2025 Robert Suskind and Leslie Lewinter-Suskind Pediatric Nutrition Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture: The Lifetime Journey of Nutrition: From the First 1000 Days, the Low Birth Weight, the HIV Exposed Child and Beyond - Lessons From Tanzania and Student Awards

Chair(s)

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  Robert Suskind, MD

  Dean Emeritus
  California University of Science and Medicine

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

Speaker(s)

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  Karim Manji, MBBS, MMED, MPH (he/him/his)

  Professor Emeritus
  Department of Pediatrics and Child Health
  Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
  Dar-es-Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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

Moderator(s)

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  Christopher Duggan, MD, MPH (he/him/his)

  Editor in Chief, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
  Boston Children’s Hospital
  Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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

Presenting Author(s)

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  Summer Messer, BS Nutrition

  Doctoral Student/ GRA
  University of Texas
  Austin, Texas, United States

  Disclosure(s): Beef Checkoff: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)
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  Jennifer Onuora, MSc

  PhD Candidate
  The Hospital for Sick Children, Centre for Global Child Health; University of Toronto
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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

The Robert Suskind and Leslie Lewinter-Suskind Pediatric Nutrition Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to a clinician or investigator who has made a significant lifetime contribution to the field of pediatric nutrition, particularly to the role of childhood nutrition in health and disease. The recipient’s impact will have been global, resulting in scientifically verified improvements in children’s health and/or innovative successful treatments for conditions such as childhood malnutrition or obesity. This award is endowed by Robert Suskind and his wife, Leslie Lewinter-Suskind. Additionally, the 2025 Robert Suskind and Leslie Lewinter-Suskind Pediatric Nutrition Student Award recipients will present about their research during this session.

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM – 2:05 PM ET

  Welcome and Introductions - 2025 Robert Suskind and Leslie Lewinter-Suskind Pediatric Nutrition Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture and Student Awards
  

  Chair: Robert Suskind, MD – California University of Science and Medicine
• 2:05 PM – 2:45 PM ET

  2025 Robert Suskind and Leslie Lewinter-Suskind Pediatric Nutrition Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture: The Lifetime Journey of Nutrition: From the First 1000 Days, the Low Birth Weight, the HIV Exposed Child and Beyond - Lessons From Tanzania
  

  Speaker: Karim P. Manji, MBBS, MMED, MPH (he/him/his) – Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM ET

  Panel Discussion / Questions and Answers - 2025 Robert Suskind and Leslie Lewinter-Suskind Pediatric Nutrition Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture: The Lifetime Journey of Nutrition: From the First 1000 Days, the Low Birth Weight, the HIV Exposed Child and Beyond - Lessons From Tanzania
  

  Chair: Robert Suskind, MD – California University of Science and Medicine

  Moderator: Christopher P. Duggan, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Boston Children’s Hospital

  Speaker: Karim P. Manji, MBBS, MMED, MPH (he/him/his) – Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET

  Effects of Early Neonatal Administration of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum ATCC 202195 on the Fecal Microbiota of Infants in Dhaka, Bangladesh
  

  Presenting Author: Jennifer C. Onuora, MSc – The Hospital for Sick Children, Centre for Global Child Health; University of Toronto

  Co-Author: Anna Neustaeter – Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children

  Co-Author: Huma Qamar, MSc – The Hospital for Sick Children

  Co-Author: Lisa G. Pell, Dr, PhD – The Hospital for Sick Children

  Co-Author: Antonio Gonzalez – University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

  Co-Author: Daniel McDonald, PhD – UC San Diego

  Co-Author: Aline C. Freitas – Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children

  Co-Author: Daniela S. Perry – University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

  Co-Author: Davidson Hamer, MD – Boston University

  Co-Author: Diego G. Bassani, Dr, PhD – The Hospital for Sick Children

  Co-Author: Eleanor Pullenayegum – Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children

  Co-Author: Mohammad S. Islam – Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF)

  Co-Author: Phillip M. Sherman – University of Toronto, Department of Pediatrics; University of Toronto, Department of Nutritional Sciences; The Hospital for Sick Children, Cell and Systems Biology Program

  Co-Author: Prakesh S. Shah – University of Toronto, Department of Pediatrics; Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Pediatrics

  Co-Author: Rashidul Haque – International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (icddr,b)

  Co-Author: Samir K. Saha – Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF)

  Co-Author: Shafiqul A. Sarker – Nutrition Research Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, (icddr,b)

  Co-Author: Shamima Sultana – Nutrition Research Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, (icddr,b)

  Co-Author: Shaun K. Morris – The Hospital for Sick Children, Centre for Global Child Health; The Hospital for Sick Children, Child Health Evaluative Sciences; University of Toronto, Department of Pediatrics

  Co-Author: Rob Knight – University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

  Co-Author: Daniel E. Roth, Dr, PhD, MD – The Hospital for Sick Children
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM ET

  Breast Milk Saturated Fatty Acids Are Directly Influenced by Dietary Intake: A Test of Beef Versus Coconut Oil-Based Substitute Beef
  

  Presenting Author: Summer Messer, BS Nutrition – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Tom Brenna, PhD Analytical Chemistry – University of Texas Dell Medical School

  Co-Author: Marissa Burgermaster, PhD (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas at Austin

  Co-Author: Erin A. Hudson – The University of Texas at Austin

  Co-Author: Kevin Li – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Hi Kyu Park, PhD Microbiology – University of Texas Dell Medical School

  Co-Author: Madalyn Rosenthal, BS – The University of Texas at Austin