President's Oral Session: Abstracts of Distinction (Oral Session 7)

Chair(s)

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  Naima Moustaid-Moussa, PhD, DFASN, FTOS, FAHA, FNAI

  President, American Society for Nutrition
  Horn Distinguished Professor
  Texas Tech University & Texas Tech Health Sciences Center
  Lubbock, Texas, United States

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

Co-Chair(s)

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  Keith West, Jr., DrPH, MPH (he/him/his)

  George G. Graham Professor of Infant and Child Nutrition
  International Health
  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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

Presenting Author(s)

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  Femi Olawale, PhD (he/him/his)

  Graduate research assistant
  Oklahoma State University
  stillwater, Oklahoma, United States

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

  Olivia Charles, BS

  Research Fellow
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
  Bethesda, Maryland, United States

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

  Nathaniel Cole, PhD

  Postdoctoral Associate
  Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health
  Ithaca, New York, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Zilin Xiao, Ph.D Candidate

  Ph.D. Candidate
  Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  Shanghai, Shanghai, China (People's Republic)

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Yifei Wang, MSc (she/her/hers)

  PhD Student
  University of British Columbia
  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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

The President's Oral Session: Abstracts of Distinction will spotlight innovative, impactful research that is advancing the field of nutrition research and practice.

Complete abstract text for each abstract which will be presented at NUTRITION 2026 will be available on July 24.

Presentations:

• 4:30 PM - 4:42 PM ET

  Resistant Starch Supplementation Modulates Gut Microbiota and Metabolic Outcomes in β- Glucuronidase-Inhibited Estrogen-Deficient Mice
  

  Presenting Author: Femi Olawale, PhD (he/him/his) – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Ranjitha Chandrashekar – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Brooke Sutton – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Sanmi Alake – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Megan Justice – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Hong Hwang – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Samuel Jeyasingh – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Jorja Ford – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Yabsira Argeta – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Anthony Schilmiller – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Winyoo Chowanadisai – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Brenda Smith – Indiana University

  Co-Author: Edralin Lucas – Oklahoma State University
• 4:42 PM - 4:54 PM ET

  Photograph-Based AI Features in Calorie-Tracking Apps Underestimate Energy Content of Meals
  

  Presenting Author: Olivia Charles, BS – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Eleanor U. Flacke, BS – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Sara Turner – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Shanna Yang – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Kayla Airaghi – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Natalie Vallone – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Lindsay Herra – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Valerie L. Darcey, PhD, MS, RD, LD (she/her/hers) – National Institutes of Health, NIDDK

  Co-Author: Stephanie T. Chung – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Aaron Hengist, PhD (he/him/his) – National Institutes of Health
• 4:54 PM - 5:06 PM ET

  Metabolic Adaptions Associated With Biofortified Pearl Millet in the Gut Microbiota of 12–18-Month Old Children
  

  Presenting Author: Nathaniel L. Cole, PhD – Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health

  Co-Author: Samantha L. Huey, PhD (she/her/hers) – Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, Cornell University

  Co-Author: Ioanna Pagani – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Antonio González – University of California

  Co-Author: Julia L. Finkelstein, ScD, MPH – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Jere D. Haas – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Shobha A. Udipi – SNDT Women’s University

  Co-Author: Padmini Ghugre – SNDT Women’s University

  Co-Author: Ramesh D. Potdar – Centre for the Study of Social Change

  Co-Author: Rob Knight – University of California

  Co-Author: Saurabh Mehta, MBBS, ScD – Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health
• 5:06 PM - 5:18 PM ET

  Chrononutritional Adherence to Seasonal Rhythms: Divergent Metabolome-Microbiome Plasticity and Cardiometabolic Health
  

  Presenting Author: Zilin Xiao, Ph.D Candidate – Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  Co-Author: Geng Zong – Institute of Nutrition, Fudan University
• 5:18 PM - 5:30 PM ET

  Sex-Specific Dietary Networks Predict All-Cause Mortality and Life Expectancy in Canadian Adults: A Machine Learning-Based Population Study
  

  Presenting Author: Yifei Wang, MSc (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia

  Co-Author: Jason Sutherland – University of British Columbia

  Co-Author: Mahsa Jessri – University of British Columbia