2023 Award Honorees

Nevin Scrimshaw Mid-Career Award in Global Nutrition

Supported by the Sight and Life Foundation and contributions from ASN’s Global Nutrition Council members

Sant-Rayn Pasricha, MBBS (Hons), MPH, PhD, FRACP, FRCPA, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Bio-Serv Award in Experimental Animal Nutrition

Supported by Bio-Serv, Inc.

Jennifer Lee, PhD, Tufts University USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging 

E.L.R. Stokstad Award

Endowed by the Stokstad Family

Jason M. Ridlon, PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Mary Swartz Rose Young Investigator Award

Supported by Council for Responsible Nutrition

Amandeep Sandhu, MS, PhD, Illinois Institute of Technology 

Mead Johnson Award

Endowed by Mead Johnson Pediatric Nutrition Institute

Crystal D. Karakochuk, PhD, RD, University of British Columbia 

ASN Predoctoral Fellowship: Mars, Inc. Predoctoral Fellowship 

Supported by Mars, Inc. 

Kenny Mendoza, BS, MS, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University 

Consumption of ultra-processed foods, associated serum metabolites, and type 2 diabetes risk in The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)

Clinical Nutrition Internship Program

Marisa Langton, Drexel University College of Medicine 

Dennis Bier, MD Young Career Editor for The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Cora Best, PhD, MHS, RDN, University of Florida 

ASN Industry Recognition Award

Hamed Faridi, MBA, PhD, McCormick Science Institute 

ASN Volunteer of the Year Award

Sahar Ajabshir, PhD, MSc, Florida International University

Yasmine Bouzid, BS, University of California, Davis
Associations Between Diet and Markers of Gastrointestinal Inflammation in Healthy Adult Cohort  

Carlota Castro-Espin, MSc, PhD student, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL)
Association of Mediterranean Diet With Survival After Breast Cancer Diagnosis Among Women in Nine European Countries 

Samantha Fessler, MS, Arizona State University
Curcumin Exhibits Anti-Inflammatory Effects in Adults Who Recovered From COVID-19 and Were Subsequently Vaccinated 

Dilara Dericioglu, BSc, RDN, PGDip, University of Reading
Appetite and Food Intake Responses to Protein in Older Adults With Different Physical Activity Levels  

Mihaela Ciulei, PhD, MS, The Pennsylvania State University
The Effect of Balanced Energy-Protein Supplementation Provided to Lactating Women on Maternal and Infant Outcomes: A Prospectively Planned IPD Meta-Analysis  

Min-Hyun Kim, PhD, Arizona State University
Hypothalamic JMJD3 Regulates Leptin Signaling via Epigenetic Mechanisms  

Derek Miketinas, PhD, RD, Texas Woman’s University
Racial Disparities in Folate Status and NTD Risk Among Nonpregnant Women of Reproductive Age: NHANES 1999-2018  

Aging and Chronic Disease

Gavin Connolly, MA, Purdue University
Effects of Consuming Ounce-Equivalent Portions of Animal- vs. Plant-Based Protein Foods on Essential Amino Acids Bioavailability in Young and Older Adults: A Cross-Over RCT 

Janhavi Damani, MS, The Pennsylvania State University
The Effect of Prune (Dried Plum) Supplementation on Cardiometabolic Markers in Postmenopausal Women: Secondary Analysis of a 12-Month Randomized Controlled Trial 

Dilara Dericioglu, BSc, RDN, PGDip, University of Reading
Appetite and Food Intake Responses to Protein in Older Adults With Different Physical Activity Levels 

Suzannah Gerber, MA, MS, Tufts University
Development and Feasibility of a Remotely Delivered Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for Older Adults  

Xuan-Mai Nguyen, Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Eight Modifiable Lifestyle Factors Associated With Increased Life Expectancy Among 719,147 U.S. Veterans 

Avinash Pokala, MS, The Ohio State University
Milk Fat Globule Membrane-Enriched Dairy Milk Does Not Adversely Affect Fasting or Postprandial Cardiometabolic and Intestinal Biomarkers in Adults With Metabolic Syndrome 

Terrence Riley, RD, The Pennsylvania State University
The Effect of Nighttime Pistachio Intake on Fasting Glucose, Cardiometabolic Markers and Diet Quality: A 12 Week Randomized Controlled Trial 

Cassandra Slade, Massey University
Effects of GreenShell™ Mussel on Physical Performance and Subjective Measures of Knee Osteoarthritis: A 6-Month Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial 

Anne-Julie Tessier, RD, PhD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 

Olive Oil Intake and Fatal Dementia Risk in Two Large Prospective U.S. Cohort Studies 

Carotenoids and Retinoids

Laura Rosok, BS, BM, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Increase in Skin Carotenoids is Related to Greater Improvements in Cognition Among Toddlers Across Six Months 

Climate, Food Systems, Diet, Nutrition and Health

Linh Bui, MD, MPH, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Planetary Health Diet Index and Risk of Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in Two Prospective Cohort Studies  

Maria Hershey, MS, PhD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Food Patterns and High Proportion of Obesity in Tuvalu: A Latent Class Analysis in a Pacific Island Country 

Caleigh Sawicki, PhD, MPH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Planetary Health Diet and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease: Findings From Two Cohorts of US Women 

Community and Public Health Nutrition

Beatriz Carmona, BS, Cornell University
The Influence of Food Assistance Program Participation on the Quality of the Home Food Environment Is Modified by Household Food Security Levels 

Manije Darooghegi Mofrad, MS, University of Connecticut
Food Resource Management and Healthy Eating Focus Associate With Diet Quality and Less Impact of COVID-19 on Body Weight in Adults From a Low-Income, Northeastern CT Community  

Mary Kathryn Edwards, RD, MS, MBA, The Kahm Clinic
The Association Between Sociodemographic Factors and Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Households With Young Children (<11 Years) With Food Insecurity 

Poorna Sai Vaddi, PharmD, Southern University and A&M College
Methionine Prevents the Progression of NASH to Cirrhosis in High Cholesterol Fed Sprague Dawley Rats Administered Sitagliptin  

Diet and Cancer

Carlota Castro-Espin, MSc, PhD student, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL)
Association of Mediterranean Diet With Survival After Breast Cancer Diagnosis Among Women in Nine European Countries 

Fernanda Morales Berstein, FMB, University of Bristol
Ultra-Processed Food Consumption, Adiposity and Upper-Aerodigestive Tract Cancer Risk in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer Study: A Mediation Analysis 

Dietary Bioactive Components

Tolu Esther Alaba, University of Maine, Orono
Phenolic Extract(s) From Wild Blueberries Upregulate EGFR and FGF7 Proteins for Epidermal Skin Regeneration During Wound Re-Epithelialization 

Emily Hill, PhD, RDN, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Food-specific Compounds Act as Putative Biomarkers for Exposure to and Effect of Plant Foods Consumed within a Mediterranean Diet Intervention 

Katelyn Senkus, MS, The University of Alabama 
Bioactive Mouth Rinse Containing Inorganic Nitrate and Antioxidants Bolsters the Enterosalivary Pathway and Lowers Blood Pressure in Wistar Rats 

Stephanie Wilson, PhD, USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Texas A&M AgriLife Institute for Advancing Health through Agriculture
Dietary Intake and Food Contributors of Polyphenols in Healthy U.S. Adults: An Application of the FooDB Database 

Shiqi Zhang, The Ohio State University
Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOs) Shifted Gut Microbe Abundance and Their Metabolic Landscape in a Defined Infant Gut Community In Vitro  

Energy and Macronutrient Metabolism

Soukaïna Benhaddou, AgroParisTech
Effect of Gastric Bypass on Intestinal Adaptations and Dietary Protein Bioavailability in Rats 

Marjorie Anne Layosa, Purdue University
Energy Metabolism in Breast Cancer Cells That Preferentially Metastasize to Lung and Liver 

Zahra Moazzami, PhD Student, University of Minnesota
Supply-Demand Analysis of Ketones for Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis 

Semira Ortiz, BS, Cornell University
Erythritol Synthesis Is Elevated by Oxidative Stress in Muscle Myotubes 

Devendra Paudel, The Pennsylvania State University
Effects of Long-Term Low-Carbohydrate Diet Consumption on the Progression of Metabolic Syndrome Markers in Mice 

Christina Sciarrillo, PhD, RD, National Institutes of Health
Diet Order Affects Energy Intake and Weight Change During a Crossover Low-carbohydrate vs. Low-fat Diet Study 

Experimental Animal Nutrition

Matthew Gorton, Oklahoma State University
Restriction of Insulinogenic Amino Acids Increases the Hepatic Glucose Uptake and Glycolysis in a Neonatal Piglet Model 

Kazi Sarjana Safain, MSc, North Dakota State University
Supplementation of One-Carbon Metabolites Influences Fetal Maintenance Energy and Programming of Energy Utilization in Fetal Liver During Early Pregnancy in Heifers

Global Nutrition

Emily Becher, BS, University of California, Davis 
Predicted Impacts of Bouillon Fortification With Folic Acid on Neural Tube Defect-Related Deaths in Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Senegal 

Aria Grabowski, MPH, RD, University of Michigan
Accounting for Ultra Processed Foods in the Relationship Between Endocrine Disrupting Compounds and Inflammation Within a Cohort of Midlife Women   

Alysse Kowalski, PhD, MPH, University of Maryland Baltimore
Effects of Multiple Micronutrient Fortified Beverage and Responsive Caregiving on Early Childhood Development, Hemoglobin, and Ferritin Among Infants in Rural Guatemala 

Tebogo Leepile, PhD, University of British Columbia
Household Food Insecurity Among the Indigenous San People in Rural Botswana 

Maternal, Perinatal and Pediatric Nutrition

Sulagna Bandyopadhyay, PhD, Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Human Milk Fatty Acid Composition in Relation to Maternal Diet: Findings From the JiVitA-3 Study 

Alana Chaney, MS, University of California, Davis
Validity of the Infant Diet Quality Index for Predicting Nutrient Outcomes in Young Children Ages 2-5   

Catherine Cohen, PhD, RDN, University of Colorado Denver
Associations of Infant Feeding Patterns With Hepatic Fat in Childhood: The Healthy Start Study 

Adrianna Greco, MSc RD, University of British Columbia
High Prevalence of Iron Deficiency in Canadian Toddlers With Adequate Dietary Iron Intakes and Weak Association With Maternal Dietary Iron Intake at 18 Months Postpartum 

Peiyuan Huang, University of Bristol
Maternal Adherence to Vegetarian Diets and Perinatal Health: Findings From Two British Birth Cohort Studies 

Shelby Keye, MS, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
MIND Diet Pattern Is Selectively Associated With Attentional Control in Preadolescent Children 

Jennifer Lerman, MPH, RDN, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Application of the HEI-Toddlers-2020: Assessing Diet Quality in Toddlers Among WIC Recipients and by Duration of WIC Participation 

Manoel Lixandrao, PhD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Lipidomics in Human Umbilical Cord-Derived MSC Are Associated With Gestational Fatty-Free Acids and Triacylglycerols and Child Adiposity: The Healthy Start Study 

Kerri Scherbinsky, University of British Columbia
Total Sulfur Amino Acid Requirements Are Higher in Late Gestation Compared to Early Gestation During Healthy Human Pregnancy 

Shuhao Lin, MS, RD, University of Illinois Chicago
Time Restricted Eating Without Calorie Count

Fifali Bodjrenou, Alliance of Bioversity-CIAT/ University of Abomey-Calavi
Schoolchildren Preference Among Foods Cooked and Served in Public Primary School Canteens in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas in Southern Benin 

Carmen Annevelink, The Pennsylvania State University
FADS-Associated Risk on Cardiovascular Biomarkers Depends on Circulating Omega-6 Fatty Acids 

Linh Bui, MD, MPH, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Planetary Health Diet Index and Risk of Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in Two Prospective Cohort Studies  

Yifei Kang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dietary Inclusion of Yellow Mealworms (T. molitor) and Lesser Mealworms (A. diaperinus) Modifies Intestinal Microbiota Populations of Diet-Induced Obesity Mice  

Marjorie Anne Layosa, Purdue University
Energy Metabolism in Breast Cancer Cells That Preferentially Metastasize to Lung and Liver 

Fernanda Morales Berstein, FMB, University of Bristol
Ultra-Processed Food Consumption, Adiposity and Upper-Aerodigestive Tract Cancer Risk in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer Study: A Mediation Analysis 

Catherine Cohen, PhD, RDN, University of Colorado Denver
Associations of Infant Feeding Patterns With Hepatic Fat in Childhood: The Healthy Start Study 

Emily Hill, PhD, RDN, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Food-specific Compounds Act as Putative Biomarkers for Exposure to and Effect of Plant Foods Consumed within a Mediterranean Diet Intervention

Sulagna Bandyopadhyay, PhD, Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Human Milk Fatty Acid Composition in Relation to Maternal Diet: Findings From the JiVitA-3 Study 

Daniel Ibsen, Aarhus University
One Score To Rule Them All? – Comparison of EAT-Lancet Diet Scores and Their Associations With Disease Risk and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Three Cohorts 

Manoel Lixandrao, PhD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Lipidomics in Human Umbilical Cord-Derived MSC Are Associated With Gestational Fatty-Free Acids and Triacylglycerols and Child Adiposity: The Healthy Start Study 

Saralyn Foster, MS, RDN, LD, The University of Texas at Austin
Meeting Minimum Dietary Diversity at Nine Months Is Associated With Lower Risk of Stunting in the Second Year of Life Among a Cohort of Infants in Kenya 

Tamara Alam, CUNY Brooklyn College
Bangladeshi New Yorkers With Diabetes Eat Healthier Than Their Counterparts: Examining the Role of Food Environments 

Mariana Fagundes Grilo, MA, George Washington University
Associations Between Low-Calorie Sweetener Intake and Diet Quality in U.S. Adults 

Zhe Fang, MBBS, MS, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Association of Ultra-Processed Food Intake With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality 

Shanvanth Arnipalli, The Ohio State University
Protocol Methods To Study and Elucidate the Therapeutic Properties of Amino Acid Compounds Against Multiple Myeloma In Vitro

Niliarys Sifre, Florida International University Stempel College
Disordered Eating Attitudes Scale Is Associated With Snacking Patterns, BMI, and Diet Quality in Overweight and Obese College Students

Alessandra Sommer, Rutgers University New Brunswick
Improving Nutrition and Physical Literacy in Adolescents

Olugbenga Balogun, Master’s degree, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Onion Peel Extract Prevents Intestinal Inflammation via AMP-Activated Protein Kinase 

Alexa Barad, MS, RD, Cornell University
Characterization of Iron Status Biomarkers and Regulatory Hormones Among East Asian and European Adults 

Janine Comrie, BA, Cornell University
Metabolism of Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids by Gut Microbes