Dr. Muriel Babey is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Gerontology & Metabolism at Stanford University. She is a physician–scientist who specializes in metabolic bone disease and osteoporosis, with a focus on skeletal health during reproductive transitions and aging, as well as disorders of calcium and parathyroid metabolism.

Originally from Switzerland, Dr. Babey earned her medical degree in Switzerland and completed fellowship training in Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco. During her postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Holly Ingraham at UCSF, her work focused on identifying CCN3 as a maternal brain–derived osteoanabolic hormone critical for lactation, uncovering a previously unrecognized neuroendocrine axis regulating bone formation and marrow adiposity.

Dr. Babey directs a research program that integrates human cohort studies with mechanistic models to define endocrine pathways coordinating skeletal and metabolic resilience across reproductive transitions and aging. Her work centers on identifying secreted factors and interorgan communication networks that regulate bone health, with the goal of advancing translational strategies for osteoporosis and related metabolic diseases. Her research is supported by an NIH K08 award, and she is a recipient of the Endocrine Society Early Investigator Award and the ASBMR John Haddad Early Investigator Award."Maria Luisa Brandi, MD, PhD, is an internationally recognized endocrinologist and professor affiliated with leading institutions including the IEO Milan and McMaster University, Canada. A global expert in osteoporosis and metabolic bone diseases, she has directed major clinical and research centers and currently serves as President of the F.I.R.M.O. Foundation and the Italian Observatory on Fragility Fractures. She has authored more than 1020 peer-reviewed publications and 300 book chapters and books. Among the most cited researchers in osteoporosis, she has received numerous international awards for her outstanding contributions to bone and mineral metabolism research.