Diversity in Nutrition Oral Competition for Early Career Investigators

Finalist(s)

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  Samuel Attu, MPHIL, BSc

  Senior Graduate Assistant
  University of Arkansas
  Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Nour Hammad, MSc, RDN

  PhD candidate
  Harvard University
  Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Karla Guzman (she/her/hers)

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

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Julia Montenegro, MSc (she/her/hers)

  PhD candidate
  University of Alberta
  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Femi Olawale, PhD

  Graduate research assistant
  Oklahoma State University
  stillwater, Oklahoma, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Tinsae Shemelise Tesfaye, MPH

  PhD student
  Deakin University
  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

Organized by ASN's Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) Committee, 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:

• Samuel Attu, MPHIL, BS, University of Arkansas
  Protein and/or Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation Reduces Inflammation and Improves Lipid Profiles in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial
• Karla Guzman, University of California, Davis
  Nutrition Supplement Use Among Lactating Mothers in the MOM2CHild Cohort
• Nour Hammad, MS, RDN, Harvard University
  Weight Bias Internalization, Weight Controllability Beliefs, and Probable Eating Disorder Associations Among Medical Students at a Private University
• Julia Montenegro, University of Alberta
  A Powdered Meal Replacement Improves Lipid Profiles, Body Composition, and Resting Energy Expenditure in People With Excess Body Weight
• Femi Olawale, PhD, Oklahoma State University
  Resistant Starch Supplementation Enhances Gut Barrier Integrity in Estrogen Deficient Mice by Modulating the Gut Microbiota
• Tinsae Shemelise Tesfaye, MPH, Deakin University
  Longitudinal Association Between Trajectories of Macronutrient Intake and Body Mass Index Among Young Australian Children