Dietary and Metabolic Influences on Aging and Neurodegeneration (Poster Theater Flash Session 8)

Chair(s)

• SD

  Samitinjaya Dhakal, PhD (he/him/his)

  Assistant Professor
  South Dakota State University
  Brookings, South Dakota, United States

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

Co-Chair(s)

• 

  Raedeh Basiri, PhD/Registered Dietitian (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  Nutrition and Food Studies
  George Mason University
  Fairfax, Virginia, United States

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

Presenting Author(s)

• 

  Puja Agarwal, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Rush University Medical Center
  Chicago, Illinois, United States

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

  Cole Patoine, MS, RD

  PhD Candidate
  Florida State University
  Concord, New Hampshire, United States

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

  Ashti Morovati, Phd

  Research Assistant
  Texas Tech University
  lubbock, Texas, United States

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

  Laura West, MPH (she/her/hers)

  PhD Candidate
  Loma Linda University School of Public Health
  Loma Linda, California, United States

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

  Yu Zhang, MBBS (he/him/his)

  Graduate Student
  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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

Poster Theater Flash Sessions will feature flash talks followed by discussion time by a poster board. Each speaker will have up to 4 minutes (and up to 3 slides) to highlight major findings and other noteworthy or interesting details. After the flash talks, presenters will stand by their poster for dialogue with NUTRITION 2025 attendees. Complete abstract text for each abstract which will be presented at NUTRITION 2025 will be available on May 30, 2025.

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM – 8:34 AM ET

  Distinct Gut Microbiome and Metabolomic Signatures Linked to Cognitive Improvement in Older Adults After Mediterranean and Modified Mediterranean-Ketogenic Diets
  

  Presenting Author: Cole Patoine, MS, RD – Florida State University

  Co-Author: Viviana Gutierrez – Florida State University

  Co-Author: Ravinder Nagpal, MSc, PhD (he/him/his) – Florida State University

  Co-Author: Gwoncheol Ian Park, MS (he/him/his) – Florida State University

  Co-Author: Julia Sheffler – Florida State University

  Co-Author: Trinity Sims – Florida State University
• 8:34 AM – 8:38 AM ET

  Adipocyte-Microglia Crosstalk in Alzheimer’s Disease: The Anti-neuroinflammatory Role of Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)
  

  Presenting Author: Ashti Morovati, Phd – Texas Tech University

  Co-Author: Mahsa Yavari – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Latha Ramalingam, PhD (she/her/hers) – Syracuse University

  Co-Author: Breanna Harris – Texas Tech University

  Co-Author: Shane Scoggin, BS – Texas Tech University

  Co-Author: Yujiao Zu, PhD (she/her/hers) – Texas Tech University

  Co-Author: Naima Moustaid-Moussa, PhD, FTOS, FAHA – Texas Tech University
• 8:38 AM – 8:42 AM ET

  Caffeine and Caffeinated Beverages Intake in Relation to Dementia Risk and Cognitive Function in US Women and Men
  

  Presenting Author: Yu Zhang, MBBS (he/him/his) – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Yuxi Li, Dr., PhD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Yanping Li, PhD – Harvard University

  Co-Author: Yuhan Li – Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School

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

  Co-Author: Jae Hee Kang, Dr. – Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School

  Co-Author: Heather Eliassen, Prof. – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Eric B. Rimm, ScD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Walter C. Willett, DrPH, MPH, MD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Frank B. Hu, MD, MPH, PhD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Meir J. Stampfer, MD, PhD – Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School

  Co-Author: Daniel Wang, Prof. – Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
• 8:42 AM – 8:46 AM ET

  Effect of Fermented Soy on Cognitive Function in Older Adults: Outcomes of a Randomized, Controlled, Clinical Trial
  

  Presenting Author: Laura M. West, MPH (she/her/hers) – Loma Linda University School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Sujatha Rajaram, PhD – Loma Linda University

  Co-Author: Ifeanyi Nwachukwu, PhD – Loma Linda University

  Co-Author: Grace Lee, PhD, MA, MA – Loma Linda University

  Co-Author: Joan Sabate, MD Dr.PH – Loma Linda University School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Brooke Iwamoto – Loma Linda University

  Co-Author: Shashonk Illam – Loma Linda University School of Behavioral Health
• 8:46 AM – 8:50 AM ET

  The MIND Diet Association With Reduced Lower Microglial Inflammation in the Hippocampus: A Community-Based Neuropathologic Study
  

  Presenting Author: Puja Agarwal, PhD – Rush University Medical Center

  Co-Author: Alifiya Kapasi – Rush University Medical Center

  Co-Author: Sonal Agrawal – Rush University Medical Center

  Co-Author: Francine Grodstein – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  Co-Author: David A. Bennet, MD – Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center

  Co-Author: Lisa L. Barnes – Rush University Medical Center

  Co-Author: Sue E. Leurgans – Rush University Medical Center

  Co-Author: Julie A. Schneider, MD – Rush University Medical Center