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Career and Professional Development
Session Type: Award Competition

Young Investigators Underrepresented in Nutrition Research Award Competition and Networking Event

Saturday, June 29, 2024
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM CT
Location: W183

Organized by ASN's IDEA Committee and Supported by dsm-firmenich

    Finalist(s)

  • Alan Espinosa, MS

    PhD Candidate in Nutritional Epidemiology
    Harvard University
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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

  • Keren Herrán, BS

    Doctoral Candidate
    University of South Carolina
    Round Rock, Texas, United States

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

  • Tori Holthaus, BS, RD (she/her/hers)

    PhD Candidate
    Division of Nutritional Sciences
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Urbana, Illinois, United States

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

  • Gopal Lamichhane, 97829

    Graduate Research Assistant
    Oklahoma State University
    Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States

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

  • LN

    Leigh Neptune, MS, RDN (she/her/hers)

    Graduate Research Assistant
    University of Maine
    Orono, Maine, United States

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

  • Kazi Sarjana Safain, MS (she/her/hers)

    Ph.D. Student
    Department of Animal Sciences
    North Dakota State University
    Fargo, North Dakota, United States

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

  • Kazi Sarjana Safain, MS (she/her/hers)

    Ph.D. Student
    Department of Animal Sciences
    North Dakota State University
    Fargo, North Dakota, United States

    Disclosure(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:

  • Alan Espinosa, MS, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
    Long-Term Weight and BMI Changes From Artificially Sweetened Beverages: Three Large Prospective Cohort Studies Coupled With a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  • Keren Herrán, BS, University of South Carolina
    Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Breastfeeding Promotion on Child Growth
  • Tori A. Holthaus, BS, RD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Study Protocol for the MIND Pilot Intervention: Measuring the Effects of Diet on Cognition and Metabolic Health
  • Gopal Lamichhane, Oklahoma State University
    Liver-Specific Deletion of Cannabinoid 1 Receptor Mitigates Diet-Induced Obesity-Related Hyperinsulinemia and NAFLD in Mice
  • Leigh Neptune, MS, RDN, University of Maine
    Food Insecurity Worsens on College Campuses Following the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Kazi Sarjana Safain, MS, North Dakota State University
    One-Carbon Metabolite Supplementation Influences Fetal Liver Metabolites and Metabolic Pathways in a Diet-Dependent Manner During Early Pregnancy in Heifers