Diversity in Nutrition Oral Competition for Early Career Investigators

Finalist(s)

• OB

  Olaitan Bobade, MS, RDN

  Doctoral Student
  Virginia Tech
  Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Rebecca Castillo, BS (she/her/hers)

  Graduate Student
  Texas Tech University
  El Paso, Texas, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Genesis Edokpa, Doctor of Optometry; and MSc in Vision Science (Awarded with Distinction) (he/him/his)

  Graduate student
  University of the West Indies
  Kingston, Saint Andrew, Jamaica

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Genesis Guerra-Gaitan, MS (she/her/hers)

  PhD Candidate
  University of California, Davis
  Woodland, California, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
• MS

  Marcela Santos Ferreira, MS (she/her/hers)

  Graduate Assistant
  University of Connecticut
  Storrs, Connecticut, United States

  Disclosure information not submitted.
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  Charis Wiltshire, MPH (she/her/hers)

  Doctoral Candidate
  Emory University
  Atlanta, Georgia, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Organized by ASN's Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) Committee, this award competition provides an opportunity for young investigators from underrepresented communities within the biomedical and life sciences to participate in the annual meeting by discussing their research findings. Finalists will strengthen presentation and professional skills associated with a career in the sciences.

Finalists include:

• Olaitan O. Bobade, MS, RDN, Virginia Tech
  Acute Impact of Non-Sugar Sweeteners, Acesulfame Potassium and Saccharin, on Glucose and Insulin Response in Middle-Aged and Older Adults with Prediabetes
• Rebecca A. Castillo, BS, Texas Tech University
  Supporting Toddler Vegetable Intake: Caregiver Perspectives on a Multicomponent Intervention for Low-Income Families
• Genesis Edokpa, OD & MSc, University of the West Indies, Mona
  Dietary Fish and Non-Starchy Vegetable Intake Are Independently Associated With Reduced Glaucoma Medication Burden: Evidence From a Caribbean Cohort
• Genesis G. Guerra-Gaitan, MS, University of California, Davis
  Zinc Absorption From Common Beans with Contrasting Phytic Acid and Polyphenol Content: A Randomized Crossover Study in Young Adult Women
• Marcela Santos Ferreira, MS, University of Connecticut
  Egg Fractions Age-Dependently Modulate T Cell Phenotypes and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Gene Expression Profiles, Lipid Raft Formation, and Activation Capacity
• Charis Wiltshire, MPH, Emory University
  Dietary Intake of Fats and Epigenetic Aging: Results From the Hispanic Community Health Study/ Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)