ASN 2021 - Nutrition Online

Updated Sunday, June 6, 2021
ASN 2021 - Nutrition Online

This year's ASN meeting is all-virtual, but there are plenty of opportunities to participate in live events throughout the week. The Friedman School and the Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (JMHNRCA) are representing Tufts University with panels, posters, and plenty of awards for their outstanding work.

We've pulled out some highlights for the week, but remember to check out the full schedule for all sessions and events.

On demand-All Week

Abstracts - Poster Presentations and Oral Presentations (ASN website)

Read more poster and presentation details below

Live events

Schedule for Monday, June 7
2:00-3:30pm
Naglaa El-Abbadi, PhD, MPH: Protein in a Changing Environment


Schedule for Tuesday, June 8
8:30-9:30am
Dariush Mozaffarian, Eileen Kennedy, and Patrick Webb: Transforming Food Systems: Missing Pieces to Make Them Work (Sponsored Satellite Program)

12:00-1:30pm
Eileen Kennedy: Future of Food: Innovating Towards Sustainable Healthy Diets (Sponsored Satellite Program)

and

12:00-1:30pm
Simin Meydani: Nutrition, Immunosenescence and Infectious Disease: An Overview of the Scientific Evidence on Micronutrients and Bioactives (Sponsored Satellite Program)

4:00-5:30pm
Corby Kummer: Obesity GEM Forum - Where Things Went South: How to Prevent the Distortion of Research Findings in the Media 

6:00-7:30pm
Jose Ordovas: Nutrient-Gene Interactions GEM Forum - Hot Topics: (1) Precision Nutrition: Recent Accomplishments and Upcoming Challenges and (2) The Link Between Nutrition and the Microbiome in Infancy 

Schedule for Wednesday, June 9
10:00-11:30am
Jennie Coates and Winnie Bell: Using Innovative Technologies for Nutrition and Dietary Assessment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 

Schedule for Thursday, June 10
4:00-5:30pm
Simin Meydani: Creating Work-Life Balance as an Early Career Academic, Organized by the ASN Early Career Nutrition Interest Group

More Poster & Presentation Details

  • Winnie Bell
    • Abstract Title: Omissions, Intrusions, and Use of Standard Recipes in Computer Assisted and Pen and Paper 24-hour Dietary Recalls Compared With Weighed Food Record: Results From Burkina Faso
      Abstract Presentation Number: P18-015-21
      Abstract Topical Area: Methods
      Authors: Jérome W Somé, Beatrice L Rogers, Winnie Bell, Peter Bakun, Sarah Wafa, David A Carroll, Jennifer Coates
    • Abstract Title: The INDDEX24 Dietary Assessment Platform Is As Accurate as Pen-and-Paper 24-Hour Dietary Recall When Compared to a Weighed Food Record Benchmark in Viet Nam
      Abstract Presentation Number: P18-004-21
      Abstract Topical Area: Methods
      Authors: Winnie Bell, Jennifer Coates, Peter Bakun, Jerome Some, Brooke Colaiezzi, Ha Thi Phuong Do, Beatrice L. Rogers
    • Abstract Title: What Matters Most to Consumers in Peri-Urban Viet Nam? An Exploratory Mixed Methods Study Investigating Food Preferences and Values
      Abstract Presentation Number: P13-001-21
      Abstract Topical Area: Food Choice, Markets and Policy
      Authors: Winnie Bell, Jennifer Coates, Jessica Fanzo, Norbert L.W. Wilson, William A. Masters
    • Live Session-Using Innovative Technologies for Nutrition and Dietary Assessment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
      • Wednesday, June 9, 2021 @ 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
      • Introduction, Winnie Bell, Tufts University and Marieke Vossennaar, FHI 360
      • The INNDEX24 Dietary Assessment Platform, Jennifer Coates, PhD, Tufts University
      • The Global Diet Quality Score App, Mourad Moursi, PhD, FHI 360
      • Innovative AI Image-based App to Measure Diets and Dietary Advice, Aulo Gelli, PhD, IFPRI
      • The Child Growth Monitor AI App, Markus Pohl, Deutsche Welhungerhilfe e.V. 
      • Live Panel Discussion
  • Kelly Cara
    • Poster Presentation-"Impact of Enteral Nutrition Formulations Containing Dietary Fiber on Diarrhea OutcomesinHospitalized Critical Care Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis" 
    • Presenting Author: Kelly C. Cara
    • Co-authors: Andrew R. Beauchesne, Taylor C. Wallace, and Mei Chung
  • Wan Chi Chang
  • Ilana Cliffer
  • Mengxi Du
    • Poster Presentation-Friedman Affiliated Author(s): Mengxi Du (Presenting Author), Dariush Mozaffarian, John B. Wong, Fang Fang Zhang
      Trends in Whole-Grain Food Intake Among Adult Americans, Based on Different Definitions of Whole-Grain Foods, NHANES 2003–2018
      Abstract Presentation Number: OR24-03-21
    • Oral Session-Nutritional Epidemiology 1 (Oral 24)
    • Awards-Selected as a Finalist for the ASN’s Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Abstract Recognition Award Program.
  • Ziming Du
    • Oral Presentation-Seasonal Associations Between Foodborne Campylobacter Infections and Ambient Temperature in US, 2010–2019
      Abstract Presentation Number: OR05-04-21
      Presenting Author: Ziming Dou
      Co-authors: Ryan B. Simpson, Lauren E. Sallade, Yutong Zhang, Emily Sanchez, Kristin Leonberg, Bingjie Zhou, Elena N. Naumova
      Oral Session Title: Climate/Environment, Health, Agriculture and Improved Nutrition (Oral 5)
  • Julie Gervis
    • Abstract Title (Number): Taste Perception Profiles Are Associated With Adherence to Empirically Derived Dietary Patterns Among Older Adults With Metabolic Syndrome (OR09-06-21)
    • Oral Session: Dietary Patterns, Diet Quality, and Health 1 (Oral 9).
    • Awards-Selected as a finalist for the Graduate Student Research Award competition which is available On Demand throughout the duration of the conference.
  • Sara John
    • Abstract Title (Number): Digital Promotions Campaign Increases SNAP Participation at New England Farmers’ Markets: A Randomized Controlled Trial (OR29-03-21)
    • Oral Session: Randomized Controlled Trials in Community and Public Health Nutrition (Oral 29).
    • Authors: Sara John (Presenting), Sean B. Cash, Christina D. Economos, Eric B. Rimm, Parke Wilde
    • Awards-
      • Selected as a finalist for the Graduate Student Research Award competition which is available On Demand throughout the duration of the conference.
      • Selected as a Finalist for the ASN’s Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Abstract Recognition Award Program.
  • Hyomin Lee
  • Anna Maafs
    • Poster presentation-Title: The Health and Housing Study: Nutrition-Related Outcomes Among Low- to Moderate-Income Individuals Living in or Seeking to Live in New Subsidized Chinatown-Based Housing
      Presenting Author: Ana Maafs-Rodríguez
      Co-Authors: Jennifer Pustz, Mehreen Ismail, Laurie Goldman, Peter Levine, Angie Liou, Virginia Chomitz.
  • Elena Martinez
  • Katherine M. Rancano
    • “Exposure to Negative Weight Talk From Family Members Is Associated With Weight Bias Internalization in Children”
    • Oral presentation: Bench to Behavior: Exemplary Student Abstracts in Obesity Science (Oral 2)
    • Young Minority Investigator Oral Competition, Finalist.
    • Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Abstract Recognition Award Program (Obesity Topic Area), Finalist.
    • Robert Suskind and Leslie Lewinter-Suskind Pediatric Nutrition Student Award, Recipient.
  • Yanlin Ren
    • Abstract Title: Factors Associated With Stunting Among Infants and Young Children Aged 7–29 Months in Post-conflict Northern Uganda
      Abstract Presentation Number: P16-088-21
      Abstract Topical Area: Maternal, Perinatal and Pediatric Nutrition
  • Alexandria Schmall
    • Poster Presentation-(Presenting Author) (P15-058-21) In-Home Observations Are a Useful Tool to Assess the Household Enabling Environment for Child Nutrition in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone 
    • Poster Presentation-Participation in Indoda Emadodeni male champion campaign supported improved male engagement in child feeding, care, and household chores in western Zimbabwe
      Authors: Mackson Maphosa, Mutsa Dzimba, Pamela Ncube-Murakwani, Melissa Antal, Shamiso Moyo, David Brigham, Alexandria Schmall
    • Panel/Oral Presentations-Finalist/presenter for the Young Minority Investigator Oral Competition (presenting: In-home Observations are a Useful Tool to Assess the Household Enabling Environment for Child Nutrition in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone) . (Friday June 4th)
    • Panelist-Transforming Food Systems: Missing Pieces to Make Them Work (Sponsored Satellite Program) panel presentation with Drs. Dean Mozaffarian, Kennedy, Webb and Dr. Francesco Branca (WHO) Dr. Gunhild Stordalen (EAT Foundation), Mr. Chris Hegadorn (CFS), Dr. Jamie Morrison (FAO). (June 8th)
  • Kelsey Smith
    • Poster Presentation-Title: Modifying the gut microbiome through diet or antibiotics alters bone phenotypes in older mice-Friedman affiliated authors: Kelsey M Smith, Chia-Fang Tsai, Kathryn Barger, Donald E. Smith, Sheldon Rowan
  • Alexandra Stern
    • Abstract Title: Relationship Between Nutrient Density and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Lunches Served at a Large Urban School District
      Abstract Presentation Number: OR05-02-21
    • Oral Session Title: Climate/Environment, Health, Agriculture and Improved Nutrition (Oral 5)
      Authors: Alexandra Stern, PhD Candidate Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and Scott Richardson, PhD Candidate Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
      Title: Relationship between nutrient density and greenhouse gas emissions of lunches served at a large urban school district
  • Meng Wang
    • Abstract Title: The Association of Plasma Trimethylamine N-Oxide With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, Abstract Presentation Number: OR28-03-21
    • Oral Session Title: Population Level Studies on Diet Related Factors in Chronic Disease (Oral 28)
    • Award-selected as a finalist for the Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Abstract Recognition Award Program

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Topics
Healthy Communities and Behavior Change, Food Policy and Disparities, Food Systems, Agriculture, and Climate Change, Chronic Diseases and Healthy Aging, Obesity and Diabetes, Public Impact, Big Data, Technology, and Personalized Nutrition
Program
Agriculture, Food, and the Environment, Biochemical & Molecular Nutrition, Food and Nutrition Policy and Programs, Nutrition Epidemiology and Data Science, Nutrition Interventions, Communication, and Behavior Change, Master of Science + Dietetic Internship, Master of Arts in Humanitarian Assistance, Master of Nutrition Science & Policy, Online Graduate Certificates