Chair: David Heber, MD, PhD – UCLA
Speaker: Purna Kashyap, MBBS – Mayo Clinic
Speaker: Amy Jennings, PhD – Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia
Speaker: Sean H. Adams, PhD – Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center
Speaker: David Heber, MD, PhD – UCLA
Moderator: David Heber, MD, PhD – UCLA
Satellite
Chair: John W. Finley, PhD – USDA Agricultural Research Service
Speaker: Greg Miller, PhD, MACN – National Dairy Council
Speaker: Adam Drewnowski, PhD – University of Washington
Speaker: Christian J. Peters, PhD – Friedman School Of Nutrition Science And Policy At Tufts University
Speaker: John Ingram, PhD – University of Oxford
Moderator: John W. Finley, PhD – USDA Agricultural Research Service
Satellite
Chair: Kelly A. Rossi, MS, RD, CSSD – University of Delaware
Speaker: Allen Tran, MS, RD, CSSD – US Ski and Snowboard
Speaker: Rob Skinner, MS, RD – United States Olympic Committee
Speaker: Christina Swain, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN – US Army (Contractor)
Speaker: Brett Singer, MS, RD – Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Sports Medicine Institute
Satellite
Chair: Alanna J. Moshfegh, MS, RD – USDA Agricultural Research Service
Career/Professional Development
Chair: Nancy E. Moran, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine
Speaker: A. Catharine Ross, n/a – The Pennsylvania State University
Speaker: Loredana Quadro, MD – Rutgers University
Speaker: Mario G. Ferruzzi, PhD – North Carolina State University
Speaker: Carol L. Cheatham, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Speaker: Veronica Lopez-Teros, DSc – Universidad de Sonora
Chair: Nana Gletsu-Miller, PhD – Purdue University
Chair: Taylor C. Wallace, PhD – Think Healthy Group, Inc. / George Mason University
Speaker: Robert Marriott, JD, MA
Speaker: Sibyl Swift, PhD – Food and Drug Administration
Speaker: Andrew Shao, PhD – Council for Responsible Nutrition
Speaker: Roger Clemens, DrPH – USC School of Pharmacy
Speaker: Peter Pressman, MD, PhD – Polyscience Consulting
Satellite
Chair: David S. Seres, MD, ScM, PNS, FASPEN – Columbia University
From Research to Practice
Chair: David A. Sela, PhD – University of Massachusetts
Co-Chair: Lauren R. Brink, PhD – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences & Arkansas Children's Hospital
Presenting Author: Diana H. Taft, Ph.D. – University of California, Davis
Presenting Author: Noel T. Mueller, PhD, MPH – Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
Presenting Author: Ruyue Cheng, MD – West China School of Public Health, and Healthy Food Evaluation Research Center, Sichuan University
Presenting Author: Kameron Y. Sugino, BS – Michigan State University
Presenting Author: Moira K. Differding, BA – Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
Presenting Author: Shannon C. Conrey, MS – University of Cincinnati College of Medicine/Dept of Environmental Health
Presenting Author: Samantha L. Huey, BS – Cornell University
Presenting Author: Kelsea M. Drall, BSc – University of Alberta Department of Pediatrics
Nutritional Microbiology
Chair: Gloria Salazar – Florida State University
Co-Chair: Kelli S. George, B.S., RDN – Florida State University
Presenting Author: Candice A. Myers, Ph.D. – Pennington Biomedicial Research Center
Presenting Author: Angela Bermudez-Millan, PhD, MPH – UConn Health
Presenting Author: Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon, PhD, JD, MPH – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health, Behavior and Society
Presenting Author: Yan Wang, DrPH – University of Maryland School of Medicine
Presenting Author: Kaela Plank, MPH, MS – University of California, Nutrition Policy Institute
Presenting Author: Diana Brostow, PhD, MPH, RDN – Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center
Presenting Author: Lucas Gosdin, MPH – Nutrition and Health Sciences, Laney Graduate School, Emory University
Presenting Author: Emily Z. Wang, B.A. – Cornell University
Aging and Chronic Disease
Community and Public Health Nutrition
Global Nutrition
Maternal, Perinatal and Pediatric Nutrition
Obesity
Speaker: Gordon L. Jensen, MD, PhD
From Research to Practice
Chair: Alison Stieber, PhD, RD – Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics
Speaker: Mads F. Hjorth, PhD – University of Copenhagen
Speaker: Itzel Vazquez-Vidal, PhD – University of Manitoba
Speaker: Claude Aebischer, PhD – DSM
Speaker: Kim Stitzel, MS, RD – American Heart Association
Speaker: Barbara O. Schneeman, PhD – University of California Davis
Speaker: Albert Barrocas, MD, FACS, FASPEN – WellStar Atlanta Medical Center
Speaker: Renay D. Tyler, DNP, RN, ACNP – University of Maryland Medical Center
From Research to Practice
Speaker: Alyssa M. Abreu, BS – University of Rhode Island Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences
Speaker: Maribel Barragan, BS – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Speaker: Gabriella Hernandez, Graduate Student – California Polytechnic State University
Speaker: Doreen Y. Larvie, MS – University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Speaker: Abrania D. Marrero-Hernandez, BS, BSPH – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Speaker: Salima F. Taylor, BS – JM-USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
Chair: Martha A. Belury, PhD – The Ohio State University
Speaker: Rola Hammoud, MSc – University of Toronto Department of Nutritional Sciences
Speaker: Jihye Lee, MS – University of Maryland
Speaker: Jelena Mustra Rakic, MS – JM-USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
Speaker: Charlotte L. Bahnfleth, B.S. – Cornell University
Speaker: Car Reen Kok, MS – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Speaker: Maryam Razaghi, PhD candidate – McGill University
Speaker: Djibril Ba, MPH – Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Speaker: Hyunju Kim, MPH – Johns Hopkins University
Speaker: Yi Zhao, MSc – Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition
Chair: James F. Collins, PhD – University of Florida
Chair: Xingen Lei, PhD – Cornell University
Speaker: James F. Collins, PhD – University of Florida
Speaker: Inga Wessels, PhD – RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Speaker: Somshuvra Mukhopadhyay, PhD – University of Texas at Austin
Speaker: Tolunay Aydemir, PhD – Cornell University
Speaker: Byung-Eun Kim, PhD – University of Maryland
Speaker: K. Sandeep Prabhu, MSc, PhD – The Pennsylvania State University
Speaker: Forrest H. Nielson, PhD – USDA Agricultural Research Service - Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/Metabolism
Chair: Sera L. Young, PhD – Northwestern University Department of Anthropology, Institute for Policy Research
Co-Chair: Sheela S. Sinharoy, MPH, PhD – Emory University
Presenting Author: Victoria Miller, PhD – Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Presenting Author: Shibani Ghosh, PhD – Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Presenting Author: Sarah Baker, MSPH – Johns Hopkins University
Presenting Author: Valerie Flax, PhD, MPH – RTI International
Presenting Author: Marianne V. Santoso, MS – Cornell University
Presenting Author: Rebecca K. Campbell, PhD, MSPH – Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Presenting Author: Melissa Chapnick, RD, MS, MPH – Washington University in St. Louis
Global Nutrition
Speaker: Kathryn N. Porter Starr, PhD, RD – Duke University School of Medicine
From Research to Practice
Speaker: Connie W. Bales, PhD, RD – Duke University School of Medicine
From Research to Practice
Chair: Sahar Ajabshir, Ph.D. – Florida International University
Speaker: Laura Hopkins, PhD, MSPH, RDN, LDN – The Ohio State University
Speaker: Mengying Li, PhD, MSPH – NICHD, National Institutes of Health
Speaker: Lichchavi D. Rajasinghe, PhD – Michigan State University Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Speaker: HyunGyu Suh, Ph.D. – Arizona State University
Speaker: Angela Trude, PhD – University of Maryland School of Medicine
Speaker: Danyue Zhao, Ph.D. – Rutgers University
Chair: Susan B. Roberts, PhD – JM-USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
Speaker: Holly Nicastro, PhD, MPH – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Speaker: Paul MacLean – University of Colorado School of Medicine
Career/Professional Development
Chair: Donald K. Layman, PhD – University of Illinois
Speaker: Stuart M. Phillips, PhD – McMaster University
Speaker: Douglas Paddon-Jones, PhD – University of Texas Medical Branch
Speaker: Donald K. Layman, PhD – University of Illinois
Satellite
Moderator: Klaus Kraemer, PhD – Sight and Life
Speaker: Jessica Fanzo, PhD – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Speaker: Adam Drewnowski, PhD – University of Washington
Speaker: Jeffrey B. Blumberg, PhD – Tufts University
Speaker: Greg Miller, PhD, MACN – National Dairy Council
Moderator: Eileen Kennedy, DSc – Tufts University
Satellite
Chair: Jaime Lillo, PhD, MPH – International Olive Council
Moderator: Edward L. Giovannucci, MD, ScD – Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Speaker: Jaime Lillo, PhD, MPH – International Olive Council
Speaker: Miguel Ángel A. MARTINEZ-GONZALEZ, MD, PhD, MPH – University of Navarra, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain
Speaker: Lukas Schwingshackl, PhD – University of Freiburg
Speaker: Martha C. Morris, ScD – Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University
Satellite
Chair: Jessica L. Thomson, PhD – USDA Agricultural Research Service
Co-Chair: Samara Joy Nielsen, PhD, MDiv – The Sage Colleges
Presenting Author: Danielle Krobath, M.S. – Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
Presenting Author: Lisa Jahns, PhD, RD – USDA
Presenting Author: Celina Santiago, B.S. – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Presenting Author: Felicia J. Setiono, MSPH – Cornell University
Presenting Author: Amy Saxe-Custack, PhD, MPH, RDN – Michigan State University
Presenting Author: Carrie Martin, MS, RD – USDA Agricultural Research Service
Presenting Author: Anne O. Garceau, MS, RD – USDA Agricultural Research Service - Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center
Presenting Author: Aurelie Chanson-Rolle, PhD – VAB-nutrition
Community and Public Health Nutrition
Chair: Emily Radlowski, PhD, RD – Dominican University
Speaker: Ling-Wei Chen, PhD – School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin
Speaker: Rachel R. Deer, PhD – University of Texas Medical Branch
Speaker: Karen Lindsay, PhD, RDN – University of California Irvine
Speaker: Xian Wu, Ph.D. – Tufts University
Speaker: Tomas Ganz, MD, PhD – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
From Research to Practice
Chair: Myron D. Gross, PhD – University of Minnesota Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Chair: Ted Wilson, PhD – Winona State University
Speaker: Giulio M. Pasinetti, MD, PhD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Speaker: Dragan Milenkovic, PhD – Human Nutrition Unit, University Clermont Auvergne, INRA, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Speaker: David C. Nieman, DrPH – Appalachian State University
Speaker: Aron Keith Barbey, PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
From Research to Practice
Speaker: Diane Harris, PhD, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Career/Professional Development
Chair: David A. Sela, PhD – University of Massachusetts
Speaker: David A. Sela, PhD – University of Massachusetts
Speaker: Meghan B. Azad, PhD – University of Manitoba
Speaker: Robert A. Britton, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine
Speaker: Eric C. Martens, PhD – University of Michigan Medical School
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/Metabolism
Chair: Beth H. Olson – University of Wisconsin
Co-Chair: Susan L. Johnson, PhD – University of Colorado Denver
Presenting Author: Alison Tovar, PhD, MPH – University of Rhode island
Presenting Author: Susan L. Johnson, PhD – University of Colorado Denver
Presenting Author: Karina R. Lora, PhD RDN – The George Washington University
Presenting Author: Hoa T. Nguyen, Ph.D.(c) – University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health
Presenting Author: Jessica Eliason, M.S. student – Arizona State University
Presenting Author: Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Ph.D. – Yale University
Presenting Author: Angela Trude, PhD – University of Maryland School of Medicine
Maternal, Perinatal and Pediatric Nutrition
Chair: Richard C. Baybutt, Professor – East Carolina University
Co-Chair: Silvia Stan, PhD – University of Nevada, Reno
Presenting Author: Abby Benninghoff, PhD – Utah State University
Presenting Author: Jimmy Crott, PhD – JM-USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
Presenting Author: Sumira Phatak, B.S. – Utah State University
Presenting Author: Dallas R. Donohoe, Ph.D. – UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, NUTRITION
Presenting Author: Chris Weston, MS – Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine
Presenting Author: Elvira Gonzalez de Mejia, PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presenting Author: Yiying Zhao, B.Eng – Purdue University
Presenting Author: Christian J. Konopka, BS – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Diet and Cancer
Chair: Helen Everts, PhD – Texas Woman's University
Co-Chair: Jessica Cooperstone, Ph.D. – The Ohio State University
Presenting Author: Caitlyn G. Edwards, B.S. – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presenting Author: Jelena Mustra Rakic, MS – JM-USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
Presenting Author: Yaqi Li, n/a – The Pennsylvania State University
Presenting Author: Bridget A. Hannon, MS – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presenting Author: Nancy E. Moran, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine
Presenting Author: Georg Lietz, PhD – Newcastle University
Presenting Author: Jonathan Cerna, BS – University of Iliinois Urbana-Champaign
Carotenoids and Retinoids (CARIG)
Moderator: Richard Mattes, PhD MPH RD – Purdue University
Speaker: Heiner Boeing, Professor – FENS at German Institute of Human Nutrition
Speaker: Cutberto Garza, MD, PhD – Cornell University
Speaker: Philip C. Calder, PhD – University of Southampton
Speaker: Gregory S. Shelness, PhD – NIH Center for Scientific Review
Career/Professional Development
Chair: Sai Krupa Das, PhD – Tufts University
Co-Chair: Amy Taetzsch, MS, RD – JM-USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
Presenting Author: Chaitra Surugihalli, MS – University of Maryland
Presenting Author: Jennifer L. LaBarre, MPH, RD – University of Michigan, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Presenting Author: Jaapna Dhillon, PhD – UC Merced
Presenting Author: Manuel Ramos, n/a – California Polytechnic State University
Presenting Author: Jess A. Gwin, PhD – US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Presenting Author: Sepideh Dibay Moghadam, PhD, MPH, RD – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Presenting Author: Yangbo Sun, PhD, MD – University of Iowa
Energy and Macronutrient Metabolism
Chair: Emily R. Smith, ScD, MPH – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Co-Chair: Parul Christian, PhD – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Speaker: Emily R. Smith, ScD, MPH – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Speaker: Josef Schmidhuber, PhD – Researcher
Speaker: Kirkby D. Tickell, MBBS, MPH – University of Washington
Speaker: Purvesh Khatri, PhD – Stanford University
Speaker: Michael Rosenblum, PhD – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Speaker: Laura Lamberti, PhD, MHS – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Speaker: Daniel E. Roth, MD, PhD – Hospital for Sick Children, Canada & University of Toronto, Canada
Speaker: Alain Labrique, PhD – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Global and Public Health Nutrition
Speaker: Samuel Klein, MD – Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
From Research to Practice
Speaker: Jaime Uribarri, MD – Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
From Research to Practice
Chair: Catherine Field, PhD, RD – University of Alberta
Speaker: Dan Knights, Ph.D. – University of Minnesota
Speaker: Peter James Turnbaugh, PhD – University of California, San Francisco
Moderator: David A. Sela, PhD – University of Massachusetts
Clinical and Translational Nutrition
Author: P.K. Newby, ScD, MPH, MS – The Nutrition Doctor Is In
Chair: Sai Krupa Das, PhD – Tufts University
Speaker: Christopher Morrison, PhD – Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Chair: Andrew Shao, PhD – Council for Responsible Nutrition
Co-Chair: Aouatef Bellamine, PhD – Lonza Inc.
Speaker: Christopher Papandreou, PhD – Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV)
Speaker: John Cashman, PhD – Human Biomolecular Research Institute (HBRI)
Satellite
Moderator: Lindsay Y. Datlow, MS, RD – Food Directions LLC
Speaker: Diane C. Mitchell, MS, RD – Pennsylvania State University
Speaker: Dilrukshi Thavarajah, PhD – Clemson University
Speaker: Kehley Pfrang, BS – Ardent Mills
Satellite
Moderator: Arne Astrup, MD, DMSc – University of Copenhagen
Speaker: Marian L. Neuhouser, PhD, RD – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Speaker: David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD – Boston Children's Hospital
From Research to Practice
Chair: Jessica G. Woo, PhD – Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center
Co-Chair: Erin C. Davis, B.S. – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presenting Author: Peng Ji, PhD – University of California Davis
Presenting Author: Lauren R. Brink, PhD – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences & Arkansas Children's Hospital
Presenting Author: Minghua Tang, PhD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
Presenting Author: Bethany M. Henrick, PhD – Evolve Biosystems INC
Presenting Author: Giorgio Casaburi, PhD – Evolve Biosystems
Presenting Author: Miriam Aguilar-Lopez, MSc – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presenting Author: Car Reen Kok, MS – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Maternal, Perinatal and Pediatric Nutrition
Chair: Naiman A. Khan, Ph.D., R.D. – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Co-Chair: Bridget A. Hannon, MS – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presenting Author: Charlotte L. Bahnfleth, B.S. – Cornell University
Presenting Author: Xueyan Fu, PhD – JM-USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
Presenting Author: Noah C. Peeri, MPH – University of North Texas Health Science Center
Presenting Author: Michael Fernandes de Almeida, M.S. – University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Presenting Author: Jason R. Anderson, M.A. – Kent State University
Presenting Author: Puja Agarwal, PhD – Rush University Medical Center
Presenting Author: Christina Ramirez, MS – Texas State University
Presenting Author: Hideaki Sato, M.S. – Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Aging and Chronic Disease
Nutrition Translation
Nutrient-Gene Interactions
Carotenoids and Retinoids (CARIG)
Chair: Susan Weiss, PhD – NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse
Speaker: Susan Weiss, PhD – NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse
Speaker: Daniele Piomelli, PhD MD – University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Speaker: Peter Pressman, MD, PhD – Polyscience Consulting
Speaker: Richard Mattes, PhD MPH RD – Purdue University
Speaker: Roger Clemens, DrPH – USC School of Pharmacy
Clinical and Translational Nutrition
Chair: Marilyn Cornelis, PhD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Co-Chair: Kevin W. Dodd, PhD – National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Prevention
Presenting Author: Sarah McNaughton, PhD – Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
Presenting Author: Yi Zhao, MSc – Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition
Presenting Author: Edwina Wambogo, PhD, MS, MPH, RD – NIH
Presenting Author: Daniela Hampel, PhD – UC Davis, USDA/ARS-WHNRC
Presenting Author: Zung V. Tran, PhD – MedAware Systems, Inc.
Presenting Author: Devin A. Bowes, PhD student – The Biodesign Institute Center for Environmental Health Engineering, Arizona State University
Presenting Author: Josh M. Colston, PhD – Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Presenting Author: Dimitra Karageorgou, PhD – Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University
Nutritional Epidemiology
Chair: Mduduzi N. Mbuya, PhD – Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Co-Chair: Sera L. Young, PhD – Northwestern University Department of Anthropology, Institute for Policy Research
Presenting Author: K. Ryan Wessells, PhD – University of California, Davis
Presenting Author: Nancy F. Krebs, MD, MS – University of Colorado School of Medicine
Presenting Author: Laura E. Caulfield, PhD – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg SPH
Presenting Author: Maxwell A. Barffour, PhD – University of California Davis
Presenting Author: Alida Melse-Boonstra, PhD – Wageningen University & Research
Presenting Author: Yaw Addo, PhD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Presenting Author: Julia E. Reedy, BS – Tufts University
Global Nutrition
Chair: Lamis Jomaa, PhD – American University of Beirut
Co-Chair: Heather A. Eicher-Miller, PhD – Purdue University Department of Nutrition Science
Presenting Author: Kristy L. Gray, BNutDiet, BBiomedRes(Hons), APD – University of South Australia
Presenting Author: Jess A. Gwin, PhD – US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Presenting Author: Annie W. Lin, PhD, RD – Northwestern University
Presenting Author: Oluyemisi F. Folasire, MSc – University of Ibadan Department of Human Nutrition,
Presenting Author: Safiya Beckford, M.S. – University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Presenting Author: Rachel A. Ryan, MA – New York University
Presenting Author: Janette Bedoyan, BS – University of Rhode Island
Presenting Author: Graham D. Salmun, M.S. – University of Texas at Austin
Nutrition Education and Behavioral Science
Obesity
Chair: Janos Zempleni, PhD – University of Nebraska Lincoln
Chair: Sharon A. Ross, PhD, MPH – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Speaker: Sharon A. Ross, PhD, MPH – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Speaker: Janos Zempleni, PhD – University of Nebraska Lincoln
Speaker: Chen-Yu Zhang, PhD, RD, MPH – Nanjing University
Speaker: Kendal D. Hirschi, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine
Speaker: John McCarthy, PhD – University of Kentucky, College of Medicine
Speaker: Robert L. Raffai, PhD – University of California, San Francisco
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/Metabolism
Speaker: Judy Blumenthal, PhD – Montgomery College
Career/Professional Development
Chair: Paul Coates, PhD – Office of Dietary Supplements, NIH
Speaker: Johanna Dwyer, DSc, RD – Tufts University
Speaker: Michael Jacobson, PhD – Center for Science in the Public Interest
Speaker: Dan R. Glickman, Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture – The Aspen Institute
Speaker: Jerold R. Mande, MPH – Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
Speaker: Jeremy P E Spencer, BSc, PhD – University of Reading
From Research to Practice
Chair: Bryan Gannon, PhD – Cornell University Division of Nutritional Sciences
Co-Chair: Caitlyn G. Edwards, B.S. – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presenting Author: Ning Wang, Dr read – Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Presenting Author: Shu Hang Kwan, BS, RD – The University of Alabama
Presenting Author: Ji Ye Lim, M.S. – Nutrition and Cancer Biology Lab in JM USDA-HNRCA at Tufts University
Presenting Author: Chelsee Holloway, PhD – Rutgers University
Presenting Author: Kaylea Flanagan, BA – University of Massachusetts Lowell
Presenting Author: Dingbo Lin, Ph.D – Oklahoma State University
Presenting Author: Jennifer L. Ford, BS – The Pennsylvania State University
Presenting Author: Sarah S. Comstock, PhD – Michigan State University
Carotenoids and Retinoids (CARIG)
Chair: Ratna Mukherjea, PhD – DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences
Co-Chair: Diana H. Taft, Ph.D. – University of California, Davis
Presenting Author: Caroline Y. Um, PhD, MPH, RD – American Cancer Society
Presenting Author: Abigail J. Johnson, Ph.D., RDN – University of Minnesota
Presenting Author: Tzu-Wen L. Cross, PhD, RD – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Presenting Author: Kathryn Racine, M.S. – Virginia Tech
Presenting Author: Minghua Tang, PhD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
Presenting Author: J. Philip Karl, PhD, RD – US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Presenting Author: Asmaa A. Ramadan Taha, Msc. – National resaerch center
Presenting Author: Chen Pei Chen, Taiwan (R.O.C.), National Taiwan University – Taiwan (R.O.C.), National Taiwan University
Nutritional Microbiology
Speaker: Judy Blumenthal, PhD – Montgomery College
Career/Professional Development
Speaker: Christopher J. Lynch, PhD – National Institutes of Health
Career/Professional Development
Chair: Keith P. West, DrPH – Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Chair: Janos Zempleni, PhD – University of Nebraska Lincoln
Speaker: Michael Fenech, PhD – Genome Health Foundation
Speaker: Sun Eun Lee, PhD – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Speaker: Alfred H. Merrill, Jr., PhD – Georgia Institute of Technology
Speaker: Ophir Klein, MD, PhD – University of California, San Francisco
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/Metabolism
Chair: Maria Koleilat, DrPH, MPH – California State University, Fullerton
Chair: Henna Muzaffar, PhD, RD – Northern Illinois University
Chair: John W. Finley, PhD – USDA Agricultural Research Service
Chair: Daniel J. Raiten, PhD – NICHD, National Institutes of Health
Speaker: Lindsay H. Allen, PhD – USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Speaker: Joanne L. Slavin, PhD, RDN – University of Minnesota
Speaker: Frank M. Mitloehner, PhD – University of California Davis
Speaker: Greg Thoma, PhD – University of Arkansas
Global and Public Health Nutrition
Chair: Jennifer A. Nasser, PhD RD – Drexel University
Co-Chair: Drew Sayer, PhD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
Presenting Author: Daniel Tomé, PhD – AgroParisTech-INRA
Presenting Author: Kathleen M. McClain, PhD, MS – National Cancer Institute
Presenting Author: Chris Pankey, Ph.D. – United States Department of Agriculture
Presenting Author: Eva C. Diaz Fuentes, MD – Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center Department of Pediatrics at UAMS
Presenting Author: Kelli A. Lytle, PhD RD – Mayo Clinic
Presenting Author: Jin-Seon Yook, MS – UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN
Presenting Author: Mikyoung You, PhD – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Obesity
Chair: Daniel Hoffman, PhD – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Co-Chair: Debbie Humphries, PhD, MPH – Yale School of Public Health
Presenting Author: Benjamin J. McCormick, DPhil – NIH Fogarty International Center
Presenting Author: Salima F. Taylor, BS – JM-USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
Presenting Author: Elizabeth Prado, PhD – University of California Davis
Presenting Author: Sarah E. Cusick, Ph.D. – University of Minnesota
Presenting Author: Nancy F. Krebs, MD, MS – University of Colorado School of Medicine
Presenting Author: Sheela S. Sinharoy, MPH, PhD – Emory University
Presenting Author: Jillian L. Waid, MSW, BA – Helen Keller International
Presenting Author: Derek Headey, PhD – International Food Policy Research Institute
Global Nutrition
Chair: Alan M. Diamond, PhD – University of Illinois at Chiacgo
Co-Chair: Marla Berry, Ph.D. – University of Hawaii
Presenting Author: Paul Copeland, PhD – Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Presenting Author: Xin Gen Lei, PhD – Cornell University
Presenting Author: Wen-Hsing Cheng, PhD – Mississippi State University
Presenting Author: Mostafa Elhodaky, MD – University of Illinois at Chicago
Presenting Author: Lenny K. Hong, MS – University of Illinois at Chiacgo
Presenting Author: Buyun Liu, PhD – University of Iowa
Vitamins and Minerals
Chair: Kevin Fritsche – University of Missouri, Columbia
Presenting Author: Bethany M. Henrick, PhD – Evolve Biosystems INC
Presenting Author: Ashley M. Toney, n/a – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Presenting Author: Lichchavi D. Rajasinghe, PhD – Michigan State University Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Presenting Author: Catherine J. Andersen, PhD, RD – Fairfield University
Presenting Author: Heather M. Guetterman, MS – Cornell University Division of Nutritional Sciences
Presenting Author: Ester Oh, MS – The Pennsylvania State University
Presenting Author: Di Wu, Master – University of Nebraska Lincoln
Presenting Author: Shaneice K. Nettleford, BSc – The Pennsylvania State University
Nutritional Immunology and Inflammation
Speaker: Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH – Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University
From Research to Practice
Speaker: Purna Kashyap, MBBS – Mayo Clinic
From Research to Practice
Chair: Nana Gletsu-Miller, PhD – Purdue University
Co-Chair: Nilupa S. Gunaratna, PhD – Purdue University
Presenting Author: Regan L. Bailey, PhD, MPH, RD – Purdue University
Presenting Author: Tanvir M. Huda, PhD – The University of Sydney
Presenting Author: Kristen M. Hurley, PhD – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Presenting Author: Maria Makrides, PhD – South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute & School of Medicine, The University of Adela
Presenting Author: Rola Hammoud, MSc – University of Toronto Department of Nutritional Sciences
Presenting Author: Emanuela Pannia, MSc – University of Toronto Department of Nutritional Sciences
Presenting Author: Anita Subramanian, MS – The Pennsylvania State University
Presenting Author: Nicholas Ralston, Ph.D. – University of North Dakota
Vitamins and Minerals
Career/Professional Development
Speaker: Cindy Davis, PhD – Office of Dietary Supplements
Speaker: Barbara C. Sorkin, Ph.D. – National Institutes of Health
Speaker: Nancy J. Emenaker, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND – National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Prevention
Speaker: Young S. Kim, PhD – National Cancer Institute
Speaker: Padma Maruvada, Ph.D – National Institute of Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Speaker: Giovanna Zappala, PhD, MPH – NIDCD, National Institutes of Health; National Institute on Aging
Speaker: Holly Nicastro, PhD, MPH – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Speaker: Alison G.M Brown, PhD, MS – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Speaker: Charlotte Pratt, PhD, MS, RD – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Career/Professional Development
Chair: Michael J. Gibney, MA MSc PhD – University College Dublin
Speaker: Johanna Dwyer, DSc, RD – Tufts University
Speaker: Jennifer Orlet Fisher, PhD/CCRP – Temple University
Speaker: Matthieu Maillot, PhD – MS-Nutrition
Speaker: Jose Saavedra, MD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Satellite
Speaker: Nancy E. Rawson, PhD – Monell Chemical Senses Center
Speaker: Robin M. Tucker, PhD, RD, FAND – Michigan State University
Speaker: Katherine Appleton, PhD – Bournemouth University
Speaker: Gary K. Beauchamp, PhD – Monell Chemical Senses Center
Satellite
Chair: Lynnette M. Neufeld, PhD – Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Co-Chair: Chessa Lutter, PhD – RTI International
Speaker: Lora Iannotti, PhD – Washington University in St. Louis
Speaker: Christine P. Stewart, MPH, PhD – Program in International and Community Nutrition, University of California, Davis
Speaker: Robyn G. Alders, PhD – Kyeema Foundation
Speaker: Derek Headey, PhD – International Food Policy Research Institute
Satellite
Chair: Rita S. Strakovsky, Ph.D., R.D. – Michigan State University Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Speaker: Dean P. Jones, PhD – Emory University
Speaker: J. Scott Angle, PhD – National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Speaker: Deirdra Chester, PhD, RDN – National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA
Speaker: Dionne F. Toombs, PhD – USDA
Career/Professional Development
Chair: John W. Finley, PhD – USDA Agricultural Research Service
Chair: Daniel J. Raiten, PhD – NICHD, National Institutes of Health
Chair: Joanna Hodges, PhD
Co-Chair: Shanil Juma, PhD – Texas Woman's University
Presenting Author: Prakash R. Kondekar, BSc(Hons)LLB ND AVR FRSH(London)Bowtech (UK) – Indian Institute of Naturopathy
Presenting Author: Ravinder K. Nagpal, PhD – Wake Forest School of Medicine
Presenting Author: Nicolaas E.P. Deutz, MD, PhD – Center for Translational Research in Aging and Longevity, Texas A&M University
Presenting Author: Joseph Roberts, MS – Emory University
Presenting Author: Jennifer L. Morrison, BS – The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Presenting Author: Anurag Singh, MD, PhD – Amazentis
Presenting Author: Hyojung Kim, MS – Florida International University
Aging and Chronic Disease
Chair: Kelsey Mangano, Ph.D., R.D. – University of Massachusetts Lowell
Co-Chair: Lisa Jahns, PhD, RD – USDA
Presenting Author: Alison G.M Brown, PhD, MS – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Presenting Author: Lisa Harnack, DrPH, RD – University of Minnesota school of public Health
Presenting Author: Mercedes Sotos Prieto, PhD – Ohio University
Presenting Author: Anne-Laure Tardy, PhD – SANOFI CONSUMER HEALTH CARE
Presenting Author: Aparna Ajjarapu, BA – NICHD, National Institutes of Health
Presenting Author: Daniel A. Antiporta, MPH, MSc – Johns Hopkins University
Presenting Author: Hannah J. Cory, MPH, RD – Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Presenting Author: Connor J. McDermott, BS – University of New Hampshire
Nutritional Epidemiology
Speaker: Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, PhD, RD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
From Research to Practice
Co-Chair: Pamela Starke-Reed – USDA Agricultural Research Service
Co-Chair: David M. Klurfeld, PhD – USDA Agricultural Research Service
Speaker: George A. Bray, MD – Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Award Lecture
Chair: Jef L. Leroy, PhD – International Food Policy Research Institute
Chair: Edward Frongillo – University of South Carolina
Speaker: Jef L. Leroy, PhD – International Food Policy Research Institute
Speaker: Rob Waterland, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine
Speaker: Maureen M. Black, PhD
Speaker: Susan Prescott, MD, PhD – University of Western Australia
Global and Public Health Nutrition
Chair: Henna Muzaffar, PhD, RD – Northern Illinois University
Co-Chair: Georgianna Tuuri, PhD, RD, LDN – Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
Presenting Author: Amy Webb Girard, PHD – Emory University
Presenting Author: Morgan L. Braden, BS (May, 2019) – Purdue University
Presenting Author: Amy R. Mobley, PhD, RD – University of Florida
Presenting Author: Ginnefer O. Cox, PhD, RD – University of Georgia
Presenting Author: Pamela Weisberg-Shapiro, N/A, PhD – Cornell University
Presenting Author: Anna Jones, Ph.D. – Center for nutrition in schools, University of California, Davis
Presenting Author: Sumati Bajaj, MA – International Food Policy Research Institute
Presenting Author: Leah E. Chapman, MPH – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nutrition Education and Behavioral Sciences
Chair: Namanjeet Ahluwalia, PhD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Co-Chair: Katelyn E. Senkus, MS – The University of Alabama
Presenting Author: Rachel Bleiweiss-Sande, MS – Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Presenting Author: Simon S. Sum, DCN, RDN, ACSM-CPT, FAND – Herbalife Nutrition
Presenting Author: Dorothy E. Mackerras, BSc, DipNutDiet, MPH, PhD – Food Standards Australia New Zealand
Presenting Author: Jiaqi Wang, MS – Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University
Presenting Author: Hong Xue, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University Dept of Health Behavior and Policy
Presenting Author: Jacqueline A. Vernarelli, PhD – Sacred Heart University
Presenting Author: Alexandra E. Cowan, B.S. – Purdue University
Presenting Author: Karen W. Andrews, BS – USDA Agricultural Research Service - Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center
Nutrition Translation
Diet and Cancer
Nutritional Epidemiology
Chair: Nick McCormick – DSM Nutritional Products
Co-Chair: Sahar Ajabshir, Ph.D. – Florida International University
Presenting Author: Guylaine Ferland, PhD – Universite de Montreal
Presenting Author: Kim V.E. Braun, PhD – Erasmus MC
Presenting Author: Ya-Hsuan Chang, Master – University of Arkansas
Presenting Author: Tibebeselassie S. Keflie, Ph.D.cand – Institute of Biological Chemistry and Nutrition (140)
Presenting Author: Amanda E. Bries, MS – Iowa State University
Presenting Author: Andrea J. Lobene, MS, RD – Purdue University
Presenting Author: Emily F. Bengson, MS – University of Minnesota
Presenting Author: Stephen R. Hennigar, PhD – Florida State University
Presenting Author: Shannon McClorry, MS – University of California Davis
Vitamins and Minerals
Chair: Yongsoon Park, Ph.D – Hanyang University
Co-Chair: Hea Jin Park, PhD – University of Georgia
Speaker: Yongsoon Park, Ph.D – Hanyang University
Speaker: Roger Fielding, PhD – JM-USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
Speaker: Young-Jin Jang, PhD – Korea Food Research Institute
Speaker: Marissa Burgermaster, MAEd, MS, PhD, MA – The University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences, Dell Medical School
From Research to Practice
Speaker: Judy Blumenthal, PhD – Montgomery College
Career/Professional Development
Speaker: Jackie Haven, MS, RD – USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Speaker: Eve Stoody, PhD – USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Speaker: Julie E. Obbagy, PhD, RD – USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Speaker: TusaRebecca Pannucci, PhD, MPH, RD – USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Career/Professional Development
Chair: David A. Sela, PhD – University of Massachusetts
Speaker: Hannah D. Holscher, Ph.D., R.D. – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chair: Rita S. Strakovsky, Ph.D., R.D. – Michigan State University Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Co-Chair: V. Saroja Voruganti, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Presenting Author: Mandana Amir Shaghaghi, University of Manitoba – University of Manitoba
Presenting Author: Ninna K. Senftleber, MSc – University of Copenhagen
Presenting Author: Riley L. Hughes, BA – University of California Davis
Presenting Author: Collin Popp, PhD, RD – NYU Langone Health
Presenting Author: Sachelly Julián-Serrano, MHSN – National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
Presenting Author: Fayth Miles, PhD – Loma Linda University
Presenting Author: Seo Yoon Choi, B.S. – Ewha Womans University
Presenting Author: Brian Piccolo, PhD – Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center Department of Pediatrics at UAMS
Nutrient-Gene Interactions
Chair: Elitsa A. Ananieva – Des Moines University
Co-Chair: Sarah S. Comstock, PhD – Michigan State University
Presenting Author: Munkyong Pae, Ph.D. – Chungbuk National University
Presenting Author: Allison Boss, BS – Michigan State University
Presenting Author: Bryant H. Keirns, B.S. – Oklahoma State University
Presenting Author: Sung Nim Han, PhD – Seoul National University
Presenting Author: Colby Teeman, MS – Florida International University
Presenting Author: Robert M. Johnson, BS – Auburn University
Presenting Author: Justina s. Owusu, M Phil – Florida International University
Nutritional Immunology and Inflammation
Chair: Ling Zhao, Ph.D. – University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Speaker: David B. Allison, Ph.D. – Indiana University
Speaker: Wenhua Ling – Sun Yat-sen University
Speaker: Jin-Rong Zhou – Harvard University
Speaker: Jianqin Sun, PhD – Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University
Speaker: Dingbo Lin, Ph.D – Oklahoma State University
Speaker: Han Ping Shi, Ph.D – Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University
Speaker: Shu Wang, MD, PhD – Texas Tech University
Speaker: P.K. Newby, ScD, MPH, MS – The Nutrition Doctor Is In
From Research to Practice
Chair: Andrew Prentice, PhD – MRC Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Speaker: Adam Drewnowski, PhD – University of Washington
Speaker: Jessica Campbell, PhD – General Mills Bell Institute of Health & Nutrition
Speaker: Petra Klassen-Wigger, PhD – Nestle Research Center
Speaker: Marianne O'Shea, PhD – PepsiCo Global Nutrition Sciences
Speaker: Julie C. Greene, MPH – Ahold Delhaize
Satellite
Chair: Andrea Hutchins, PhD, RD – University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Speaker: Lyndon Joseph, PhD – National Institute on Aging, NIH, DHHS
Chair: Diana Thomas, PhD – United States Military Academy
Speaker: Danielle Ostendorf, MS, ACSM-CEP, PhD – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Chair: Keith P. West, DrPH – Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Speaker: Keith P. West, DrPH – Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Speaker: Peter Van Dael, PhD, MBA – DSM
Speaker: Maret G. Traber, PhD – Oregon State University
Speaker: Anitra Carr, PhD – University of Otago, Christchurch
Satellite
Chair: Sharon M. Donovan, PhD
Satellite
Speaker: Bernadette Moore, PhD – University of Leeds
Speaker: Philip C. Calder, PhD – University of Southampton
Speaker: Bruce Griffin, PhD RNutr – University of Surrey
Chair: Richard C. Baybutt, Professor – East Carolina University
Co-Chair: Dingbo Lin, Ph.D – Oklahoma State University
Presenting Author: Jihye Lee, MS – University of Maryland
Presenting Author: Marjorie Anne A. Layosa, RND – Texas A&M University
Presenting Author: Madeline Sheeley, Bachelor of Science – Purdue University
Presenting Author: Annie W. Lin, PhD, RD – Northwestern University
Presenting Author: Wanshui Yang, PhD – Anhui Medical University
Diet and Cancer
Chair: Emily Radlowski, PhD, RD – Dominican University
Co-Chair: Erin Glynn, PhD – Beach Body
Presenting Author: Sung Eun Choi, PhD, RD – Queens College, The City University of New York
Presenting Author: Bohdan Luhovyy, PhD – Mount Saint Vincent University
Presenting Author: Kaylie N. Schneider, MS – USDA Agricultural Research Service
Presenting Author: Rukshan Mehta, HBSc, MSW – Emory University
Presenting Author: Sung Hyen Lee, Doctorate – National Institute of Agricultural Sciences
Presenting Author: Garyk Brixi, High School – Winston Churchill High School
Presenting Author: Philip Raine, TREES Program High school intern – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Presenting Author: Tiantian Lin, Graduate Student – Virginia Tech
Nutrition Translation
Chair: Andrew C. Liu, PhD – University of Florida College of Medicine
Chair: Marie van der Merwe, PhD – University of Memphis
Speaker: Joseph Bass, MD PhD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Speaker: Roman V. Kondratov, PhD – Cleveland State University
Speaker: Amandine Chaix, PhD – Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Speaker: Courtney M. Peterson, PhD, MSc, MA, MASt – University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/Metabolism
Chair: Helena Pachon, PhD, MPH – Food Fortification Initiative
Speaker: Saskia Osendarp, PhD – Micronutrient Forum
Speaker: Dipika Matthias, MBA – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Speaker: Howarth Bouis, PhD – HarvestPlus
Speaker: Gerald C. Nelson, PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Moderator: Helena Pachon, PhD, MPH – Food Fortification Initiative
Global and Public Health Nutrition
Chair: Carolyn Gunther, PhD – The Ohio State University
Co-Chair: Angela Trude, PhD – University of Maryland School of Medicine
Presenting Author: David D. Kim, PhD – Tufts Medical Center
Presenting Author: Jodi D. Stookey, PhD – CHORI
Presenting Author: Stephen Onufrak, PhD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Presenting Author: Flavia M. Sarti, PhD – University of Sao Paulo
Presenting Author: Leah E. Chapman, MPH – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Presenting Author: Patricia A. Sharpe, PhD, MPH – University of South Carolina
Presenting Author: Kimberly N. Doughty, MPH, PhD – Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center
Presenting Author: Suela Sulo, PhD – Abbott Nutrition
Community and Public Health Nutrition
Chair: Shivani Sahni, PhD – Marcus institute for Aging research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Harvard Medical School
Co-Chair: Sameera Talegawkar, PhD – The George Washington University
Presenting Author: Victoria Miller, PhD – Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Presenting Author: Molla M. Wassie, MSc in Nutrition – The University of Adelaide
Presenting Author: Jaya Khushalani, PhD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Presenting Author: Alexandra Purdue-Smithe, PhD – NICHD, National Institutes of Health
Presenting Author: Pi-i D. Lin, ScD – Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
Presenting Author: Xinyuan Zhang, BS – The Pennsylvania State University Department of Nutritional Sciences
Presenting Author: Xiaoran Liu, Ph.D. – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Nutritional Epidemiology
Chair: Bahram H. Arjmandi, PhD, RD – Florida State University
Co-Chair: Connie W. Bales, PhD, RD – Duke University School of Medicine
Presenting Author: Cydne A. Perry, PhD – South Dakota State University
Presenting Author: Emily Arentson-Lantz, PhD – University of Texas Medical Branch
Presenting Author: Emily Riddle, Ph.D. – SUNY-Oneonta
Presenting Author: Kathryn N. Porter Starr, PhD, RD – Duke University School of Medicine
Presenting Author: Sabrina Noel, PhD, RD – University of Massachusetts Lowell
Presenting Author: Bahram H. Arjmandi, PhD, RD – Florida State University
Presenting Author: Zhaomin Liu, PhD – Sun Yat-sen University (North Campus), Guangzhou
Presenting Author: Shivani Sahni, PhD – Marcus institute for Aging research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Harvard Medical School
Aging and Chronic Disease
Chair: David S. Seres, MD, ScM, PNS, FASPEN – Columbia University
Speaker: Shue Huang, PhD – The Pennsylvania State University
Speaker: Yi-Hsuan Liu, MS, RD – The Pennsylvania State University
Speaker: Sharon V. Thompson, MS, RD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Speaker: Jin-Seon Yook, MS – UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN
Speaker: Xuhuiqun Zhang, Ph.D. candidate – Illinois Institute of Technology
Speaker: Judy Blumenthal, PhD – Montgomery College
Career/Professional Development
Chair: Zhenhua Liu, PhD – University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Co-Chair: Yangbo Sun, PhD, MD – University of Iowa
Presenting Author: Aditi Das, Ph.D. – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Presenting Author: Chen Du, MS, RDN – Texas Woman's University
Presenting Author: Zahra Ezzat-Zadeh, N/A, PhD, RDN – UCLA
Presenting Author: Sepideh Alasvand, M.S. – Clemson University
Presenting Author: Miguel Rebollo-Hernanz, PhD – Institute of Food Science Research, CIAL (UAM-CSIC)
Presenting Author: Lixia He, PhD – Harvard Medical School
Presenting Author: Elizabeth T. Brandley, MS – American University
Dietary Bioactive Components
Chair: Anna Jones, Ph.D. – Center for nutrition in schools, University of California, Davis
Co-Chair: Rachel E. Scherr, PhD – University of California Davis
Presenting Author: Rhonda C. Bell, PhD – University of Alberta
Presenting Author: Yolitzin C Hernandez, B.A. – Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro
Presenting Author: Fiona M. Asigbee, PhD, MPH – The University of Texas at austin
Presenting Author: Abigail Gilman, PhD – Drexel University
Presenting Author: Kwadernica Rhea, B.S. – Louisiana State University
Presenting Author: Amy Schachtner-Appel, MS, RD – University of Maryland
Presenting Author: Linda Fergus, MS RD LDN – Louisiana State University
Presenting Author: Amelia A. Miramonti, MA / MSc – University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Nutrition Education and Behavioral Sciences
Speaker: Mario G. Ferruzzi, PhD – North Carolina State University
Award Lecture
Speaker: Judy Blumenthal, PhD – Montgomery College
Career/Professional Development
Speaker: Teresa A. Davis, Ph.D. – USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine
Speaker: Christopher P. Duggan, MD, MPH – Boston Children's Hospital
Speaker: Katherine L. Tucker, Ph.D. – University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Career/Professional Development
Chair: Shilpa Bhupathiraju, PhD – Harvard School of Public Health
Co-Chair: Shivani Sahni, PhD – Marcus institute for Aging research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Harvard Medical School
Speaker: Marilyn Cornelis, PhD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Presenting Author: Wei Perng, PhD, MPH – Colorado School of Public Health, Anschutz Medical Center
Presenting Author: Jessica J. Johnson, MS – University of Alaska Fairbanks
Presenting Author: Gene L. Bowman, ND, MPH – Marcus Institute for Aging Research / Harvard Medical School
Presenting Author: Maura E. Walker, Ph.D. – Boston University
Chair: Edward Frongillo – University of South Carolina
Career/Professional Development
Chair: Claire E. Berryman, PhD, RD – Florida State University
Co-Chair: Xiaoran Liu, Ph.D. – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Presenting Author: Judy Kim, BS – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Presenting Author: Chuck T. Chen, PhD – NIAAA
Presenting Author: Sarah Berry, PhD – King's College London
Presenting Author: Jessica Cooperstone, Ph.D. – The Ohio State University
Presenting Author: Nazanin Abbaspour, MS – San Diego State University
Presenting Author: Shue Huang, PhD – The Pennsylvania State University
Presenting Author: Ding Ding, Ph.D – University of Calgary
Energy and Macronutrient Metabolism
Chair: John W. Finley, PhD – USDA Agricultural Research Service
Chair: Daniel J. Raiten, PhD – NICHD, National Institutes of Health
Presenting Author: Naglaa H. El-Abbadi, PhD – Friedman School Of Nutrition Science And Policy At Tufts University
Presenting Author: Amelia Willits-Smith, MS – Tulane University
Presenting Author: Julie M. Hess, PhD – National Dairy Council
Presenting Author: Lauren E. Pavone, BS – University of Maryland, College Park
Presenting Author: Keagan Ringling, BS – University of Minnesota Department of Food Science and Nutrition
Presenting Author: Carlos Andres Gallegos, MAAPD – Washington University in St. Louis; & Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Presenting Author: Diego Rose, PhD, MPH – Tulane University
Climate/Environment, Health and Improved Nutrition
Chair: Aryeh D. Stein, Ph.D, MPH – Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University
Co-Chair: Daniel Hoffman, PhD – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Presenting Author: Dimitra Karageorgou, PhD – Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University
Presenting Author: Flavia M. Sarti, PhD – University of Sao Paulo
Presenting Author: Ilana R. Cliffer, MPH – Tufts University
Presenting Author: Yan Bai, PhD Candidate – Friedman School of Nutrition, Tufts University
Presenting Author: Shivani Kachwaha, N/A, Masters in Development Studies – International Food Policy Research Institute
Presenting Author: Sigrun Henjum, PhD – Oslo Metropolitan University and UC Davis
Presenting Author: Stephen R. Kodish, PhD – Pennsylvania State University
Presenting Author: Djeinam Toure, PhD – Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Global Nutrition
Community and Public Health Nutrition
Chair: Kathryn N. Porter Starr, PhD, RD – Duke University School of Medicine
Co-Chair: Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa, MD, PhD – Northeastern University
Presenting Author: Karen J. Murphy, PhD MDiet APD – University of South Australia
Presenting Author: Samantha C. Gallo, MS, RD, CDN, CDE – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Presenting Author: Adelle M. Gadowski, B Sci (Food Tech Nutr), BSci (Hons), M Hum Nutr – Monash University
Presenting Author: Sheau C. Chai, PhD, RD – University of Delaware
Presenting Author: Marissa Burgermaster, MAEd, MS, PhD, MA – The University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences, Dell Medical School
Presenting Author: Lua J. Wilkinson, PhD, RD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
Presenting Author: Nicholas A. Koemel, B.S. – Oklahoma State University
Presenting Author: Lauren E. O'Connor, PhD – National Cancer Institute
Aging and Chronic Disease
Speaker: Bo Lonnerdal, PhD – University of California Davis
Award Lecture
Speaker: Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD – HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Speaker: Katrina L. Piercy, PhD, RD – HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Career/Professional Development
Career/Professional Development
Chair: Jeffrey Zachwieja, PhD – PepsiCo
Speaker: Hannah D. Holscher, Ph.D., R.D. – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Speaker: Arne Astrup, MD, DMSc – University of Copenhagen
Speaker: Joanne L. Slavin, PhD, RDN – University of Minnesota
Satellite
Chair: Jing Zhou, PhD – Ingredion Incorporated
Co-Chair: Wayne W. Campbell, PhD – Purdue University
Speaker: Wayne W. Campbell, PhD – Purdue University
Speaker: Christopher Marinangeli, PhD, RD – Pulse Canada
Speaker: Mia Zapata, RD, MBA – Danone Research
Satellite
Speaker: Susan T. Mayne, PhD – U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Career/Professional Development
Speaker: Namanjeet Ahluwalia, PhD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Career/Professional Development
Chair: David McCarron – University of California, Davis
Co-Chair: Roschelle Heuberger, PhD, RD – Central Michigan University
Presenting Author: Benedicta N. Nnodum, MD, MHS – Berkshire Medical Center
Presenting Author: Denease Francis, MD – Stony Brook Children's Hospital
Presenting Author: Alex K. Anderson, PhD, MPH, CPH – Dept. of Foods and Nutrition, University of Georgia
Presenting Author: Julie A. Kennel, PhD RDN LD – The Ohio State University
Presenting Author: Sean Logie, Ph.D. – Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital
Presenting Author: Alicia Sneij Perez, MS – Florida International University
Medical Nutrition
Chair: Drew Sayer, PhD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
Presenting Author: Nikoleta Stamataki, MSc – University of Manchester
Presenting Author: Kevin C. Maki, PhD – Midwest Biomedical Research/Center for Metabolic and Cardiovascular Health
Presenting Author: Claire Cheng, Undergraduate Student – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presenting Author: Sai Krupa Das, PhD – Tufts University
Presenting Author: Kelsey Gabel, MD, RD – University of Illinois at Chicago
Presenting Author: Tahar Hajri, PhD – Hackensack University Medical Center
Presenting Author: Melissa E. Lipsmeyer, PhD – Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Obesity
Chair: Maya Maroto, EdD, MPH, RD – FDA, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
Speaker: Claudine Kavanaugh, PhD, MPH, RD – FDA
Career/Professional Development
Chair: Richard C. Baybutt, Professor – East Carolina University
Chair: Ann Yaktine, PhD – The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Speaker: Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH – Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health
Speaker: Virginia A. Stallings, MD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
Speaker: Nancy Cook, DSc – Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Speaker: Barbara O. Schneeman, PhD – University of California Davis
Clinical and Translational Nutrition
Chair: Regan L. Bailey, PhD, MPH, RD – Purdue University
Chair: Keith P. West, DrPH – Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Speaker: Berthold Koletzko, MD, PhD – Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital
Speaker: Kerry J. Schulze, PhD – Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Speaker: Aryeh D. Stein, Ph.D, MPH – Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University
Speaker: Christina Roberto, PhD – University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Global and Public Health Nutrition
Chair: Cindy Davis, PhD – Office of Dietary Supplements
Co-Chair: Celeste Alexander, BS – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presenting Author: Marie van der Merwe, PhD – University of Memphis
Presenting Author: Wayne Young, PhD – AgResearch
Presenting Author: Saman Faramarzi, ND – Microbiome Labs
Presenting Author: Susan Westfall, PhD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Presenting Author: Gloria I. Solano-Aguilar, DVM, PhD – USDA Agricultural Research Service
Presenting Author: Mathew J. Buchman, BS – Ohio University
Presenting Author: Sharon V. Thompson, MS, RD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presenting Author: Edward C. Deehan, BSc, RD – University of Alberta
Nutritional Microbiology
Chair: Xian Wu, Ph.D. – Tufts University
Co-Chair: Yanhui Han, Ph.D candidate – University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Presenting Author: Natalie E. VandenAkker, M.S. – University of Maine
Presenting Author: Allison L. Unger, B.S. – The University of Vermont
Presenting Author: Jieping Yang, PhD – University of California Los Angeles
Presenting Author: Katelyn E. Senkus, MS – The University of Alabama
Presenting Author: Yanhui Han, Ph.D candidate – University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Presenting Author: Tho X. Pham, Ph.D. – University of Connecticut
Presenting Author: Weimin Guo, PhD – JM-USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
Presenting Author: Mi-Bo Kim, Ph.D. – University of Connecticut
Dietary Bioactive Components
Chair: Mandana Arabi, MD, PhD – Save the Children
Co-Chair: Heewon L. Gray, PhD, RDN – University of South Florida College of Public Health
Presenting Author: Michael J. Dibley, MPH – The University of Sydney
Presenting Author: Reina Engle-Stone, PhD – UC Davis Department of Nutrition
Presenting Author: Rukundo K. Benedict, PhD – DHS Program, ICF
Presenting Author: Daniel Tomé, PhD – AgroParisTech
Presenting Author: Matti Marklund, PhD – The George Institute for Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney
Presenting Author: Sajid B. Soofi, FCPS – Aga Khan University
Presenting Author: Erica Sedlander, DrPH (c), MPH – The George Washington University
Presenting Author: Samuel L. Balka, BA (expected 2020) – Northwestern University
Community and Public Health Nutrition
Global Nutrition
Chair: Samer W. El-Kadi, PhD – Virginia Tech
Co-Chair: Sheila Jacobi, PhD – The Ohio State University
Presenting Author: Susan M. Smith, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Presenting Author: Gabriella Hernandez, Graduate Student – California Polytechnic State University
Presenting Author: Victoria Smith, Graduate Student – California Polytechnic State University
Presenting Author: Sze Ting (Cecilia) Kwan, PhD, RD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Presenting Author: Christianto Putra, MS – University of Massachusetts Lowell
Presenting Author: Marko Rudar, Ph.D. – USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine
Presenting Author: Megan Beggs, RD – University of Alberta
Presenting Author: Sonal Sukreet, MS – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Experimental Animal Nutrition
Chair: Marcia Greenblum, MS, RDN – National Agricultural Library
Speaker: Wendy Shaw, MBA, RD – National Agricultural Library
Speaker: Naomi Fukagawa, M.D., Ph.D. – USDA Agricultural Research Service - Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center
Speaker: Megan Kocher, MLIS – University of Minnesota Libraries
Career/Professional Development
Chair: Kevin Fritsche – University of Missouri, Columbia
Chair: Jay J. Cao, Ph.D. – USDA Agricultural Research Service - Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center
Speaker: Allison Yates, PhD
Chair: Samer W. El-Kadi, PhD – Virginia Tech
Speaker: Stephen A. Watts, PhD – University of Alabama Birmingham
Chair: Beth H. Olson – University of Wisconsin
Chair: Hannah D. Holscher, Ph.D., R.D. – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Moderator: Barbara Lyle, PhD – Private Consultant
Speaker: Fabiana Moura, PhD – Food and Drug Administration
Speaker: David M. Klurfeld, PhD – USDA Agricultural Research Service
Speaker: Joanne L. Slavin, PhD, RDN – University of Minnesota
Speaker: Christine Pelkman, PhD – University of Pennsylvania
Clinical and Translational Nutrition
Career/Professional Development
Chair: Edward Frongillo – University of South Carolina
Speaker: Marie T. Ruel, Sr., PhD
Award Lecture
Chair: Michael K. Georgieff, MD – University of Minnesota
Speaker: Maureen M. Black, PhD – University of Maryland and RTI International
Speaker: Marie Ferguson, MSPH – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Speaker: Michael K. Georgieff, MD – University of Minnesota
Satellite
Chair: James O. Hill, PhD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
Speaker: Evan Forman, PhD – Drexel University
Speaker: Deborah Tate, PhD – University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
Speaker: Ann Caldwell, PhD – University of Colorado Anschutz Health and Wellness Center
Speaker: B. Tim Walsh, MD – Columbia University New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center
Clinical and Translational Nutrition
Chair: Usha Ramakrishnan, PhD – Emory University
Chair: Lynnette M. Neufeld, PhD – Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Speaker: Andrew L. Thorne-Lyman, ScD MHS – Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Speaker: Purnima Menon, PhD – International Food Policy Research Institute
Speaker: Saskia Osendarp, PhD – Micronutrient Forum
Speaker: Lynnette M. Neufeld, PhD – Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Global and Public Health Nutrition
Chair: John W. Apolzan, MS, PhD – Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Co-Chair: Jess A. Gwin, PhD – US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Presenting Author: William O. Jonsson, M.Sc. – Rutgers University
Presenting Author: Bret M. Rust, PhD – USDA Agricultural Research Service
Presenting Author: Noëmie Daniel, PhD Student – Laval University, Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods, Heart and Lung Institute
Presenting Author: Md Abu Bakkar Siddik, MS – Texas Tech University
Presenting Author: Sanghee Park, Ph.D – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Presenting Author: Juliane Calvez, PhD – AgroParisTech-INRA
Presenting Author: Utpal K. Prodhan, M.Sc – Liggins Institute, University of Auckland
Presenting Author: Martin Root, PhD – Appalachian State University
Presenting Author: Claire Gaudichon, Professor – AgroParisTech-INRA
Energy and Macronutrient Metabolism
Chair: Eileen Kennedy, DSc – Tufts University
Co-Chair: Sarah Ohlhorst, MS, RD – American Society for Nutrition
Presenting Author: Mengxi Du, MS, MPH, RD – Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University
Presenting Author: Yujin Lee, PhD – Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University
Presenting Author: Anna H. Grummon, MSPH – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Speaker: Parke E. Wilde, PhD – Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University
Speaker: Adam Koon, PhD – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Policy
Global Nutrition
Chair: Minghua Tang, PhD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
Co-Chair: Allison Yates, PhD
Presenting Author: Jisun So, M.S. – JM USDA-HNRCA at Tufts University
Presenting Author: Xuhuiqun Zhang, Ph.D. candidate – Illinois Institute of Technology
Presenting Author: Chanaka N. Kahathuduwa, MBBS MPhil PhD – Texas Tech University
Presenting Author: Sanique South, MS – Texas Woman's University
Presenting Author: Alyssa Tindall, BS, RDN – Penn State University
Presenting Author: David C. Nieman, DrPH – Appalachian State University
Presenting Author: Kristi M. Crowe-White, PhD, RD – The University of Alabama
Dietary Bioactive Components
Chair: Bridget E. Young, PhD – University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Co-Chair: Miranda G. Loutet, MSc – Hospital for Sick Children
Presenting Author: Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon, PhD, JD, MPH – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health, Behavior and Society
Presenting Author: Scott B. Ickes, PhD – Wheaton College
Presenting Author: Justine A. Kavle, PhD, MPH – Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) / PATH
Presenting Author: Alex K. Anderson, PhD, MPH, CPH – Dept. of Foods and Nutrition, University of Georgia
Presenting Author: Li Huang, PHD – Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Presenting Author: Allison I. Daniel, MSc – The Hospital for Sick Children
Presenting Author: Samantha M. Enstad, MD – Boston Children's Hospital
Presenting Author: Dominick J. Lemas, PhD – University of Florida
Maternal, Perinatal and Pediatric Nutrition
Chair: Rita S. Strakovsky, Ph.D., R.D. – Michigan State University Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Co-Chair: V. Saroja Voruganti, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Presenting Author: Tim Spector, MBBS MD MSC FRCP FRSB FMEDSC – King's College London
Presenting Author: Ghada A. Soliman, MD, PhD, RD – City University of New York, School of Public Health
Presenting Author: Fred K. Tabung, PhD, MSPH – THe Ohio State University College of Medicine
Presenting Author: Jennifer M. Kelly, MS, RD – JM USDA-HNRCA at Tufts University
Presenting Author: Reiko Ichikawa, Ph.D. – JM-USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
Presenting Author: R. Whitney Leet, MS, RD – Emory University
Presenting Author: Caroline Le Roy, PhD – King's College London
Presenting Author: Chao-Qiang Lai, Ph.D. – USDA Agricultural Research Service
Nutrient-Gene Interactions
Speaker: Jason Riis, PhD – Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Speaker: Brandon McFadden, PhD – University of Delaware
Career/Professional Development
Moderator: Catherine Field, PhD, RD – University of Alberta
Speaker: Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH – Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University
Speaker: John Courtney, PhD – American Society for Nutrition
Speaker: David Kessler, MD – Former Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Speaker: Joon Yun, MD, CFA – Palo Alto Investors
Speaker: Joanne F. Guthrie, PhD, MPH – Economic Research Service, USDA
Career/Professional Development
Speaker: Gregory S. Shelness, PhD – NIH Center for Scientific Review
Career/Professional Development
Chair: David M. Klurfeld, PhD – USDA Agricultural Research Service
Speaker: Michael J. Gibney, MA MSc PhD – University College Dublin
Speaker: Kevin D. Hall, PhD – NIDDK/NIH
Clinical and Translational Nutrition
Chair: Krystle Zuniga, PhD, RD – Texas State University
Co-Chair: Andrea Hutchins, PhD, RD – University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Presenting Author: Emily A. Hu, MHS – Johns Hopkins University
Presenting Author: Lauren N. Woodie, BS – Auburn University
Presenting Author: Natalia Palacios, Sc.D. – University of Massachussets
Presenting Author: Andrew Scholey, PhD – Swinburne University
Presenting Author: Corinne N. Cannavale, B.S. – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presenting Author: Samuel Scott, PhD – International Food Policy Research Institute
Presenting Author: Naiman A. Khan, Ph.D., R.D. – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Aging and Chronic Disease
Nutrition Translation
Chair: Shilpa Bhupathiraju, PhD – Harvard School of Public Health
Co-Chair: Casey M. Rebholz, PhD, MS, MPH, MNSP – Johns Hopkins University
Presenting Author: M Kyla Shea, PhD – Tufts University Human Nutrition Research Center of Aging
Presenting Author: Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH – Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University
Presenting Author: Yuni Choi, B.S. – University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Presenting Author: Caleigh M. Sawicki, M.S., M.P.H. – JM USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
Presenting Author: Clara Gómez-Donoso, PharmD – University of Navarra, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Pamplona, Spain
Presenting Author: Hyunju Kim, MPH – Johns Hopkins University
Presenting Author: Yi-Hsuan Liu, MS, RD – The Pennsylvania State University
Presenting Author: Teresa Fung, ScD, RD – Simmons University
Aging and Chronic Disease
Nutritional Epidemiology
Chair: Yu Zhang – ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
Co-Chair: Huanbiao Mo, PhD – Georgia State University
Presenting Author: Peiran Lu, Master – Oklahoma State University
Presenting Author: Renalison Farias-Pereira, Ph.D. Candidate – University of Massachusetts Amherst
Presenting Author: Priyankar Dey, PhD – The Ohio State University
Presenting Author: Julio B. Daleprane, Ph.D. – Rio de Janeiro State University
Presenting Author: Danyue Zhao, Ph.D. – Rutgers University
Presenting Author: Dennis Cladis, MS – Purdue University
Presenting Author: Sonal Sukreet, MS – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Presenting Author: Hongliang Xue, Doctor – School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University
Dietary Bioactive Components
Chair: Jean M. Kerver, PhD, MSc, RD – Michigan State University
Co-Chair: Rita S. Strakovsky, Ph.D., R.D. – Michigan State University Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Presenting Author: Kartik Shankar, Ph.D. – Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center Department of Pediatrics at UAMS
Presenting Author: Karen Lindsay, PhD, RDN – University of California Irvine
Presenting Author: Katherine Delaney, BS – Cornell University
Presenting Author: Rola Hammoud, MSc – University of Toronto Department of Nutritional Sciences
Presenting Author: Ling-Wei Chen, PhD – School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin
Presenting Author: Mariel Arvizu, MD, ScD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Presenting Author: Samrawit F. Yisahak, PhD – NICHD, National Institutes of Health
Maternal, Perinatal and Pediatric Nutrition
Chair: Zhaoping Li, MD, PhD – University of California Los Angeles
Presenting Author: Ellen C. Francis, M.S. – NICHD, National Institutes of Health
Presenting Author: Rachel R. Deer, PhD – University of Texas Medical Branch
Presenting Author: Maryam Kazemi, PhD, MSc, RD – Cornell University
Presenting Author: Guylaine Ferland, PhD – Universite de Montreal
Presenting Author: Jennifer Fleming, MS, RDN, LDN – Penn State University
Presenting Author: Alicia Sneij Perez, MS – Florida International University
Presenting Author: Kathryn N. Porter Starr, PhD, RD – Duke University School of Medicine
Presenting Author: Jessica A. Alvarez, PhD, RD – Emory University School of Medicine
Medical Nutrition