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Session Type: Oral Session

Optimizing Nutrition for Early-Life Health: From Pregnancy to Early Childhood (Oral Session 18)

Monday, July 27, 2026
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET
Location:Maryland Ballroom D

    Chair(s)

  • Sisi Cao, PhD

    Medical Communications
    Mead Johnson Nutrition
    Evansville, Indiana, United States

    Disclosure(s): Mead Johnson Nutrition/Reckitt: Employee (Ongoing)

    • Co-Chair(s)

  • Stephanie Waldrop, MD, MPH

    Assistant Professor and Director, Pediatric Clinical and Translational Medicine Research Laboratory
    Pennington Biomedical Research Center
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

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

    • Presenting Author(s)

  • Michelle Kubicki, PhD (she/her/hers)

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
    Denver, Colorado, United States

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

  • Payton Harmon, PhD (she/her/hers)

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Rutgers University
    Princeton, New Jersey, United States

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

  • Danielle Christifano, PhD (she/her/hers)

    Associate Professor
    Dietetics and Nutrition
    University of Kansas Medical Center
    Parkville, Missouri, United States

    Disclosure(s): dsm firmenich: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)
    Seafood Industry Research Foundation: Grant/Research Support (Terminated, June 30, 2026)

  • Antonio C Ramos dos Santos, PhD (he/him/his)

    Postdoctoral Research Associate
    Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
    College Station, Texas, United States

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

  • Rana Chehab, PhD, MPH, RD (she/her/hers)

    Research Scientist
    Kaiser Permanente Northern California
    Pleasanton, California, United States

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

  • Dominikus Atmaka, MPH, Dietitian (he/him/his)

    Graduate Student
    Colorado State University
    FORT COLLINS, Colorado, 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:

  • 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM ET
    Associations Between the Gut Microbiome and Neurodevelopment Scores in a Breastfed Infant Complementary Feeding Trial

    Presenting Author: Michelle Kubicki, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

    Co-Author: Daniel N. Frank – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

    Co-Author: Megan Robbins – Children’s Hospital Colorado

    Co-Author: Greta Wilkening – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

    Co-Author: Minghua Tang – Colorado State University

    Co-Author: Nancy Krebs – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

  • 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM ET
    Amino Acid-Fortified Oral Rehydration Therapy Reduces the Duration of Pediatric Diarrhea

    Presenting Author: Payton Harmon, PhD (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University

    Co-Author: Melissa N. Weidner, MD – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

    Co-Author: Prerna Trivedy, MD – Hackensack University Medical Center

    Co-Author: Minh-Tu Do – Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

    Co-Author: Lisa Cerracchio, BSN – Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

    Co-Author: Sunanda Gaur, MD – Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

    Co-Author: Paul A. Breslin, PhD – Rutgers University

  • 10:54 AM - 11:06 AM ET
    Integration of a Brief DHA Food Frequency Questionnaire in the Electronic Medical Record and Associations With Preterm Birth in a Clinical Prenatal Population

    Presenting Author: Danielle N. Christifano, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Kansas Medical Center

    Co-Author: Alexandra Brown, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center

    Co-Author: Lara Bennett, MS, RD, LD – University of Kansas Medical Center

    Co-Author: Caitlin Linscheid, MD, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center

    Co-Author: Byron Gajweski, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center

    Co-Author: Susan Carlson, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center

  • 11:06 AM - 11:18 AM ET
    Pulsatile Leucine Administration During Continuous Enteral Feeding Enhances Postnatal Linear Growth and Lean Mass Accretion in a Preterm Piglet Model

    Presenting Author: Antonio C Ramos dos Santos, PhD (he/him/his) – Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture, Texas A&M AgriLife Research

    Co-Author: Agus L. Suryawan, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine

    Co-Author: Rosemarie D. Parada – Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture, Texas A&M AgriLife Research

    Co-Author: Caitlin Vonderohe, DVM; PhD – Baylor College of Medicine

    Co-Author: Barbara Stoll, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine

    Co-Author: Douglas G. Burrin, PhD – USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, United States

    Co-Author: Marta L. Fiorotto – USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

    Co-Author: Teresa A. Davis, PhD, DFASN, FASAS (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M AgriLife Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture

  • 11:18 AM - 11:30 AM ET
    Neighborhood Food Access and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: A Population-Based Longitudinal Cohort Study

    Presenting Author: Rana Chehab, PhD, MPH, RD (she/her/hers) – Kaiser Permanente Northern California

    Co-Author: Liwei F. Chen – Kaiser Permanente Northern California

    Co-Author: Assiamira F. Ferrara – Kaiser Permanente Northern California

    Co-Author: Amanda L. Ngo – Kaiser Permanente Northern California

    Co-Author: Mara B. Ngo – Kaiser Permanente Northern California

    Co-Author: Yeyi F. Zhu – Kaiser Permanente Northern California

  • 11:30 AM - 11:42 AM ET
    Infant Fat Distribution Using Ultrasound in a Randomized Controlled Trial With Different Protein-Rich Foods

    Presenting Author: Dominikus Raditya Atmaka, MPH, Dietitian (he/him/his) – Colorado State University

    Co-Author: Kinzie Matzeller – Colorado State University

    Co-Author: Sarah Milla – Children's Hospital Colorado

    Co-Author: Jeffrey Tutman – Children's Hospital Colorado

    Co-Author: Nancy Krebs – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

    Co-Author: Minghua Tang – Colorado State University