Full Schedule

Chair: Andrea Hutchins, PhD, RD – University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Speaker: Lyndon Joseph, PhD – National Institute on Aging, NIH, DHHS

Chair: Diana Thomas, PhD – United States Military Academy

Speaker: Danielle Ostendorf, MS, ACSM-CEP, PhD – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Chair: Keith P. West, DrPH – Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

Speaker: Keith P. West, DrPH – Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

Speaker: Peter Van Dael, PhD, MBA – DSM

Speaker: Maret G. Traber, PhD – Oregon State University

Speaker: Anitra Carr, PhD – University of Otago, Christchurch

Chair: Sharon M. Donovan, PhD

Speaker: Bernadette Moore, PhD – University of Leeds

Speaker: Philip C. Calder, PhD – University of Southampton

Speaker: Bruce Griffin, PhD RNutr – University of Surrey

Chair: Richard C. Baybutt, Professor – East Carolina University

Co-Chair: Dingbo Lin, Ph.D – Oklahoma State University

Presenting Author: Jihye Lee, MS – University of Maryland

Presenting Author: Marjorie Anne A. Layosa, RND – Texas A&M University

Presenting Author: Madeline Sheeley, Bachelor of Science – Purdue University

Presenting Author: Annie W. Lin, PhD, RD – Northwestern University

Presenting Author: Wanshui Yang, PhD – Anhui Medical University

Chair: Emily Radlowski, PhD, RD – Dominican University

Co-Chair: Erin Glynn, PhD – Beach Body

Presenting Author: Sung Eun Choi, PhD, RD – Queens College, The City University of New York

Presenting Author: Bohdan Luhovyy, PhD – Mount Saint Vincent University

Presenting Author: Kaylie N. Schneider, MS – USDA Agricultural Research Service

Presenting Author: Rukshan Mehta, HBSc, MSW – Emory University

Presenting Author: Sung Hyen Lee, Doctorate – National Institute of Agricultural Sciences

Presenting Author: Garyk Brixi, High School – Winston Churchill High School

Presenting Author: Philip Raine, TREES Program High school intern – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Presenting Author: Tiantian Lin, Graduate Student – Virginia Tech

Chair: Andrew C. Liu, PhD – University of Florida College of Medicine

Chair: Marie van der Merwe, PhD – University of Memphis

Speaker: Joseph Bass, MD PhD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Speaker: Roman V. Kondratov, PhD – Cleveland State University

Speaker: Amandine Chaix, PhD – Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Speaker: Courtney M. Peterson, PhD, MSc, MA, MASt – University of Alabama at Birmingham

Chair: Helena Pachon, PhD, MPH – Food Fortification Initiative

Speaker: Saskia Osendarp, PhD – Micronutrient Forum

Speaker: Dipika Matthias, MBA – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Speaker: Howarth Bouis, PhD – HarvestPlus

Speaker: Gerald C. Nelson, PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Moderator: Helena Pachon, PhD, MPH – Food Fortification Initiative

Chair: Carolyn Gunther, PhD – The Ohio State University

Co-Chair: Angela Trude, PhD – University of Maryland School of Medicine

Presenting Author: David D. Kim, PhD – Tufts Medical Center

Presenting Author: Jodi D. Stookey, PhD – CHORI

Presenting Author: Stephen Onufrak, PhD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Presenting Author: Flavia M. Sarti, PhD – University of Sao Paulo

Presenting Author: Leah E. Chapman, MPH – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presenting Author: Patricia A. Sharpe, PhD, MPH – University of South Carolina

Presenting Author: Kimberly N. Doughty, MPH, PhD – Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center

Presenting Author: Suela Sulo, PhD – Abbott Nutrition

Chair: Shivani Sahni, PhD – Marcus institute for Aging research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Harvard Medical School

Co-Chair: Sameera Talegawkar, PhD – The George Washington University

Presenting Author: Victoria Miller, PhD – Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Presenting Author: Molla M. Wassie, MSc in Nutrition – The University of Adelaide

Presenting Author: Jaya Khushalani, PhD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Presenting Author: Alexandra Purdue-Smithe, PhD – NICHD, National Institutes of Health

Presenting Author: Pi-i D. Lin, ScD – Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

Presenting Author: Xinyuan Zhang, BS – The Pennsylvania State University Department of Nutritional Sciences

Presenting Author: Xiaoran Liu, Ph.D. – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Chair: Bahram H. Arjmandi, PhD, RD – Florida State University

Co-Chair: Connie W. Bales, PhD, RD – Duke University School of Medicine

Presenting Author: Cydne A. Perry, PhD – South Dakota State University

Presenting Author: Emily Arentson-Lantz, PhD – University of Texas Medical Branch

Presenting Author: Emily Riddle, Ph.D. – SUNY-Oneonta

Presenting Author: Kathryn N. Porter Starr, PhD, RD – Duke University School of Medicine

Presenting Author: Sabrina Noel, PhD, RD – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Presenting Author: Bahram H. Arjmandi, PhD, RD – Florida State University

Presenting Author: Zhaomin Liu, PhD – Sun Yat-sen University (North Campus), Guangzhou

Presenting Author: Shivani Sahni, PhD – Marcus institute for Aging research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Harvard Medical School

Chair: David S. Seres, MD, ScM, PNS, FASPEN – Columbia University

Speaker: Shue Huang, PhD – The Pennsylvania State University

Speaker: Yi-Hsuan Liu, MS, RD – The Pennsylvania State University

Speaker: Sharon V. Thompson, MS, RD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Speaker: Jin-Seon Yook, MS – UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN

Speaker: Xuhuiqun Zhang, Ph.D. candidate – Illinois Institute of Technology

Speaker: Judy Blumenthal, PhD – Montgomery College

Chair: Zhenhua Liu, PhD – University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Co-Chair: Yangbo Sun, PhD, MD – University of Iowa

Presenting Author: Aditi Das, Ph.D. – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Presenting Author: Chen Du, MS, RDN – Texas Woman's University

Presenting Author: Zahra Ezzat-Zadeh, N/A, PhD, RDN – UCLA

Presenting Author: Sepideh Alasvand, M.S. – Clemson University

Presenting Author: Miguel Rebollo-Hernanz, PhD – Institute of Food Science Research, CIAL (UAM-CSIC)

Presenting Author: Lixia He, PhD – Harvard Medical School

Presenting Author: Elizabeth T. Brandley, MS – American University

Chair: Anna Jones, Ph.D. – Center for nutrition in schools, University of California, Davis

Co-Chair: Rachel E. Scherr, PhD – University of California Davis

Presenting Author: Rhonda C. Bell, PhD – University of Alberta

Presenting Author: Yolitzin C Hernandez, B.A. – Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro

Presenting Author: Fiona M. Asigbee, PhD, MPH – The University of Texas at austin

Presenting Author: Abigail Gilman, PhD – Drexel University

Presenting Author: Kwadernica Rhea, B.S. – Louisiana State University

Presenting Author: Amy Schachtner-Appel, MS, RD – University of Maryland

Presenting Author: Linda Fergus, MS RD LDN – Louisiana State University

Presenting Author: Amelia A. Miramonti, MA / MSc – University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Speaker: Mario G. Ferruzzi, PhD – North Carolina State University

Speaker: Judy Blumenthal, PhD – Montgomery College

Speaker: Teresa A. Davis, Ph.D. – USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine

Speaker: Christopher P. Duggan, MD, MPH – Boston Children's Hospital

Speaker: Katherine L. Tucker, Ph.D. – University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Chair: Shilpa Bhupathiraju, PhD – Harvard School of Public Health

Co-Chair: Shivani Sahni, PhD – Marcus institute for Aging research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Harvard Medical School

Speaker: Marilyn Cornelis, PhD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Presenting Author: Wei Perng, PhD, MPH – Colorado School of Public Health, Anschutz Medical Center

Presenting Author: Jessica J. Johnson, MS – University of Alaska Fairbanks

Presenting Author: Gene L. Bowman, ND, MPH – Marcus Institute for Aging Research / Harvard Medical School

Presenting Author: Maura E. Walker, Ph.D. – Boston University

Chair: Edward Frongillo – University of South Carolina

Chair: Claire E. Berryman, PhD, RD – Florida State University

Co-Chair: Xiaoran Liu, Ph.D. – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Presenting Author: Judy Kim, BS – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Presenting Author: Chuck T. Chen, PhD – NIAAA

Presenting Author: Sarah Berry, PhD – King's College London

Presenting Author: Jessica Cooperstone, Ph.D. – The Ohio State University

Presenting Author: Nazanin Abbaspour, MS – San Diego State University

Presenting Author: Shue Huang, PhD – The Pennsylvania State University

Presenting Author: Ding Ding, Ph.D – University of Calgary

Chair: John W. Finley, PhD – USDA Agricultural Research Service

Chair: Daniel J. Raiten, PhD – NICHD, National Institutes of Health

Presenting Author: Naglaa H. El-Abbadi, PhD – Friedman School Of Nutrition Science And Policy At Tufts University

Presenting Author: Amelia Willits-Smith, MS – Tulane University

Presenting Author: Julie M. Hess, PhD – National Dairy Council

Presenting Author: Lauren E. Pavone, BS – University of Maryland, College Park

Presenting Author: Keagan Ringling, BS – University of Minnesota Department of Food Science and Nutrition

Presenting Author: Carlos Andres Gallegos, MAAPD – Washington University in St. Louis; & Universidad San Francisco de Quito

Presenting Author: Diego Rose, PhD, MPH – Tulane University

Chair: Aryeh D. Stein, Ph.D, MPH – Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University

Co-Chair: Daniel Hoffman, PhD – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Presenting Author: Dimitra Karageorgou, PhD – Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University

Presenting Author: Flavia M. Sarti, PhD – University of Sao Paulo

Presenting Author: Ilana R. Cliffer, MPH – Tufts University

Presenting Author: Yan Bai, PhD Candidate – Friedman School of Nutrition, Tufts University

Presenting Author: Shivani Kachwaha, N/A, Masters in Development Studies – International Food Policy Research Institute

Presenting Author: Sigrun Henjum, PhD – Oslo Metropolitan University and UC Davis

Presenting Author: Stephen R. Kodish, PhD – Pennsylvania State University

Presenting Author: Djeinam Toure, PhD – Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

Chair: Kathryn N. Porter Starr, PhD, RD – Duke University School of Medicine

Co-Chair: Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa, MD, PhD – Northeastern University

Presenting Author: Karen J. Murphy, PhD MDiet APD – University of South Australia

Presenting Author: Samantha C. Gallo, MS, RD, CDN, CDE – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Presenting Author: Adelle M. Gadowski, B Sci (Food Tech Nutr), BSci (Hons), M Hum Nutr – Monash University

Presenting Author: Sheau C. Chai, PhD, RD – University of Delaware

Presenting Author: Marissa Burgermaster, MAEd, MS, PhD, MA – The University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences, Dell Medical School

Presenting Author: Lua J. Wilkinson, PhD, RD – University of Alabama at Birmingham

Presenting Author: Nicholas A. Koemel, B.S. – Oklahoma State University

Presenting Author: Lauren E. O'Connor, PhD – National Cancer Institute

Speaker: Bo Lonnerdal, PhD – University of California Davis

Speaker: Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD – HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Speaker: Katrina L. Piercy, PhD, RD – HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Chair: Jeffrey Zachwieja, PhD – PepsiCo

Speaker: Hannah D. Holscher, Ph.D., R.D. – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Speaker: Arne Astrup, MD, DMSc – University of Copenhagen

Speaker: Joanne L. Slavin, PhD, RDN – University of Minnesota

Chair: Jing Zhou, PhD – Ingredion Incorporated

Co-Chair: Wayne W. Campbell, PhD – Purdue University

Speaker: Wayne W. Campbell, PhD – Purdue University

Speaker: Christopher Marinangeli, PhD, RD – Pulse Canada

Speaker: Mia Zapata, RD, MBA – Danone Research

Speaker: Susan T. Mayne, PhD – U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Speaker: Namanjeet Ahluwalia, PhD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Chair: David McCarron – University of California, Davis

Co-Chair: Roschelle Heuberger, PhD, RD – Central Michigan University

Presenting Author: Benedicta N. Nnodum, MD, MHS – Berkshire Medical Center

Presenting Author: Denease Francis, MD – Stony Brook Children's Hospital

Presenting Author: Alex K. Anderson, PhD, MPH, CPH – Dept. of Foods and Nutrition, University of Georgia

Presenting Author: Julie A. Kennel, PhD RDN LD – The Ohio State University

Presenting Author: Sean Logie, Ph.D. – Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital

Presenting Author: Alicia Sneij Perez, MS – Florida International University

Chair: Drew Sayer, PhD – University of Alabama at Birmingham

Presenting Author: Nikoleta Stamataki, MSc – University of Manchester

Presenting Author: Kevin C. Maki, PhD – Midwest Biomedical Research/Center for Metabolic and Cardiovascular Health

Presenting Author: Claire Cheng, Undergraduate Student – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Presenting Author: Sai Krupa Das, PhD – Tufts University

Presenting Author: Kelsey Gabel, MD, RD – University of Illinois at Chicago

Presenting Author: Tahar Hajri, PhD – Hackensack University Medical Center

Presenting Author: Melissa E. Lipsmeyer, PhD – Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Chair: Maya Maroto, EdD, MPH, RD – FDA, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)

Speaker: Claudine Kavanaugh, PhD, MPH, RD – FDA

Chair: Richard C. Baybutt, Professor – East Carolina University

Chair: Ann Yaktine, PhD – The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Speaker: Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH – Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health

Speaker: Virginia A. Stallings, MD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania

Speaker: Nancy Cook, DSc – Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Speaker: Barbara O. Schneeman, PhD – University of California Davis

Chair: Regan L. Bailey, PhD, MPH, RD – Purdue University

Chair: Keith P. West, DrPH – Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

Speaker: Berthold Koletzko, MD, PhD – Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital

Speaker: Kerry J. Schulze, PhD – Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

Speaker: Aryeh D. Stein, Ph.D, MPH – Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University

Speaker: Christina Roberto, PhD – University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine

Chair: Cindy Davis, PhD – Office of Dietary Supplements

Co-Chair: Celeste Alexander, BS – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Presenting Author: Marie van der Merwe, PhD – University of Memphis

Presenting Author: Wayne Young, PhD – AgResearch

Presenting Author: Saman Faramarzi, ND – Microbiome Labs

Presenting Author: Susan Westfall, PhD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Presenting Author: Gloria I. Solano-Aguilar, DVM, PhD – USDA Agricultural Research Service

Presenting Author: Mathew J. Buchman, BS – Ohio University

Presenting Author: Sharon V. Thompson, MS, RD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Presenting Author: Edward C. Deehan, BSc, RD – University of Alberta

Chair: Xian Wu, Ph.D. – Tufts University

Co-Chair: Yanhui Han, Ph.D candidate – University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Presenting Author: Natalie E. VandenAkker, M.S. – University of Maine

Presenting Author: Allison L. Unger, B.S. – The University of Vermont

Presenting Author: Jieping Yang, PhD – University of California Los Angeles

Presenting Author: Katelyn E. Senkus, MS – The University of Alabama

Presenting Author: Yanhui Han, Ph.D candidate – University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Presenting Author: Tho X. Pham, Ph.D. – University of Connecticut

Presenting Author: Weimin Guo, PhD – JM-USDA HNRCA at Tufts University

Presenting Author: Mi-Bo Kim, Ph.D. – University of Connecticut

Chair: Mandana Arabi, MD, PhD – Save the Children

Co-Chair: Heewon L. Gray, PhD, RDN – University of South Florida College of Public Health

Presenting Author: Michael J. Dibley, MPH – The University of Sydney

Presenting Author: Reina Engle-Stone, PhD – UC Davis Department of Nutrition

Presenting Author: Rukundo K. Benedict, PhD – DHS Program, ICF

Presenting Author: Daniel Tomé, PhD – AgroParisTech

Presenting Author: Matti Marklund, PhD – The George Institute for Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney

Presenting Author: Sajid B. Soofi, FCPS – Aga Khan University

Presenting Author: Erica Sedlander, DrPH (c), MPH – The George Washington University

Presenting Author: Samuel L. Balka, BA (expected 2020) – Northwestern University

Chair: Samer W. El-Kadi, PhD – Virginia Tech

Co-Chair: Sheila Jacobi, PhD – The Ohio State University

Presenting Author: Susan M. Smith, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presenting Author: Gabriella Hernandez, Graduate Student – California Polytechnic State University

Presenting Author: Victoria Smith, Graduate Student – California Polytechnic State University

Presenting Author: Sze Ting (Cecilia) Kwan, PhD, RD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presenting Author: Christianto Putra, MS – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Presenting Author: Marko Rudar, Ph.D. – USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine

Presenting Author: Megan Beggs, RD – University of Alberta

Presenting Author: Sonal Sukreet, MS – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Chair: Marcia Greenblum, MS, RDN – National Agricultural Library

Speaker: Wendy Shaw, MBA, RD – National Agricultural Library

Speaker: Naomi Fukagawa, M.D., Ph.D. – USDA Agricultural Research Service - Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center

Speaker: Megan Kocher, MLIS – University of Minnesota Libraries

Chair: Kevin Fritsche – University of Missouri, Columbia

Chair: Jay J. Cao, Ph.D. – USDA Agricultural Research Service - Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center

Speaker: Allison Yates, PhD

Chair: Samer W. El-Kadi, PhD – Virginia Tech

Speaker: Stephen A. Watts, PhD – University of Alabama Birmingham

Chair: Beth H. Olson – University of Wisconsin

Chair: Hannah D. Holscher, Ph.D., R.D. – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Moderator: Barbara Lyle, PhD – Private Consultant

Speaker: Fabiana Moura, PhD – Food and Drug Administration

Speaker: David M. Klurfeld, PhD – USDA Agricultural Research Service

Speaker: Joanne L. Slavin, PhD, RDN – University of Minnesota

Speaker: Christine Pelkman, PhD – University of Pennsylvania

Chair: Edward Frongillo – University of South Carolina

Speaker: Marie T. Ruel, Sr., PhD