Powell also has doula training, enhancing her expertise in supporting women’s health throughout pregnancy and postpartum. As a Medical Education Specialist at Genova Diagnostics, she provides educational support to medical professionals, contributes to peer-reviewed research, and speaks internationally on nutrition, hormones, and gastrointestinal health.
