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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.

Full Schedule

  • Saturday, July 22, 2023
  • 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM ET
    Clinical Emerging Leaders Award Competition

    Chair: Cora Best, PhD, MHS, RDN – University of Florida

    Finalist: Yasmine Y. Bouzid, BS – University of California, Davis

    Finalist: Carlota Castro-Espin, MSc, PhD student – Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO)-Bellvitge Biomedical Research Center (IDIBELL)

    Finalist: Samantha N. Fessler, MS – Arizona State University

    Finalist: Xuan-Mai T. Nguyen, n/a – 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 – National Institutes of Health

    Finalist: Estifanos Baye, PhD, MPH – Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Finalist: Mihaela A. Ciulei, PhD, MS – The Pennsylvania State University

    Finalist: Min-Hyun Kim, PhD – 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 – University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Career and Professional Development

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Nutrition Translation Award Competition

    Chair: Erin Glynn, PhD – Unicity International

    Finalist: Catherine C. Cohen, PhD, RD – University of Colorado Denver

    Finalist: Emily B. Hill, PhD, RDN – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

    Finalist: Jules A. Larke, Ph.D. – USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center

    Finalist: Minakshi Raj, PhD, MPH – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Career and Professional Development

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Undergraduate Diversity Research Fellowship Competition

    Chair: Karen Onyeneho, PhD – National Institutes of Health

    Finalist: Shanvanth Rayal Arnipalli, n/a – The Ohio State University

    Finalist: Niliarys Sifre-Acosta, n/a – Florida International University

    Finalist: Alessandra D. Sommer, n/a – Rutgers University

    Finalist: Gabrielle Magdalena E. Tan, n/a – Benedictine University

    Finalist: Luz Selena Villa Robles, n/a – 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 – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

    Finalist: Yifei Kang, PhD candidate – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Finalist: Marjorie Anne A. Layosa, n/a – Purdue University

    Finalist: Fernanda Morales Berstein, FMB – University of Bristol

    Finalist: Shya Navazesh, BS – University of California, Davis

    Finalist: Anna Ogilvie, RDN – Rutgers University

    Finalist: Devendra Paudel, MS – The Pennsylvania State University

    Finalist: Dorothy K. Superdock, BA – Cornell University

    Career and Professional Development

  • 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Nutrition Research at the USDA

    Chair: Cindy Davis, PhD – USDA Agricultural Research Service

    Speaker: Eve Stoody, PhD – USDA

    Speaker: Donna Johnson-Bailey – USDA Food and Nutrition Service

    Speaker: Joanne F. Guthrie, PhD, MPH – USDA, Economic Research Service

    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 – National Institutes of Health

    Finalist: Sulagna Bandyopadhyay, PhD – St John´s Research Institute, India

    Finalist: Daniel B. Ibsen, n/a – Aarhus University

    Finalist: Manoel Lixandrao, PhD – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

    Finalist: Caleigh Sawicki, PhD, MPH – Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School

    Finalist: Christina M. Sciarrillo, PhD – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease

    Finalist: Anne-Julie Tessier, RD, PhD – 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)

    Presenting Author: Aulo Gelli, PhD – International Food Policy Research Institute

    Presenting Author: Michelle Gaffey, MA, MSc – The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)

    Presenting Author: Maureen M. Black, PhD – 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, N/A, n/a – University of South Carolina

    Presenting Author: Bingjie Zhou, Msc – 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)

    Presenting Author: Alana M. Chaney, MS – University of California, Davis

    Presenting Author: Cassy F. Dingena, MSc – University of Leeds

    Presenting Author: Gloria Ho, RD – University of British Columbia

    Presenting Author: Shristi Rawal, PhD – Rutgers University

    Presenting Author: Mercy E. Sosanya, Master of Science, Human Nutrition – The University of Texas at Austin

  • 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Young Investigators Underrepresented in Nutrition Award Competition

    Chair: Karen Onyeneho, PhD – National Institutes of Health

    Finalist: Olugbenga T. Balogun, Master of Science – North Carolina A & T State University

    Finalist: Alexa Barad, MS, RD – Cornell University

    Finalist: Janine Comrie, BA – Cornell University

    Finalist: Karen A. Corleto, MS – Texas A&M University

    Finalist: Jose Antonio Haro Reyes, MSc – Purdue University

    Finalist: Edward Moncada, M.S. – Purdue University

    Career and Professional Development

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

    Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/Metabolism

    Clinical and Translational Nutrition

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Poster Competition

    Career and Professional Development

  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    Nutritional Proteomics and Metabolomics (Oral 2)

    Presenting Author: Danielle E. Haslam, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School

    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 – 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)

    Presenting Author: Audrey Moyen, RD – McGill University

    Presenting Author: Kathryn N. Porter Starr, PhD, RD – Duke University School of Medicine; Durham VA Health Care System

    Presenting Author: Peter A. Adintori, MS, RD, CSO, CDN, CNSC – New York University

    Presenting Author: Allie Skahen, n/a – Tufts University

    Presenting Author: Nancy Presse, RD, PhD – Université de Sherbrooke

    Presenting Author: Minakshi Raj, PhD, MPH – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    Nutritional Neuroscience: Nutrition and the Brain (Oral 4)

    Presenting Author: Shannon N. Marschall, B.S. – 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, PhD Student – American University

    Presenting Author: Galya Bigman, PhD – 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 – NIH Office of Nutrition Research

    Panelist: Andrew Bremer, MD – NICHD, NIH

    Panelist: Alison G.M Brown, MS, PhD, RDN – NIH/NHLBI

    Panelist: Kirsten A. Herrick, PhD, MSc – National Institutes of Health

    Panelist: Voula Osganian, MD, ScD, MPH – 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 – 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 Nutrition

    Global and Public Health Nutrition

  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    Personalizing Nutrition - Genetics and Dietary Pattern interactions (Poster Theater Flash Session 2)

    Presenting Author: Ruth Birk, PhD., R.D. – Faculty of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Israel

    Presenting Author: Carmen Annevelink, BA – The Pennsylvania State University

    Presenting Author: Jie Zhao, n/a – 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 Virtanen, PhD – University of Eastern Finland

    Speaker: Genevieve C. Sparagna, PhD, PhD – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center

    Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/Metabolism

    Clinical and Translational Nutrition

    Population Science

  • 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET
    Welcome Reception in The Hub
  • 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 – Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University

    Speaker: Steven B. Heymsfield, MD – Pennington Biomedical Research Center

  • 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
    Maternal, Perinatal, and Pediatric 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

    Clinical and Translational Nutrition

    Career and Professional Development

    Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/Metabolism

    Global and Public Health Nutrition

  • 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 – NIH National Cancer Institute

    Speaker: Mingyang Song, PhD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

    Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/Metabolism

    Population 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, FHEA – University of Birmingham

    Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/Metabolism

  • 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 – ARS, USDA

    Speaker: Lauren E. O'Connor, PhD, MPH – National Institutes of Health

    Clinical and Translational Nutrition