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Clinical and Translational Nutrition
Session Type: Special Event

Meet the Investigator and Winner of the 2025 ASNF-NNF Flemming Quaade Award for Innovative Approaches in Childhood Obesity: Twenty-One Rejections Roused Rigor – My Discoveries in Childhood Obesity

Sunday, June 1, 2025
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM ET
Location:S330 E-H

Sponsored by the ASN Foundation and Novo Nordisk Foundation
Digital Pass Session

    Chair(s)

  • PC

    Paul Coates, PhD

    Past President
    American Society for Nutrition
    Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

    • Speaker(s)

  • Andrew Agbaje, MD, MPH, PhD, FACC, FESC, FAHA, FNYAM

    Associate Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Child Health
    University of Eastern Finland
    Kuopio, Pohjois-Savo, Finland

    Disclosure(s): Novo Nordisk Foundation: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

    • Moderator(s)

  • David Allison, PhD

    Dean & Distinguished Professor
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
    Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington
    Bloomington, Indiana, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

    • Speaker(s)

  • Arne Astrup, MD, DMSc (he/him/his)

    Professor / Senior Vice President - Obesity and Nutrition Sciences
    Healthy Weight Center
    Novo Nordisk Foundation
    Hellerup, Hovedstaden, Denmark

    Disclosure information not submitted.

Presentations:

  • 8:30 AM - 8:03 AM ET
    Welcome and Introductions from the ASN Foundation - Meet the Investigator and Winner of the 2025 ASNF-NNF Flemming Quaade Award for Innovative Approaches in Childhood Obesity: Twenty-One Rejections Roused Rigor – My Discoveries in Childhood Obesity

    Chair: Paul M. Coates, PhD – American Society for Nutrition

  • 8:33 AM - 8:35 AM ET
    Video Premiere - Nutrition Matters: Celebrating Discovery and Innovation, an Initiative of the ASN Foundation and the Novo Nordisk Foundation

    Chair: Paul M. Coates, PhD – American Society for Nutrition

  • 8:35 AM - 8:40 AM ET
    Welcome and Introduction to the Novo Nordisk Foundation

    Speaker: Arne Vernon Astrup, MD, DMSc (he/him/his) – Novo Nordisk Foundation

  • 8:40 AM - 9:10 AM ET
    Meet the Investigator and Winner of the 2025 ASNF-NNF Flemming Quaade Award for Innovative Approaches in Childhood Obesity: Twenty-One Rejections Roused Rigor – My Discoveries in Childhood Obesity

    Speaker: Andrew Agbaje, MD, MPH, PhD, FACC, FESC, FAHA, FNYAM – University of Eastern Finland

  • 8:40 AM - 9:10 AM ET
    Meet the Investigator and Winner of the of the 2025 ASNF-NNF Flemming Quaade Award for Innovative Approaches in Childhood Obesity Award Lecture: Twenty-One Rejections Roused Rigor - My Discoveries in Childhood Obesity

    Speaker: Andrew Agbaje, MD, MPH, PhD, FACC, FESC, FAHA, FNYAM – University of Eastern Finland

  • 9:10 AM - 9:25 AM ET
    Celebrating Discovery: A Conversation with the Inaugural ASNF-NNF Flemming Quaade Award Winner and Audience Questions and Answers

    Moderator: David B. Allison, PhD – Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington

    Speaker: Andrew Agbaje, MD, MPH, PhD, FACC, FESC, FAHA, FNYAM – University of Eastern Finland

    Speaker: Arne Vernon Astrup, MD, DMSc (he/him/his) – Novo Nordisk Foundation

  • 9:25 AM - 9:30 AM ET
    Closing Remarks - Meet the Investigator and Winner of the 2025 ASNF-NNF Flemming Quaade Award for Innovative Approaches in Childhood Obesity: Twenty-One Rejections Roused Rigor – My Discoveries in Childhood Obesity

    Speaker: Arne Vernon Astrup, MD, DMSc (he/him/his) – Novo Nordisk Foundation