Poster Theater Flash Sessions

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Poster Theater Flash Sessions

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Saturday, May 31, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET
Pregnancy and Child Obesity (Poster Theater Flash Session 1)
Chair: Ana Palacios, MD, PhD – Georgia Southern University
Co-Chair: Swati S. Zaveri, PhD (she/her/hers) – Emory University School of Medicine
Presenting Author: Rana Chehab, PhD, MPH, RD (she/her/hers) – Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Presenting Author: Truc T.K Le, BS – University at Buffalo
Presenting Author: Hannah Petry, BS – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Presenting Author: Brian D. Piccolo, PhD – Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center
Presenting Author: Nadia Markie Sneed, PhD, APRN – Vanderbilt University

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET
Infant to Elder: Microbes Across the Lifespan (Poster Theater Flash Session 2)
Chair: Tzu-Wen L. Cross, PhD (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
Co-Chair: Andrew P. McLeod, Sr., MS, RD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Illinois Chicago
Presenting Author: Chang He (she/her/hers) – Fudan University
Presenting Author: Soyeon Hong, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (she/her/hers) – Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
Presenting Author: Femi Olawale, PhD – Oklahoma State University
Presenting Author: Madison E. Walsh, MS Thesis (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia
Presenting Author: Shiyi Xie, PhD Student (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University

Sunday, June 1, 2025
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM ET
Experimental Animal Nutrition (Poster Theater Flash Session 3)
Chair: Michael Pellizzon, PhD – Research Diets, Inc.
Co-Chair: Marie van der Merwe, PhD – University of Memphis
Presenting Author: Mariola Grez-Capdeville, PhD – Indiana University Indianapolis
Presenting Author: Jia Nuo Feng, BSc – University of Toronto
Presenting Author: Connor D.C Buchanan, MSc – University of Guelph
Presenting Author: Jaeeun Lee, Doctrate – University of Connecticut
Presenting Author: Anna Organski, BS – Purdue University

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
Bioactives in Inflammation, Intestinal Health, Glucose and Bone Metabolism (Poster Theater Flash Session 4)
Chair: Shirin Hooshmand, PhD, RD – San Diego State University
Co-Chair: Neda S. Akhavan, PhD, RD – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Presenting Author: Olugbenga T. Balogun, Doctor of philosophy (he/him/his) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Presenting Author: Jin-Ran Chen, Phd – Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center / University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Presenting Author: Lidan Gao, M.S. (she/her/hers) – University of Connecticut
Presenting Author: Junnan Gu, PhD – Ocean Spray Cranberries
Presenting Author: Kevin C. Maki, PhD – Midwest Biomedical Research
Presenting Author: Desiree Wanders, PhD (she/her/hers) – Georgia State University
Presenting Author: Stephanie MG Wilson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M IHA; USDA ARS WHNRC; Montana State University

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
Novel Methodological Approaches to Address Social Drivers of Nutrition & Health (Poster Theater Flash Session 5)
Chair: Irene Hatsu, PhD, RD – The Ohio State University
Co-Chair: Harriet Eyram Okronipa, PhD – Oklahoma State University
Presenting Author: Emma Alitz, MPH – Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.
Presenting Author: Richard Black, PhD – WISEcode
Presenting Author: Xiran Chen, MSc – Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut
Presenting Author: Nour Hammad, MSc, RDN – Harvard University
Presenting Author: Guanlan Hu, PhD – Columbia University
Presenting Author: Chloe P. Lozano, PhD, MHlthProm, GradDip Dietetics (she/her/hers) – University of Hawaii Cancer Center
Presenting Author: So-Yun Yi, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET
Nutrition During Early Life: Findings From Conception and Early Life (Poster Theater Flash Session 6)
Chair: Sylvia H. Ley, PhD, RD (she/her/hers) – Tulane University
Co-Chair: Priscilla K. Clayton, PhD (she/her/hers) – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Presenting Author: Hussain Chharawalla, B.S. – University of California, Davis
Presenting Author: Alison D. Gernand, PhD, MPH, RD (she/her/hers) – The Pennsylvania State University
Presenting Author: Demowoz Haile, PhD – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington
Presenting Author: Caroline Rivera, B.S. (she/her/hers) – Duke University
Presenting Author: Selin Sergin, BS (she/her/hers) – Emory University

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
Global Nutrition (Poster Theater Flash Session 7)
Chair: Debbie Humphries, PhD, MPH – Yale School of Public Health
Co-Chair: Nandita Perumal, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of South Carolina
Presenting Author: Reina Engle-Stone, PhD – University of California, Davis
Presenting Author: Jef L L. Leroy, PhD – International Food Policy Research Institute
Presenting Author: Mercy E. Sosanya, PhD – University at Buffalo
Presenting Author: Dongqing Wang, PhD, MPH (he/him/his) – George Mason University

Monday, June 2, 2025
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM ET
Dietary and Metabolic Influences on Aging and Neurodegeneration (Poster Theater Flash Session 8)
Chair: Samitinjaya Dhakal, PhD (he/him/his) – South Dakota State University
Co-Chair: Raedeh Basiri, PhD/Registered Dietitian (she/her/hers) – George Mason University
Presenting Author: Puja Agarwal, PhD – Rush University Medical Center
Presenting Author: Cole Patoine, MS, RD – Florida State University
Presenting Author: Ashti Morovati, Phd – Texas Tech University
Presenting Author: Laura M. West, MPH (she/her/hers) – Loma Linda University School of Public Health
Presenting Author: Yu Zhang, MBBS (he/him/his) – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
The Role of Diet in Supporting Bone and Muscle Health in Older Adults (Poster Theater Flash Session 9)
Chair: Emily J. Arentson-Lantz, PhD – University of Texas Medical Branch
Co-Chair: Samara Joy Smith, PhD, MDiv – PepsiCo
Presenting Author: Minchae Chloe Kang, BS (she/her/hers) – Center for Translational Research in Aging & Longevity, Texas A&M University
Presenting Author: Yongsoon Park, PhD (she/her/hers) – Hanyang University
Presenting Author: Takuya Shibasaki, Master's (he/him/his) – Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.
Presenting Author: Nikkie van der Wielen, PhD – Wageningen University
Presenting Author: Yueying Yao, PhD candidate (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
Type 2 Diabetes Prevention and Management: An Update on Emerging Findings (Poster Theater Flash Session 10)
Chair: Alexis C. Wood, PhD, FAHA (she/her/hers) – Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine
Co-Chair: Astrid N. Zamora, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine
Presenting Author: Oladimeji J. Akinlawon, PhD – U.S. Department of Agriculture
Presenting Author: Mélanie Guirette, PhD, RD – The Angiogenesis Foundation
Presenting Author: Chao-Qiang Lai, Ph.D. – USDA Agricultural Research Service, Nutrition and Genomics, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center
Presenting Author: Synneva Hagen-Lillevik, PhD, MS, RD (she/her/hers) – University of Denver
Presenting Author: Maria P. Santos, MS – Tulane University

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET
Maternal and Child Nutrition: Effects, Interventions, and Global Perspectives (Poster Theater Flash Session 11)
Chair: Rana Chehab, PhD, MPH, RD (she/her/hers) – Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Co-Chair: Nadia Markie Sneed, PhD, APRN – Vanderbilt University
Presenting Author: Ruth Nana Adwowa Aidoo, MBChB – University of Cape Coast Hospital, Ministry of Health Ghana
Presenting Author: Suzanna L. Attia, MD, MScPH – University of Kentucky
Presenting Author: Lwin Mar Hlaing, PhD (Nutrition) (she/her/hers) – Victory Hub (For The People)
Presenting Author: Yunhee Kang, PhD – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Presenting Author: Abdullah Nurus Salam Khan, PhD (he/him/his) – South Carolina Department of Public Health
Presenting Author: Tianli Wang (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
Emerging Insights in Clinical Nutrition: Assessment Tools, Personalized Approaches, and Metabolic Health (Poster Theater Flash Session 12)
Chair: Raedeh Basiri, PhD/Registered Dietitian (she/her/hers) – George Mason University
Co-Chair: Matthew J. Landry, PhD, RDN, DipACLM (he/him/his) – University of California, Irvine
Presenting Author: David A. Alvarado, PhD – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Presenting Author: Ana Gálvez-Alemán – Iberoamericana University
Presenting Author: Haeley A. Peters, BA, BS (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Presenting Author: Monica Ramakrishnan, PhD (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
Presenting Author: Chien Hsien Wu, Physician – Taipei Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare