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Friday, July 24, 2026
2:00 PM - 5:45 PM ET
Carotenoids and Retinoids (CARIG) Symposium and GEM Forum - Mind Your Matrix: Translating Carotenoid Content into Biological Effect
Chair: Michael P. Dzakovich, PhD – USDA-ARS/Children's Nutrition Research Center
Speaker: Mario G. Ferruzzi, PhD – Virginia Tech
Speaker: Michael Gore, PhD – Cornell University
Speaker: Massimo Iorizzo, PhD – Plants for Human Health Institute, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Research Campus
Speaker: Lingyan Kong, Ph.D. – University of Alabama
Speaker: Li Li, PhD – Cornell University; USDA-ARS
Speaker: Rae McDowell, MS – Colorado State University
Speaker: Wendy S. White, PhD – Iowa State University
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/MetabolismClimate and/or Food SystemsCommunity and Public Health NutritionClinical and Translational NutritionGlobal NutritionCareer and Professional Development

6:30 PM - 7:45 PM ET
Carotenoids and Retinoids Interest Group (CARIG) GEM Business Meeting, Reception, and Poster Competition
Chair: Michael P. Dzakovich, PhD – USDA-ARS/Children's Nutrition Research Center
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/MetabolismClimate and/or Food SystemsClinical and Translational NutritionCommunity and Public Health NutritionGlobal NutritionCareer and Professional Development

Saturday, July 25, 2026
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM ET
Aging and Chronic Disease & Medical Nutrition Council (MNC) Joint GEM Forum - Healthy Aging 360°: Integrating Nutrition, Technology, and Behavioral Health
Chair: Raedeh Basiri, PhD/Registered Dietitian (she/her/hers) – George Mason University
Chair: Matthew J. Landry, PhD, RDN, DipACLM (he/him/his) – University of California, Irvine
Speaker: Raedeh Basiri, PhD/Registered Dietitian (she/her/hers) – George Mason University
Speaker: Maryam Hashemian, MD, PhD – National Institutes of Health
Speaker: Xiaoran Liu, Ph.D. – Rush University Medical Center
Clinical and Translational Nutrition

8:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET
Student, Postdoc, and Early Career Professional Networking Event
Career and Professional Development

Sunday, July 26, 2026
6:30 AM - 8:00 AM ET
Graduate Student Breakfast, Meet the Distinguished Fellows (DFASN), and SIG 3-Minute Thesis Award Competition

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM ET
Dietary Bioactive Components GEM Forum - Building Relationships that Support Your Career: Insight From ASN Leadership
Chair: Shirin Hooshmand, PhD, RD – San Diego State University
Speaker: Naima Moustaid-Moussa, PhD, DFASN, FTOS, FAHA, FNAI – Texas Tech University & Texas Tech Health Sciences Center
Speaker: Kevin Schalinske, PhD – Iowa State University
Career and Professional Development

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET
Science in the Age of Social Media: Navigating Influencers and Using Social Media to Share Evidence-Based Science
Chair: Bahar Bakhshi, MS – Boston University School of Medicine
Speaker: Gisela Bouvier, MBA, RDN, LDN – Gisela Bouvier Nutrition
Speaker: Stephanie Compton, PhD – AdventHealth
Speaker: Kenny Mendoza Herrera, PhD – UT-Southwestern
Speaker: Mindy A. Patterson, PhD, RDN – Texas Woman's University
Speaker: Deirdre K. Tobias, ScD (she/her/hers) – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Career and Professional Development

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM ET
Community and Public Health Nutrition (CPHN) and Maternal, Perinatal, & Pediatric Nutrition (MPP) Joint GEM Forum - Building Resilience and Sustainability: Navigating the Evolving Community and Public Health Nutrition Research Landscape in Maternal and Child Health through Knowledge Sharing
Chair: Rana Chehab, PhD, MPH, RD (she/her/hers) – Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Chair: Kelsey Gardiner, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Missouri-Kansas City
Community and Public Health NutritionGlobal NutritionPopulation Science/Epidemiology

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
ASN Community Activities and GEM Forums

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
Nutritional Epidemiology GEM Forum - Introduction to the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Dietary Assessment and Analysis: Challenges and Opportunities for Nutritional Epidemiologic Research
Chair: Amy E. Millen, PhD (she/her/hers) – University at Buffalo
Speaker: Danielle G. Lemay, PhD – USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Population Science/EpidemiologyCareer and Professional Development

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM ET
Experimental Animal Nutrition & Nutritional Immunology and Inflammation Joint GEM Forum - Diet, Microbes, and Machine Learning: New Tools for Advancing Nutrition Research
Chair: Mary C. Andreae, PhD, RD, LDN (she/her/hers) – East Tennessee State University
Chair: Marie van der Merwe, PhD – University of Memphis
Speaker: Jordan E. Bisanz, PhD (he/him/his) – The Pennsylvania State University
Speaker: Danielle G. Lemay, PhD – USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Speaker: Stephen A. Watts, PhD – University of Alabama Birmingham
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/MetabolismClinical and Translational NutritionCareer and Professional Development

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM ET
CHAIN GEM Forum (Climate, Environment, Health, Agriculture, and Improved Nutrition) - Navigating Research Funding: A Panel on Advancing Research Connecting Climate/Environment, Health, and Food Systems
Chair: Naglaa H. El-Abbadi, PhD – Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University
Chair: Allison L. Unger, PhD (she/her/hers) – National Dairy Council
Speaker: Sara Elnakib, PhD, MPH, RDN (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
Speaker: Caitlin Grady, PhD – George Washington University
Speaker: Michael Lavender – National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
Speaker: Catherine E. Woteki, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia; American Society for Nutrition Foundation
Climate and/or Food Systems

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM ET
Vitamins and Minerals GEM Forum - Folinic Acid (Leucovorin) in Autism: Evidence, Mechanisms, and Controversies
Chair: Joanna L. Fiddler, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas
Speaker: Eric D. Ciappio, PhD, RD (he/him/his) – Balchem Human Nutrition & Health
Speaker: Martha S. Field, PhD (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
Speaker: Kevin Klatt, PhD, RD (he/him/his) – University of Toronto
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/MetabolismClinical and Translational Nutrition

8:00 PM - 9:30 PM ET
Speed Mentoring for Students
Career and Professional Development

Monday, July 27, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM ET
ASN Community Activities and GEM Forums

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM ET
Obesity & Sports Nutrition and Human Performance Joint GEM Forum - A Triad Approach to Obesity: Aligning Medical Treatment, Dietary Guidance, and Physical Activity
Chair: Yvette Figueroa, PhD (she/her/hers) – Tampa Bay Rays
Chair: Ana Palacios, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Georgia Southern University
Speaker: Matthew Barberio, PhD, FACSM – Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University
Speaker: John M. Jakicic, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center
Speaker: Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH (he/him/his) – Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University
Speaker: Patricia Nece, JD (she/her/hers) – Obesity Action Coalition
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/MetabolismClinical and Translational Nutrition

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
ASN Community Activities and GEM Forums

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
Nutrient-Gene Interactions GEM Forum - Translating Nutrient-Gene-Environment Interactions to Precision Nutrition Recommendations
Chair: Renee J. Dufault, PHD/DHEd – Food Ingredient and Health Research Institute
Speaker: Gertrude Ecklu-Mensah, PhD – UC San Diego
Speaker: Kozeta Miliku, MD, PhD – University of Toronto
Speaker: Mesay Wolle, PhD – Food and Drug Administration
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/MetabolismClinical and Translational Nutrition

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
Nutrition Translation GEM Forum - When Nutrition Science Collides With Belief: Controversy, Identity, and Uncertainty in a Post-Trust Era
Chair: Stephen A. Fleming, PhD (he/him/his) – Traverse Science, Inc.
Speaker: Andrew W. Brown, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Research Institute
Speaker: Javier A. Granados Samayoa, PhD (he/him/his) – Texas Christian University
Clinical and Translational NutritionCommunity and Public Health NutritionGlobal Nutrition

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM ET
If Science is Clear, Why Aren’t We Healthier?
Chair: Eric D. Ciappio, PhD, RD (he/him/his) – Balchem Human Nutrition & Health
Co-Chair: Mona Rosene, MS, RD – ChromaDex, Inc.
Speaker: Joshua C. Anthony – Nlumn
Speaker: Brad Johnson, PhD – Texas Tech University
Speaker: Joanne L. Slavin, PhD, RDN (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Career and Professional DevelopmentCellular and Physiological Nutrition/MetabolismClimate and/or Food SystemsClinical and Translational NutritionCommunity and Public Health NutritionGlobal NutritionPopulation Science/Epidemiology

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM ET
Building Competitive Research Programs as Early Career Investigators – A Fireside Chat
Chair: Candida J. Rebello, PhD, RD, LDN (she/her/hers) – Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Moderator: Lynn Ferro, PhD, MPH – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Panelist: David D. Church, PhD – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Panelist: Sarah S. Comstock, PhD (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University
Panelist: Matthew J. Landry, PhD, RDN, DipACLM (he/him/his) – University of California, Irvine
Panelist: Saurabh Mehta, MBBS, ScD – Cornell University
Panelist: Candida J. Rebello, PhD, RD, LDN (she/her/hers) – Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Career and Professional Development

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM ET
Energy and Macronutrient Metabolism GEM Forum - Macronutrient Impacts on Metabolic Health at Different Life Stages
Chair: Sam R. Emerson, PhD – Oklahoma State University
Speaker: Sue A. Shapses, PhD, RD – Rutgers University
Speaker: Malcolm Watford, D. Phil – Rutgers University
Clinical and Translational Nutrition

Tuesday, July 28, 2026
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