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Career and Professional Development
Session Type: Award Competition

Young Investigators Underrepresented in Nutrition Award Competition

Saturday, July 22, 2023
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Location: Commonwealth

Organized by ASN's IDEA Committee; Sponsored by dsm-firmenich

    Chair(s)

  • PT

    Peko Tsuji, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers)

    Department of Biological Sciences
    Biology
    Towson University
    Towson, Maryland, United States

    Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

    • Finalist(s)

  • OB

    Olugbenga Balogun, Master's Degree

    Graduate Student
    North Carolina A&T State University
    Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

    Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • Alexa Barad, MS, RD

    PhD Candidate
    Cornell University
    Ithaca, New York, United States

    Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • Janine Comrie, BA (she/her/hers)

    PhD Student
    Nutritional Sciences
    Cornell University
    Ithaca, New York, United States

    Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • KC

    Karen Corleto, MS

    PhD Candidate
    Nutrition Department, Texas A&M University
    Bryan, Texas, United States

    Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • Jose Haro Reyes (he/him/his)

    Research assistant
    Purdue University
    West lafayette, Indiana, United States

    Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • Edward Moncada

    PhD Student
    Food Science
    Purdue University
    West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

    Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Disclosure(s):
Peko Tsuji, PhD, MPH: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Olugbenga T. Balogun, Master of Science: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Alexa Barad, MS, RD: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Janine Comrie, BA: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Karen A. Corleto, MS: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Jose Antonio Haro Reyes, MSc: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Edward Moncada, M.S.: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Organized by ASN's Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility Committee (IDEA), this award competition provides an opportunity for young investigators from underrepresented communities within the biomedical and life sciences to participate in the annual meeting by discussing their research findings. Finalists will strengthen presentation and professional skills associated with a career in the sciences.

Finalists include:

  • Olugbenga Balogun, Master’s degree, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
    Onion Peel Extract Prevents Intestinal Inflammation via AMP-Activated Protein Kinase
  • Alexa Barad, MS, RD, Cornell University
    Characterization of Iron Status Biomarkers and Regulatory Hormones Among East Asian and European Adults
  • Janine Comrie, BA, Cornell University
    Metabolism of Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids by Gut Microbes
  • Karen Corleto, MS, Texas A&M University
    Obesity and Breast Cancer Tumor Subtype Mediate the In Vitro Response to the Ketone β-Hydroxybutyrate
  • Jose Haro Reyes, MSc, Purdue University
    Anti-Colitic Activity of Phlobaphenes and Anthocyanins in Humanized IL-10 -/- Mice With Bacterial Dysbiosis
  • Edward Moncada, BS, Purdue University
    Dietary Fiber Utilization Depends on Fiber Physicochemical Properties and Gut Bacterial Dysbiosis