Full Schedule

In addition to the presentations listed below, NUTRITION 2024 will feature poster presentations across 30 topical areas. Click 'Abstract Presentations' on the left to learn more about the poster presentations.

Full Schedule

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Tuesday, July 2, 2024
6:30 AM – 7:30 AM CT
Sunrise Bootcamp (pre-registration required)

6:30 AM – 7:30 AM CT
Sunrise Yoga (pre-registration required)

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CT
NUTRITION 2024 Coffee with the ASN Leadership

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT
Late Breaking/Rapid Science Oral Session
Chair: Krista A. Zanetti, PhD, MPH, RDN (she/her/hers) – Office of Nutrition Research, National Institutes of Health
Presenting Author: Rand T. Akasheh, PhD. – The Ohio State University
Presenting Author: Aditi Apte, Dr – KEM Hospital Research Centre,Pune
Presenting Author: Emily Knight, MS, RDN – Auburn University
Presenting Author: Alexandra L. MacMillan Uribe, PhD, RDN (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture
Presenting Author: Sant-Rayn Pasricha, MBBS, PhD, MPH (he/him/his) – Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Presenting Author: Kim Prendergast, RDN, MPP – Community Care Cooperative
Presenting Author: Jacqueline Schmok, BS – Purdue University

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT
Behavioral Interventions in Obesity: What's New? (Oral 31)
Chair: Nana A. Gletsu-Miller, PhD (she/her/hers) – Indiana University
Co-Chair: Drew Sayer, PhD (he/him/his) – The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Presenting Author: Harsharn Gill, BVSc, PhD – RMIT University, School of Science
Presenting Author: Tsz Kiu Chui, MS, RDN – The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Presenting Author: Jennifer L. Oslund, MS – Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
Presenting Author: Ana M. Palacios, MD, PhD – Georgia Southern University
Presenting Author: Ruobin Wei, MPH, RD (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts General Hospital
Presenting Author: Emily N. Yeo, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado Boulder

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT
Nutritional Neuroscience: Nutritional Effects on Cognition and Disease Severity Across the Lifespan (Oral 32)
Chair: Naiman A. Khan, PhD, RD – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Co-Chair: Tori A. Holthaus, BS, RD (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Presenting Author: Reto Asmis, PhD (he/him/his) – Wake Forest School of Medicine
Presenting Author: Ajla Bristina, BS (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Presenting Author: Sheau Ching Chai, PhD, RD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
Presenting Author: Fan Chen, MS, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Massachusetts Lowell
Presenting Author: Hui Chen, PhD Candidate (he/him/his) – School of Public Health, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Presenting Author: Tonya S. Orchard, PhD, RD – The Ohio State University

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT
The Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Research Center: 30 Years of Advancing Nutrition Science Research for Maternal and Child Health
Chair: Mario G. Ferruzzi, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Chair: Cindy Davis, PhD – ARS, USDA
Speaker: Aline Andres, PhD, RD (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Speaker: Elisabet Borsheim, Ph.D – Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Speaker: Reza Hakkak, PhD – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Speaker: Laxmi Yeruva, PhD (she/her/hers) – Microbiome and Metabolism Research Unit, USDA-ARS
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/MetabolismClinical and Translational Nutrition

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT
Best Practices for Using Data from Cross-Sectional Surveillance Studies Including NHANES
Co-Chair: Deirdre K. Tobias, ScD (she/her/hers) – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Co-Chair: Zhiping Yu, PhD, RD, LDN – University of North Florida
Speaker: Namanjeet Ahluwalia – NCHS, CDC
Speaker: Teresa T. Fung, ScD, RD – Simmons University
Speaker: Marian L. Neuhouser, PhD, RD (she/her/hers) – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Career and Professional Development

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT
Emerging Innovations in Anemia Epidemiology, Measurement, and Interventions
Chair: Parminder Suchdev, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Emory University
Chair: Leila M. Larson, PhD – University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health
Speaker: Amat Bah, PhD (he/him/his) – Gambian National Nutrition Agency [NaNA]
Speaker: Michael Bode, PhD (he/him/his) – Queensland University of Technology
Speaker: Maria Nieves Garcia-Casal, PhD, RDN – World Health Organization
Speaker: Leila M. Larson, PhD – University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health
Speaker: Sant-Rayn Pasricha, MBBS, PhD, MPH (he/him/his) – Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Global and Public Health NutritionPopulation Science

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CT
Nutritional Immunology and Inflammation (Poster Theater Flash Session 21)
Chair: Mary C. Andreae, PhD, RD, LDN (she/her/hers) – East Tennessee State University
Co-Chair: Megumi Hashida, PhD, RD (she/her/hers) – Baylor College of Medicine
Presenting Author: Bharath Kumar Mulakala, PhD – USDA-ARS, SEA; MMRU/ACNC/Texas A&M
Presenting Author: Michael I. McBurney, PhD, FASN, FCNS-SCN (he/him/his) – Fatty Acid Research Institute
Presenting Author: Sangshan Tian, MS (she/her/hers) – The Pennsylvania State University
Presenting Author: Lotta Toivio, MSc – University of Helsinki
Presenting Author: Elaine A. Yu, PhD – Vitalant Research Institute

8:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
Abstract Presentations - Oral Sessions and Poster Theater Flash Sessions

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CT
Update from the NASEM Food and Nutrition Board
Chair: Ann Yaktine, PhD, MS, RD – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Speaker: Sibylle Kranz, PhD RD (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia
Speaker: Amy Luke, PhD (she/her/hers) – Loyola University of Chicago
Speaker: Virginia Stallings, MD (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Speaker: Jen Stephenson, MSPH (she/her/hers) – Food and Nutrition Board, National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Speaker: Janet A. Tooze, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Global and Public Health NutritionPopulation Science

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
President's Oral Session: Abstracts of Distinction (Oral 33)
Chair: Kevin Schalinske, PhD – Iowa State University
Presenting Author: Biniyam Tesfaye Banjaw, N/A, Student – University of California, Davis
Presenting Author: Anne-Julie Tessier, RD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Presenting Author: Daniela D. Weber, Dr. (she/her/hers) – Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg
Presenting Author: Jingcheng Zhao, PhD – The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Presenting Author: Fang Zhou – Arizona State University

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
Energy and Macronutrient Metabolism (Oral 34)
Chair: Jess A. Gwin, PhD (she/her/hers) – Military Nutrition Division, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Co-Chair: Minghua Tang, PhD – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Co-Chair: Hannah Kittrell, MS, RD, CDN (she/her/hers) – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Presenting Author: Mary Ahern, MS, RDN – University of Arizona
Presenting Author: Michael A. Dawson, PhD, RD, CSSD, LD – US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Presenting Author: Emily Hanselman, MS, RDN – Rutgers University
Presenting Author: Emma J. Grindstaff, B.S., B.A. (she/her/hers) – National Institutes of Health
Presenting Author: Anna Javins, B.S. (she/her/hers) – Texas Tech University
Presenting Author: Chloe Liu – Massachusetts General Hospital
Presenting Author: Harry A. Smith – University of Bath

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
Food-based Programs and Interventions: Lessons Learned From Produce Rx to Federal Food Programs (Oral 35)
Chair: Rana Chehab, PhD, MPH, RD (she/her/hers) – Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research
Co-Chair: Heather Schier, PhD (she/her/hers) – Appalachian State University
Presenting Author: Samantha Cheng, BHSc Honours – McMaster University
Presenting Author: Michael P. Burke, PhD, MPH (he/him/his) – USDA Food & Nutrition Service
Presenting Author: Jennifer Falbe, ScD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of California, Davis
Presenting Author: Cheryl A. Gibson, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center
Presenting Author: Cindy W. Leung, ScD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Presenting Author: Anna M. Localio, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
Presenting Author: Lu Wang – Tufts University

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
Nutrient-Gene Interactions/Precision Nutrition (Oral 36)
Chair: Brian J. Bennett, PhD – USDA-ARS and UC Davis
Co-Chair: Cameron J. Cardona, B.S. (he/him/his) – Oklahoma State University
Presenting Author: Afrina Brishti, PhD (she/her/hers) – Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center
Presenting Author: Dawson Budke, BS (he/him/his) – University of California, Davis
Presenting Author: Juhui Jin, MS – The Pennsylvania State University
Presenting Author: Dragan Milenkovic, PhD (he/him/his) – University of California, Davis
Presenting Author: Evgeny Pokushalov – Triangel Scientific
Presenting Author: Daisy Ugalde, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Presenting Author: Kaixiong Ye, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
Sugar, Beverage, and Disease Risk (Oral 37)
Chair: Marilyn C. Cornelis, PhD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Co-Chair: Lisa C. Merrill, MS, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Massachusetts Lowell
Presenting Author: Kelly C. Cara, PhD (she/her/hers) – American Cancer Society
Presenting Author: Catherine C. Cohen, PhD, RDN (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Presenting Author: Alan Espinosa, MS – Harvard University
Presenting Author: Brendan J. Kesler, MHA, MS – University of Aberdeen (The Rowett Institute)
Presenting Author: Yongyi Pan, MS, MPH (she/her/hers) – Tufts University
Presenting Author: Allison C. Sylvetsky, PhD – The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health
Presenting Author: Longgang Zhao, PhD (he/him/his) – Yale School of Nursing

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
Growth and Development (Oral 38)
Chair: Shalean M. Collins, PhD, MPH, RD – Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Co-Chair: Davrina Rianda, MD, M.Nutr (she/her/hers) – Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology, University of California, Davis
Presenting Author: Emily R. Blair, BS (she/her/hers) – University of California, San Francisco
Presenting Author: Alison L. Steiber, PhD, RDN (she/her/hers) – Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Presenting Author: Phuong Thi Nguyen, PhD Student (she/her/hers) – Thai Nguyen University of Pharmacy and Medicine
Presenting Author: Cassandra Sauer, BS – University of British Columbia
Presenting Author: Amanda L. Thompson, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Presenting Author: Lan Tran, PhD Candidate – Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
Dietary Associations with Gut Microbial Community and Metabolic Changes (Poster Theater Flash Session 22)
Chair: Tatiana Diacova, PhD, RD (she/her/hers) – University of California, Davis
Co-Chair: Mary E. Kable, PhD – USDA-ARS, Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Presenting Author: Jessica P. Danh, MS, RD, LD – Georgia State University
Presenting Author: Apekshya Chhetri, B.Sc/M.Sc. (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
Presenting Author: Fahrul Nurkolis, B.Sc.,AMRSB – State Islamic University of Sunan Kalijaga (UIN Sunan Kalijaga), Department of Biological Sciences
Presenting Author: Abrory Agus Cahya Pramana, B.Sc., M.Sc. – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Presenting Author: Lucille Ray, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Chicago
Presenting Author: Terrence M. Riley, PhD, RD (he/him/his) – Pennington Biomedical Research Center