How Should Medical Students and Other Trainees Learn the Science of Nutrition? - 2026 Robert Suskind and Leslie Lewinter-Suskind Pediatric Nutrition Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture and Student Awards

Chair(s)

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  Robert Suskind, MD

  Dean Emeritus
  California University of Science and Medicine

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

Speaker(s)

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  Christopher Duggan, MD, MPH (he/him/his)

  Editor in Chief, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
  Boston Children's Hospital
  Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  Disclosure(s): Bartlett Learning: Royalties or Patent Beneficiary (Ongoing)
  LWW Wolters Kluwer, Publisher: Royalties or Patent Beneficiary (Ongoing)
  McGraw Hill: Royalties or Patent Beneficiary (Ongoing)

Presenting Author(s)

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  Qi Chen, MS

  PhD student
  Nutritional Sciences
  The Pennsylvania State University
  State College, Pennsylvania, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Katherine Kwon, PhD, RDN, IBCLC (she/her/hers)

  PhD Student
  University of California, Davis
  Davis, California, United States

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

Presentations:

• 4:30 PM - 4:35 PM ET

  Welcome and Introductions - 2026 Robert Suskind and Leslie Lewinter-Suskind Pediatric Nutrition Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture
  

  Chair: Robert Suskind, MD – California University of Science and Medicine
• 4:35 PM - 5:15 PM ET

  How Should Medical Students and Other Trainees Learn the Science of Nutrition? - 2026 Robert Suskind and Leslie Lewinter-Suskind Pediatric Nutrition Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture
  

  Speaker: Christopher P. Duggan, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Boston Children's Hospital
• 5:15 PM - 5:30 PM ET

  Panel Discussion / Questions and Answers - 2026 Robert Suskind and Leslie Lewinter-Suskind Pediatric Nutrition Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture
  

  Chair: Robert Suskind, MD – California University of Science and Medicine

  Speaker: Christopher P. Duggan, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Boston Children's Hospital
• 5:30 PM - 5:45 PM ET

  Associations of Exclusive and Predominant Breastfeeding With Social-Emotional Development at 9-11 Years of Age: A Longitudinal Analysis of Ghanaian Children
  

  Presenting Author: Katherine Y. Kwon, PhD, RDN, IBCLC (she/her/hers) – University of California, Davis

  Co-Author: Charles D. Arnold, MS – University of California, Davis

  Co-Author: Seth Adu-Afarwuah – University of Ghana

  Co-Author: Kathryn G. Dewey, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of California, Davis

  Co-Author: Paul D. Hastings – University of California, Davis

  Co-Author: Amanda E. Guyer – University of California, Davis

  Co-Author: Anna Lartey – University of Ghana

  Co-Author: Adom Manu – University of Ghana

  Co-Author: Mavis O. Mensah – University of Ghana

  Co-Author: Brietta M. Oaks – University of Rhode Island

  Co-Author: Christine P. Stewart, MPH, PhD – University of California, Davis
• 5:45 PM - 6:00 PM ET

  Better Maternal Dietary Quality During Pregnancy Is Associated With Improved Adaptive Behavior and Cognitive Performance in Offspring Through 24 Months: The Glowing Study
  

  Presenting Author: Qi Chen, MS – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Aline Andres, PhD, RD (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

  Co-Author: Chelsey Fiecke, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

  Co-Author: Audrey Martinez, R.D.N., Ph.D. – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)

  Co-Author: Muzi Na, PhD, MHS, FASN – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Chayla Slaton – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

  Co-Author: Mara Whiteside – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences