Career and Professional Development

Graduate Student Research Award Competition

Finalist(s)

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  Carmen Annevelink, BA

  Graduate Student
  The Pennsylvania State University
  State College, Pennsylvania, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Linh Bui, MPH (she/her/hers)

  Graduate student
  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  Fairfax, Virginia, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Yifei Kang, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Visiting Research Specialist in Life Sciences (Bioinformatics)
  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  Champaign, Illinois, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Marjorie Anne Layosa, MS

  PhD Student
  Purdue University
  West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Fernanda Morales Berstein, MSc

  PhD student
  University of Bristol
  Bristol, England, United Kingdom

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Shya Navazesh (she/her/hers)

  Graduate Student
  University of California, Davis
  Davis, California, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Anna Ogilvie, RDN (she/her/hers)

  Graduate Student
  Rutgers University
  Edison, New Jersey, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Devendra Paudel, MS

  Graduate Research Assistant
  The Pennsylvania State University
  State College, Pennsylvania, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Dorothy Superdock, BA

  PhD Candidate
  Cornell University
  Ithaca, New York, United States

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

Organized by the NUTRITION 2023 Scientific Program Committee, this award competition tasks graduate students or medical students to hone their research presentation skills.

Finalists include:

• Carmen Annevelink, The Pennsylvania State University
  FADS-Associated Risk on Cardiovascular Biomarkers Depends on Circulating Omega-6 Fatty Acids
• Linh Bui, MD, MPH, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  Planetary Health Diet Index and Risk of Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in Two Prospective Cohort Studies
• Yifei Kang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  Dietary Inclusion of Yellow Mealworms (T. molitor) and Lesser Mealworms (A. diaperinus) Modifies Intestinal Microbiota Populations of Diet-Induced Obesity Mice
• Marjorie Anne Layosa, Purdue University
  Energy Metabolism in Breast Cancer Cells That Preferentially Metastasize to Lung and Liver
• Fernanda Morales Berstein, FMB, University of Bristol
  Ultra-Processed Food Consumption, Adiposity and Upper-Aerodigestive Tract Cancer Risk in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer Study: A Mediation Analysis
• Shya Navazesh, University of California, Davis
  Risk and Benefits of Milk Fortification With a Lower Dose of Iron: Insights From a Piglet Model
• Anna Ogilvie, RDN, Rutgers University
  Increased Serum Lipopolysaccharide After a Short-Term High Fat Diet in Older Individuals With Obesity Compared to Those With Normal Body Weight: A Randomized Crossover Study
• Devendra Paudel, The Pennsylvania State University
  Effects of Long-Term Low-Carbohydrate Diet Consumption on the Progression of Metabolic Syndrome Markers in Mice
• Dorothy Superdock, BA, Cornell University
  Dietary Fiber Intake and Gut Microbial Features Predict Gut Microbiota Response to Resistant Starch Consumption