Bioactives for Brain and Cardiometabolic Health (Oral Session 23)

Chair(s)

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  Rafaela Feresin, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor
  Nutrition
  Georgia State University
  Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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

Co-Chair(s)

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  Mandana Pahlavani, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Texas Woman's University
  Denton, Texas, United States

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

Presenting Author(s)

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  Warda Elamad, BS

  Ph.D Student
  Georgia State University
  Atlanta, Georgia, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Qi Jia, PhD (he/him/his)

  Chief Science Officer
  Unigen, Inc.
  Tacoma, Washington, United States

  Disclosure(s): Unigen Inc.: Executive Role (e.g. Board of Directors) (Ongoing)
• IM

  Imani Muhammad, B.S.

  Graduate Student
  University of California, Davis
  Fairfield, California, United States

  Disclosure information not submitted.
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  Rami Najjar, PhD

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Georgia State University
  Atlanta, Georgia, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Harper Sutton, MS

  Graduate Research Assistant
  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  Champaign, Illinois, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Fenglei Wang, PhD (he/him/his)

  Research Associate
  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Haihan Zeng, MS, MPH

  Graduate Student
  Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University
  Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States

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

NUTRITION 2025 oral sessions feature the presentation of multiple abstracts organized around a common theme and highlight outstanding research representing the abstract topical areas. Complete abstract text for each abstract which will be presented at NUTRITION 2025 will be available on May 30, 2025.

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM – 10:12 AM ET

  A Randomized, Triple-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial Investigating a Corn Leaf Extract (UP165) on Sleep Quality in Healthy Adults With Sleep Difficulties
  

  Presenting Author: Qi Jia, PhD (he/him/his) – Unigen, Inc.

  Co-Author: Marc Moulin, PhD – KGK Science Inc.

  Co-Author: Katarina M. Doma – KGK Science Inc

  Co-Author: Abdelrahman Zamzam – KGK Science Inc.

  Co-Author: David C. Crowley, MD – KGK Science Inc

  Co-Author: Najla Guthrie, President/CEO – KGK Science Inc.

  Co-Author: Erin D. Lewis, PhD – KGK Science Inc.
• 10:12 AM – 10:24 AM ET

  Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Concentrations Are Reduced in the Cerebral Cortex of Mice When Fed an Alpha-Tocopherol Deficient Diet
  

  Presenting Author: Harper L. Sutton, MS – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Megumi Seese, PhD, RD (she/her/hers) – Baylor College of Medicine

  Co-Author: Wenxi Yang, Ph.D. – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Keith R. Cadwallader, Ph.D. – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: John W. Erdman, Jr., PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 10:24 AM – 10:36 AM ET

  BDNF Homeostasis Upon Consumption of a High Fat Meal: Modulation by Anthocyanins
  

  Presenting Author: Imani Muhammad, B.S. – University of California, Davis

  Co-Author: Eleonora Cremonini – University of California Davis

  Co-Author: Cesar Fraga – Universidad de Buenos Aires

  Co-Author: Patricia Oteiza, Ph.D. – University of California, Davis
• 10:36 AM – 10:48 AM ET

  Effects of Blueberry Supplementation on Markers of Cognitive Function and Behavior in UM-HET3 Mice Fed a High-Fat, High-Sucrose, High-Salt Diet
  

  Presenting Author: Warda Elamad, BS – Georgia State University

  Co-Author: Sheryl M. Varghese – Georgia State University

  Co-Author: Jessica P. Danh, MS, RD, LD (she/her/hers) – Georgia State University

  Co-Author: Angela M. Mabb, PhD – Georgia State University

  Co-Author: Desiree Wanders, PhD (she/her/hers) – Georgia State University

  Co-Author: Rafaela G. Feresin, PhD (she/her/hers) – Georgia State University
• 10:48 AM – 11:00 AM ET

  Multi-layered Investigation of Dietary Phytosterol Intake in Relation to Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
  

  Presenting Author: Fenglei Wang, PhD (he/him/his) – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Anne-Julie Tessier, RD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Andrea J. Glenn – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Marta Guasch-Ferré – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Qi Sun, PhD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Frank B. Hu, MD, MPH, PhD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• 11:00 AM – 11:12 AM ET

  Effects of EPA/DHA on Atherosclerosis, Immune Cells, and Inflammation in Female Mice: 12/15-Lipoxygenase-Dependent and -Independent Mechanisms
  

  Presenting Author: Haihan Zeng, MS, MPH – Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University

  Co-Author: Pilar Alcaide – Tufts University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Sheldon Rowan, PhD – Tufts University

  Co-Author: Stefania Lamon-Fava, MD, PhD – Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
• 11:12 AM – 11:24 AM ET

  A Plant-Based Diet Reversed Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction (CMD) via Both Endothelial-Dependent and Endothelial-Independent Mechanisms
  

  Presenting Author: Rami S. Najjar, PhD – Georgia State University

  Co-Author: Puja K. Mehta, M.D – Emory University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Andrew T. Gewirtz, PhD – Georgia State University