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Session Type: Oral Session

Global Nutrition (Oral Session 1)

Saturday, May 31, 2025
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
Location:S220 E-G

    Chair(s)

  • Daniel Hoffman, PhD

    Professor
    Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers
    Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
    New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

    • Co-Chair(s)

  • Nicole Cunningham, MSc (she/her/hers)

    PhD Candidate
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
    Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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

    • Presenting Author(s)

  • Elina Dawoodani, M.S.

    Ph.D. Candidate
    Purdue University
    West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

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

  • Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Ph.D. (he/him/his)

    Head of Department of Nutrition and Food Science
    Department of Nutrition and Food Science
    University of Ghana
    Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana

    Disclosure information not submitted.

  • LH

    Leila Harrison, MPH

    PhD Student
    Emory University
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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

  • Lora Iannotti, PhD (she/her/hers)

    Professor
    Washington University in St. Louis
    St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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

  • Leila Larson, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
    University of South Carolina
    Columbia, South Carolina, 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
    Encapsulated Ferrous Fumarate Double Fortified Salt Improves Iron Status and Reduces Iron Deficiency Anemia in Women of Reproductive Age in Madhya Pradesh, India

    Presenting Author: Elina Dawoodani, M.S. – Purdue University

    Co-Author: Laura Murray-Kolb, M.S, PhD – Purdue University

    Co-Author: Mun Sun Choi – Purdue University

    Co-Author: Susmita Das – Nutrition International

    Co-Author: Daniel López de Romaña – Nutrition International

    Co-Author: Suvabrata Dey – Nutrition International

    Co-Author: Sakshi Jain – Nutrition International

    Co-Author: Ranjan Kumar Jha – Nutrition International

    Co-Author: Faiz Ahmed Kidwai – Government of India

    Co-Author: Ajaz Lone – Nutrition International

    Co-Author: Manoj Kumar Raut – Nutrition International

    Co-Author: Jaya Chandra Reddy – Nutrition International

    Co-Author: Mansi Shekhar – Nutrition International

    Co-Author: Rishabh Shukla – Nutrition International

    Co-Author: Kirti Warvadekar – Nutrition International

  • 10:12 AM – 10:24 AM ET
    Mikhuna Trial: Ecuadorian Dietary Pattern During Pregnancy Increases Growth in Sub-cortical Fetal Brain Regions

    Presenting Author: Lora Iannotti, PhD (she/her/hers) – Washington University in St. Louis

    Co-Author: Gabriela Vintimilla Andrande, MD – Universidad San Francisco de Quito

    Co-Author: Shirley Tipanquiza Piedra – Universidad San Francisco de Quito

    Co-Author: Rachel B. Zimmerman, MPH, RD – Washington University in St. Louis

    Co-Author: Elizabeth Hahn – Washington University in St. Louis

    Co-Author: Pamela Camana – Universidad San Francisco de Quito

    Co-Author: Dessire Baldeon – Universidad San Francisco de Quito

    Co-Author: Paul Silva – Universidad San Francisco de Quito

    Co-Author: William F. Waters, PhD – Universidad San Francisco de Quito

    Co-Author: Iván Iván Palacios León – Universidad San Francisco de Quito

    Co-Author: Jennifer Nicholas – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

  • 10:24 AM – 10:36 AM ET
    Effect of Multiple Micronutrient-Fortified Bouillon on the Anemia and Iron Status of Non-Pregnant, Non-Lactating Women of Reproductive Age in Northern Ghana

    Presenting Author: Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of Ghana

    Co-Author: Sika M. Kumordzie, PhD – University of California, Davis

    Co-Author: K. R. Wessells – Institute for Global Nutrition, University of California, Davis

    Co-Author: Charles D. Arnold, MS – University of California, Davis

    Co-Author: Xiuping Tan, BS – University of California, Davis

    Co-Author: Ahmed D. Fuseini – University of Ghana, Legon

    Co-Author: Stephen A. Vosti, PhD – University of California, Davis

    Co-Author: Marjorie J. Haskell, MPH, PhD – University of California, Davis

    Co-Author: Emily R. Becher, BS (she/her/hers) – University of California, Davis

    Co-Author: Jennie N. Davis, PhD, RDN (she/her/hers) – University of California, Davis

    Co-Author: Katherine P. Adams, PhD – University of California, Davis

    Co-Author: Reina Engle-Stone, PhD – University of California, Davis

  • 10:36 AM – 10:48 AM ET
    The Influence of Hepcidin on Benefits and Risks of Iron Supplementation in Bangladeshi Children

    Presenting Author: Leila M. Larson, PhD – University of South Carolina

    Co-Author: Andrew Baldi, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA – WEHI

    Co-Author: Mohammed I. Hasan – Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

    Co-Author: Naomi Jones – Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

    Co-Author: Emily Pickle – University of South Carolina

    Co-Author: Ricardo Ataide – Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

    Co-Author: Cavan Bennett – Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

    Co-Author: Mohammad Bhuiyan – International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

    Co-Author: SM Tipu – International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

    Co-Author: Fahmida Tofail, MD, PhD – International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, icddrb

    Co-Author: Beverley-Ann Biggs, MBBS, PhD, FRACP – University of Melbourne

    Co-Author: Jena D. Hamadani, MD, PhD – International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, icddrb

    Co-Author: Sant-Rayn Pasricha, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FRACP, FRCPA – Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

    Co-Author: Sabine Braat – Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

  • 10:48 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Evaluation of Maternal Hemoglobin Cutoffs During Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes: BRINDA Project

    Presenting Author: Leila Harrison, MPH – Emory University

    Co-Author: Rochelle Werner – Emory University

    Co-Author: Yi-An Ko – Emory University

    Co-Author: Hanqi Luo, PhD – Emory University

    Co-Author: Lei Liu, MPH (he/him/his) – Emory University

    Co-Author: Jiaxi Geng – Emory University

    Co-Author: Maria Jefferds – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Co-Author: Kathryn G. Dewey, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of California, Davis

    Co-Author: Usha Ramakrishnan, PhD – Emory University

    Co-Author: Phuong H. Nguyen, PhD, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – International Food Policy Research Institute

    Co-Author: Maria J. Ramirez-Luzuriaga – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases

    Co-Author: Parminder S. Suchdev, MD, MPH – Emory University

    Co-Author: O Yaw Addo, PhD – Emory Rollins School of Public Health

    Co-Author: Melissa F. Young, PhD – Emory University