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Tuesday, July 28, 2026
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM ET
Abstract Presentations of New Research - Oral Sessions

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM ET
Dietary Influences on the Gut Microbiome and Human Health (Oral Session 24)
Presenting Author: Eden Eran Nagar, PhD – Cornell University
Presenting Author: Lynn Ferro, PhD, MPH – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Presenting Author: Gwenyth O. Lee, PhD – University of Michigan
Presenting Author: Elaheh Rabbani, M.Sc – University of Missouri-Columbia
Presenting Author: Gaël Toubon, PhD – Chalmers University of Technology

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM ET
Innovative Diet Patterns Research and Heath Outcomes: Consideration of Environmental Impact (Oral Session 25)
Presenting Author: Kate M. Bermingham, PhD – ZOE Ltd
Presenting Author: Linh P. Bui, PhD – VinUniversity
Presenting Author: Duong Phuc Phan, BS (he/him/his) – Taipei Medical University
Presenting Author: Xiaowen Wang, PhD (she/her/hers) – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Presenting Author: Amelia Willits-Smith, PhD – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM ET
The Psychological Toll of Food Insecurity: Evidence Across Populations and Contexts (Oral Session 26)
Presenting Author: Angela Bermúdez-Millán, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Connecticut Health Center (UConn Health)
Presenting Author: Yvonne R. Ford, PhD, RN – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Presenting Author: Alireza Majidi, MS – University of Idaho
Presenting Author: Heejin Lee, Ph.D. – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Presenting Author: Victor O. Olayemi, Doctoral Candidate – Virginia Tech

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM ET
Federally Funded Multilevel Nutrition Interventions and Programs to Address Diet-related Chronic Diseases
Chair: Alison G. Brown, PhD, RDN (she/her/hers) – National Institutes of Health
Speaker: Andrew Bremer, MD, MAS, PhD – National Institutes of Health
Speaker: Joel Gittelsohn, PhD, MS – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Speaker: Diane M. Harris, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Speaker: Tashara M. Leak, PhD, RDN (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
Speaker: Jean Pascale, PhD, RD, CHES – National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA
Speaker: Susan Veldheer, DEd, RD – Pennsylvania State College of Medicine
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/MetabolismClinical and Translational NutritionCommunity and Public Health NutritionPopulation Science/Epidemiology

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM ET
Beyond the Label: Regulation of Food Additives
Speaker: Mario G. Ferruzzi, PhD – Virginia Tech
Speaker: Carrie McMahon, PhD (she/her/hers) – Feed My Mind Regulatory Consulting LLC
Speaker: Kantha Shelke, PhD – Johns Hopkins University; Corvus Blue LLC
Climate and/or Food SystemsClinical and Translational NutritionCommunity and Public Health NutritionGlobal Nutrition

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM ET
Transforming Nutrition Education Across the Medical Training Continuum
Chair: Carine M. Lenders, MD, MS, ScD (she/her/hers) – Boston University School of Medicine
Chair: Zhaoping Li, MD, PhD – UCLA Center for Human Nutrition
Career and Professional DevelopmentClinical and Translational NutritionCommunity and Public Health Nutrition

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
Abstract Presentations of New Research - Oral Sessions

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
Diet and Cancer & Nutritional Microbiology Joint GEM Forum - Diet at the Intersection of Cancer, the Microbiome, and Immunotherapy
Chair: Tzu-Wen L. Cross, PhD (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
Chair: Chaoran Ma, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Speaker: Carrie Daniel-MacDougall, PhD, MPH – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Speaker: Nancy J. Emenaker, PhD, MEd, RDN, LD, FAND (she/her/hers) – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Speaker: Cynthia L. Sears, MD (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/MetabolismClinical and Translational Nutrition

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
Nutrition Policy in Action: Food Access, Safety Nets, and Population Level Impact (Oral Session 27)
Presenting Author: Christopher E. Anderson, PhD, MSPH – University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Presenting Author: Hussain Chharawalla, Doctoral Student – University of California, Davis
Presenting Author: Mary Curnutte, PhD, RD – The Pennsylvania State University
Presenting Author: Danielle J. Gartner, MPH – Tulane University Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
Presenting Author: Cassi N. Leta, PhD – Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition Evidence Center
Presenting Author: Matti Marklund, PhD – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Presenting Author: Elise Sheinberg, MPH, RDN – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
Beyond “GLP-1s”: Mechanistic Insights into Amylin and Glucagon Pathways in Next Generation Obesity Medicines
Chair: Drew Sayer, PhD (he/him/his) – The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Speaker: Kirk M. Habegger, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Alabama at Birmingham
Speaker: Christelle Le Foll, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Zurich
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/MetabolismClinical and Translational Nutrition

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
Infant Formula Regulation and Nutritional Composition: Operation Stork Speed and Beyond
Chair: Stephanie W. Waldrop, MD, MPH – Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Chair: Elizabeth Widen, PhD, RD (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas at Austin
Speaker: Steven A. Abrams, MD – Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin
Speaker: Aline Andres, PhD, RD (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Speaker: Yarden Golan Maor, PhD (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/MetabolismClinical and Translational NutritionCommunity and Public Health NutritionGlobal Nutrition

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
Late Breaking/Rapid Science Oral Session