Pinnacle Lecture Series

Each semester, the Connell School brings to Boston College an inspiring leader who speaks on an issue at the forefront of health care. Pinnacle lectures are open to all Boston College students, staff, faculty, alumni, and preceptors as well as practitioners and scholars unaffiliated with Boston College. View archived videos of past Pinnacle lectures.

FALL 2025

How Are GLP-1 Therapies Reshaping Health Care and Beyond?

Monday, March 23, 2026, 5 p.m.

Yawkey Center, Murray Room


In this interdisciplinary panel discussion on nutrition, obesity, and lifestyle and medication management, experts from Boston College, Johns Hopkins, and more will explore the risks, benefits, and rapidly shifting health care landscape surrounding GLP-1 therapies.

The event's speakers are the Dr. Maureen P. McCausland Pinnacle Keynote Speakers for spring 2026.

Three images: red and black berries, two hands holding an Ozempic injection, and a woman doing meditation outdoors

Continuing Education Contact Hours

This nursing continuing professional development activity is designated for one (1) contact hour provided by Boston College Connell School of Nursing Professional Development and Continuing Education. 

Boston Connell School of Nursing Professional Development and Continuing Education is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by The American Nurses Association Massachusetts, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 

Past Pinnacle Lecture Speakers


Click on the links below to view past lectures

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