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Session Type: Oral Session

Omics in Epidemiology: Unraveling Mechanisms Between Diet and Disease Associations (Oral Session 6)

Saturday, July 25, 2026
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
Location:National Harbor 4-5

    Chair(s)

  • MS

    Magdalena Sevilla-Gonzalez, PhD

    Instructor of Medicine
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Disclosure(s): Novo Nordisk: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

    • Co-Chair(s)

  • AW

    Alexis Wood, PhD, FAHA (she/her/hers)

    Associate Professor
    Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine
    Houston, Texas, United States

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

    • Presenting Author(s)

  • Kaelyn Burns, PhD, MS (she/her/hers)

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics National Cancer Institute
    Rockville, Maryland, United States

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

  • Valerie Sullivan, PhD, MHS, RD

    Assistant Scientist
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
    Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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

  • HK

    Hyunju Kim, PhD MPH

    Assistant Professor
    University of Washington
    SEATTLE, Washington, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

  • YY

    Yukiko Yano, PhD

    Research Fellow
    National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
    Rockville, Maryland, United States

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

  • Bonnie Patchen, PhD, RD (she/her/hers)

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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

  • 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.

NUTRITION 2026 Oral Sessions feature the presentation of multiple abstracts organized around a common theme and highlight outstanding research representing the abstract topical areas. Complete abstract text for each abstract which will be presented at NUTRITION 2026 will be available on July 24.

Presentations:

  • 10:00 AM - 10:12 AM ET
    Multi-metabolite Scores Predictive of Sodium and Potassium Recovery Biomarkers

    Presenting Author: Kaelyn F. Burns, PhD, MS (she/her/hers) – Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics National Cancer Institute

    Co-Author: Yikyung Park – Washington University

    Co-Author: Eleanor Watts – National Cancer Institute

    Co-Author: Hyokyoung G. Hong – National Cancer Institute

    Co-Author: Erikka Loftfield – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  • 10:12 AM - 10:24 AM ET
    Plasma Protein Biomarkers of Sugar-Sweetened and Artificially Sweetened Beverage Intake and Incident Cardiovascular Disease

    Presenting Author: Valerie K. Sullivan, PhD, MHS, RD – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    Co-Author: Jingsha Chen – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    Co-Author: Mary R. Rooney – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    Co-Author: Jerome I. Rotter – The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

    Co-Author: Wendy Post – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Co-Author: Alexis C. Wood, PhD, FAHA (she/her/hers) – Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine

    Co-Author: Rajat Deo – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

    Co-Author: Ruth Dubin – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Co-Author: Peter Ganz – University of California, San Francisco

    Co-Author: Casey M. Rebholz, PhD, MPH, MNSP, MS – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  • 10:24 AM - 10:36 AM ET
    Plasma Proteins Shed Light on Causal Mechanisms by Which the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet Reduces Blood Pressure

    Presenting Author: Hyunju Kim, PhD MPH – University of Washington

    Co-Author: Jennifer A. Brody – University of Washington

    Co-Author: Guanghao Qi – University of Washington

    Co-Author: Ye Ting – University of Washington

    Co-Author: Lawrence J. Appel – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    Co-Author: Casey M. Rebholz, PhD, MPH, MNSP, MS – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    Co-Author: James S. Floyd – University of Washington

  • 10:36 AM - 10:48 AM ET
    Metabolomics Analysis of Biomarkers of Low to Moderate Alcohol Intake in the Postmenopausal Women’s Alcohol Study: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Feeding Study

    Presenting Author: Yukiko Yano, PhD – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

    Co-Author: Paul Albert – National Cancer Institute

    Co-Author: Siddharth Roy – National Cancer Institute

    Co-Author: Zeinab Farhat – National Cancer Institute

    Co-Author: David Baer – U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Co-Author: Steven Moore – National Cancer Institute

    Co-Author: Joanne Dorgan – University of Maryland School of Medicine

    Co-Author: Vivian Viallon – International Agency for Research on Cancer

    Co-Author: Pekka Keski-Rahkonen – International Agency for Research on Cancer

    Co-Author: Pietro Ferrari – International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization

    Co-Author: Christian C. Abnet – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

    Co-Author: Erikka Loftfield – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  • 10:48 AM - 11:00 AM ET
    Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Associations With Epigenetic Variation in the Respiratory Epithelium

    Presenting Author: Bonnie K. Patchen, PhD, RD (she/her/hers) – Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Co-Author: E. Kate Phillips – Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Co-Author: Woei-Yuh Saw – Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School

    Co-Author: Michael Cho – Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School

    Co-Author: Bruce D. Levy – Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School

    Co-Author: Edwin K. Silverman – Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School

    Co-Author: Dana B. Hancock – Research Triangle Institute International

    Co-Author: Patricia A. Cassano – Cornell University; Weill Cornell Medicine

    Co-Author: Dawn L. DeMeo – Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School

  • 11:00 AM - 11:12 AM ET
    Dietary Intake of Fats and Epigenetic Aging: Results From the Hispanic Community Health Study/ Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)

    Presenting Author: Charis Wiltshire, MPH (she/her/hers) – Emory University

    Co-Author: Hanqi Luo, PhD – Emory University

    Co-Author: Andrea Lopez-Cepero – University of Puerto Rico

    Co-Author: Myriam Fornage – UT Health Austin

    Co-Author: Sarina Abrishamcar – Emory University

    Co-Author: Daniela Sotres-Alvarez – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Co-Author: Shakira Suglia – Emory University