Full Schedule

In addition to the presentations listed below, NUTRITION 2023 will feature poster presentations across 32 topical areas. Click 'Abstract Presentations' on the left to learn more about the poster presentations.

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Saturday, July 22, 2023
8:00 AM – 9:15 AM ET
Clinical Emerging Leaders Award Competition
Chair: Cora Best, PhD, MHS, RDN (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
Finalist: Yasmine Y. Bouzid, BS (she/her/hers) – University of California, Davis
Finalist: Carlota Castro-Espin, MSc, PhD student – Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL)
Finalist: Samantha N. Fessler, MS – Arizona State University
Finalist: Xuan-Mai T. Nguyen, MS4 (she/her/hers) – Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Finalist: Laura M. Rosok, BS, BM (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Career and Professional Development

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
Early Career Research Award Competition
Chair: Andrea Charvet, PhD, RD, LDN – Nova Southeastern University
Chair: Lauren E. O'Connor, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Agricultural Research Service, USDA
Finalist: Mihaela A. Ciulei, PhD, MS (she/her/hers) – The Pennsylvania State University
Finalist: Min-Hyun Kim, PhD (he/him/his) – Arizona State University
Finalist: Derek C. Miketinas, PhD, RDN – Texas Woman's University
Finalist: Chrissa Petersen, PhD., RDN – Idaho State University
Finalist: Erica L. Phillips, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Career and Professional Development

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
Nutrition Translation Award Competition
Chair: Julie M. Hess, PhD (she/her/hers) – ARS, USDA
Finalist: Catherine C. Cohen, PhD, RDN (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado Denver
Finalist: Emily B. Hill, PhD, RDN (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Finalist: Jules A. Larke, PhD – USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Finalist: Minakshi Raj, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Career and Professional Development

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
Undergraduate Diversity Research Fellowship Competition
Chair: Peko Tsuji, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Towson University
Finalist: Shanvanth Rayal Arnipalli, Bachelors of Science (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University
Finalist: Alessandra D. Sommer, BS (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
Finalist: Gabrielle Magdalena E. Tan, BS (she/her/hers) – Benedictine University
Finalist: Luz Selena Villa Robles, Student – University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Career and Professional Development

8:00 AM – 10:45 AM ET
Graduate Student Research Award Competition
Finalist: Carmen Annevelink, BA – The Pennsylvania State University
Finalist: Linh P. Bui, MPH (she/her/hers) – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Finalist: Yifei Kang, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Finalist: Marjorie Anne A. Layosa, MS – Purdue University
Finalist: Fernanda Morales Berstein, MSc – University of Bristol
Finalist: Shya Navazesh (she/her/hers) – University of California, Davis
Finalist: Anna Ogilvie, RDN (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
Finalist: Devendra Paudel, MS – The Pennsylvania State University
Finalist: Dorothy K. Superdock, BA – Cornell University
Career and Professional Development

8:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET
The Journal of Nutrition Editors' Meeting

10:00 AM – 11:15 AM ET
Nutrition at the USDA
Chair: Cindy Davis, PhD – USDA Agricultural Research Service
Speaker: Deirdra Chester, PhD, RDN – United States Department of Agriculture
Speaker: Sheila Erin Fleischhacker, PhD, JD, RDN (she/her/hers) – National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
Speaker: Joanne F. Guthrie, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – USDA, Economic Research Service
Speaker: Donna Johnson-Bailey, MPH, RD – USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Speaker: Eve Stoody, PhD (she/her/hers) – USDA
Career and Professional Development

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Young Investigators Underrepresented in Nutrition Award Competition
Chair: Peko Tsuji, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Towson University
Finalist: Olugbenga T. Balogun, Master's Degree – North Carolina A&T State University
Finalist: Alexa Barad, MS, RD – Cornell University
Finalist: Janine Comrie, BA (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
Finalist: Karen A. Corleto, MS – Nutrition Department, Texas A&M University
Finalist: Jose Antonio Haro Reyes (he/him/his) – Purdue University
Finalist: Edward Moncada – Purdue University
Career and Professional Development

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Postdoctoral Research Award Competition
Chair: Andrea Charvet, PhD, RD, LDN – Nova Southeastern University
Chair: Lauren E. O'Connor, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Agricultural Research Service, USDA
Finalist: Sulagna Bandyopadhyay, PhD (she/her/hers) – Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Finalist: Daniel B. Ibsen, PhD – Department of Public Health, Aarhus University
Finalist: Manoel Lixandrao, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Finalist: Caleigh Sawicki, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Finalist: Christina M. Sciarrillo, PhD, RD – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease
Finalist: Anne-Julie Tessier, RD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Career and Professional Development

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Innovative Approaches to Global Nutrition Research (Oral 1)
Chair: Ginny Lane, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Idaho
Co-Chair: Joshua D. Miller, B.S. (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Presenting Author: Aulo Gelli, PhD (he/him/his) – International Food Policy Research Institute
Presenting Author: Maureen M. Black, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland and RTI International
Presenting Author: Anna W. Herforth, PhD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Presenting Author: Audrey L. Richards (she/her/hers) – University of South Carolina
Presenting Author: Bingjie Zhou, MS – Tufts University
Presenting Author: Rock R. Zagré, MS – International Food Policy Research Institute

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Innovations in Infant, Pediatric, and Pregnancy Nutrition Research: New Tools and Methodologies (Poster Theater Flash Session 1)
Chair: Stephanie W. Waldrop, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Co-Chair: Lynn E. Ferro, BS – University of Delaware
Presenting Author: Alana M. Chaney, MS – University of California, Davis
Presenting Author: Cassy F. Dingena, MSc – University of Leeds
Presenting Author: Gloria Ho, RD (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
Presenting Author: Shristi Rawal, PhD (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
Presenting Author: Mercy E. Sosanya, Master of Science, Human Nutrition – The University of Texas at Austin

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
Abstract Presentations - Oral Sessions, Poster Sessions, and Poster Theater Flash Sessions

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
Young Investigators Underrepresented in Nutrition Research Speed Networking Event

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET
Poster Presentations

12:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
Exploring the Animal Protein Food Matrix: More Than the Sum of its Parts (Sponsored Satellite Program)
Chair: Teresa A. Davis, PhD (she/her/hers) – Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine
Chair: David Klurfeld, PhD – Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington
Speaker: Teresa A. Davis, PhD (she/her/hers) – Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine
Speaker: Connie M. Weaver, PhD (she/her/hers) – San Diego State University
Speaker: David Klurfeld, PhD – Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington
Discussant: Wayne W. Campbell, PhD – Purdue University
Discussant: Ty R. Beal, PhD – GAIN
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/MetabolismClinical and Translational Nutrition

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Poster Competition
Career and Professional Development

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
Membership Committee Meeting (by invitation)

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
NUTRITION 2023 Orientation

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
Nutritional Proteomics and Metabolomics (Oral 2)
Chair: Amy E. Millen, PhD (she/her/hers) – Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo
Co-Chair: Casey M. Rebholz, PhD – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Presenting Author: Shilpa N. Bhupathiraju, PhD – Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital
Presenting Author: Jayne Martin Carli, PhD – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Presenting Author: Hyunju Kim, PhD – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Presenting Author: Nirupa R. Matthan, PhD (she/her/hers) – Tufts University
Presenting Author: Alexis C. Wood, Ph.D, F.A.H.A (she/her/hers) – Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine
Presenting Author: Yoriko Heianza, RD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Presenting Author: Carol L. Wagner, MD (she/her/hers) – Medical University of South Carolina

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
Nutrition in Surgical and Cancer Care (Oral 3)
Chair: Elizabeth J. Reverri, PhD, MS, RD (she/her/hers) – Abbott Nutrition
Presenting Author: Audrey Moyen, RD – McGill University
Presenting Author: Kathryn Porter Starr, PhD, RD (she/her/hers) – Duke University School of Medicine; Durham VA Health Care System
Presenting Author: Peter A. Adintori, MS, RD, CSO, CDN, CNSC (he/him/his) – New York University
Presenting Author: Allie Skahen, MS – Tufts University
Presenting Author: Minakshi Raj, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
Nutritional Neuroscience: Nutrition and the Brain (Oral 4)
Chair: Erica Israel, MS (she/her/hers) – Tufts University
Presenting Author: Shannon N. Marschall, MS – Tufts University
Presenting Author: Haiyan Liu, MD – The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China
Presenting Author: Chwan-Li Shen, PhD – TTUHSC
Presenting Author: Amy A. Maury, MS, PhD Student (she/her/hers) – American University
Presenting Author: Galya Bigman, PhD (she/her/hers) – Veteran Affairs
Presenting Author: Amy L. Barnett, M.S. – University of Oklahoma

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
How to Write a Winning Grant Proposal: A Perspective from Grant Funders
Chair: Krista A. Zanetti, PhD, MPH, RDN (she/her/hers) – Office of Nutrition Research, National Institutes of Health
Panelist: Andrew Bremer, MD – NICHD, NIH
Panelist: Alison G.M Brown, MS, PhD, RDN – NIH/NHLBI
Panelist: Kirsten A. Herrick, PhD, MSc (she/her/hers) – National Institutes of Health
Panelist: Voula Osganian, MD, ScD, MPH (she/her/hers) – National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Career and Professional Development

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
Teens and Nutrient Deficiencies: A Growing Public Health Crisis
Chair: Maureen M. Black, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland and RTI International
Speaker: Heather J. Leidy, PhD – The University of Texas at Austin
Speaker: Ty R. Beal, PhD – GAIN
Speaker: Leslie Anne Kaplan, MD, CEDS (she/her/hers) – Dr. Leslie Kaplan
Clinical and Translational NutritionGlobal and Public Health Nutrition

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
Personalizing Nutrition - Genetics and Dietary Pattern interactions (Poster Theater Flash Session 2)
Chair: Bradley S. Ferguson, PhD – University of Nevada, Reno
Presenting Author: Ruth Birk, PhD., R.D. (she/her/hers) – Faculty of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Israel
Presenting Author: Carmen Annevelink, BA – The Pennsylvania State University
Presenting Author: Jie Zhao, PhD – University of Hong Kong
Presenting Author: Long H. Nguyen, M.D., M.S. – Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Presenting Author: Kenneth E. Westerman, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital
Presenting Author: Joanne B. Cole, PhD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
Presenting Author: Levi W. Evans, PhD – USDA-ARS WHNRC

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET
Opening Session & Presidential Symposium: Food as Medicine: New Findings to Explain Reduced Risk of Cardiovascular Disease by Dietary Linoleic Acid
Chair: Martha A. Belury, PhD, RD – The Ohio State University
Speaker: Penny M. Kris-Etherton, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Pennsylvania State University
Speaker: Frank B. Hu, MD, MPH, PhD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Speaker: Jyrki K. Virtanen, PhD – University of Eastern Finland
Speaker: Genevieve C. Sparagna, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/MetabolismClinical and Translational NutritionPopulation Science

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET
ASN Center Open

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET
ASN Live! Open

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET
Tabletop Exhibits Open

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET
The Hub Open

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET
Welcome Reception in The Hub

7:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET
Continue the Conversation (Opening Session and Presidential Symposium)
Speaker: Martha A. Belury, PhD, RD – The Ohio State University

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
ASN Community Activities and GEM Forums

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
Energy and Macronutrient Metabolism GEM Forum
Chair: Salvatore Carbone, PhD, FHFSA (he/him/his) – Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University
Speaker: Christopher D. Gardner, PhD – Stanford Prevention Research Center

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
Diet and Cancer GEM Forum - Nutrition, Cancer, and the Gut Microbiome
Chair: Zhenhua Liu, PhD – University of Massachusetts Amherst
Speaker: Doratha A. Byrd, PhD, MPH – Moffitt Cancer Center
Speaker: Nancy J. Emenaker, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND – NIH National Cancer Institute
Speaker: Mingyang Song, PhD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/MetabolismPopulation Science

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
Sports Nutrition GEM Forum - Precision Sports Nutrition – Ready for Prime Time?
Chair: Emily E. Howard, PhD – US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Speaker: Gareth Wallis, PhD, FECSS (he/him/his) – University of Birmingham
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/Metabolism

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
Maternal, Perinatal, and Pediatric Nutrition GEM Forum - Speed Networking: Making Connections in the Field of Maternal, Perinatal, and Pediatric Nutrition
Chair: Kristen E. Boyle, PhD – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Speaker: Sharon M. Donovan, PhD, RD (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Speaker: Leanne Redman, PhD (she/her/hers) – Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Speaker: Cara F. Ruggiero, PhD, RD, LDN (she/her/hers) – Mass General Hospital for Children
Speaker: Elizabeth M. Widen, PhD, RD – The University of Texas at Austin
Clinical and Translational NutritionCareer and Professional DevelopmentCellular and Physiological Nutrition/MetabolismGlobal and Public Health Nutrition

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
Postdoc and Young Professional Networking Event

7:30 PM – 9:00 PM ET
Nutrition Translation GEM Forum - Defining Ultra-processed Foods and Their Contributions to Healthy Dietary Patterns
Chair: Erin Glynn, PhD – Unicity International
Speaker: Mario G. Ferruzzi, PhD – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Speaker: Julie M. Hess, PhD (she/her/hers) – ARS, USDA
Speaker: Lauren E. O'Connor, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Agricultural Research Service, USDA
Speaker: Patricia Williamson, PhD – Cargill
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/MetabolismClimate and/or Food SystemsClinical and Translational NutritionGlobal and Public Health NutritionPopulation ScienceCareer and Professional Development