Associations of Diet and the Gut Microbiome (Oral Session 8)

Chair(s)

• CO

  Carmen Ortega-Santos, PhD, RD (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  George Washington University
  Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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

Co-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)

Presenting Author(s)

• 

  Noel Mueller, PhD

  Professor
  University of Colorado
  Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States

  Disclosure(s): Nestle Nutrition Institute: Speaker/Speaker's Bureau (Terminated)
  Tiny Health LLC: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing); Stock Shareholder (excluding mutual funds) (Ongoing)
• 

  Cole Patoine, MS, RD

  PhD Candidate
  Florida State University
  Concord, New Hampshire, United States

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

  Mengjia Zhao, PhD Candidate

  866, Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China
  Center of Clinical Big Data and Analytics of the Second Affiliated Hospital and School of Public Health, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
  Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (People's Republic)

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

  Sushma Nepal, PhD Student (she/her/hers)

  Student
  Ohio State University
  Columbus, Ohio, 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:

• 8:30 AM - 8:42 AM ET

  A DASH Diet Increases Microbiome Diversity and Butyrate Production in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Crossover Trial
  

  Presenting Author: Noel T. Mueller, PhD – University of Colorado

  Co-Author: Shaoming Xiao, MHS – University of Colorado

  Co-Author: Curtis Tilves – University of Colorado

  Co-Author: Justine Debelius – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Christine Mitchell – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Scott Pilla – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Jennifer Pluznick – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Hsin-Chieh Yeh – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Ni Zhao – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Lawrence J. Appel – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• 8:42 AM - 8:54 AM ET

  Associations Between Ultra-Processed Food Intake, Diet Quality, and Oro-Gut Microbiome in Young Adults
  

  Presenting Author: Cole Patoine, MS, RD – Florida State University

  Co-Author: Gwoncheol Park – Florida State University

  Co-Author: Patrick Noble – Florida State University

  Co-Author: Mallory Sarfert – Florida State University

  Co-Author: Emma Schlotthauer – Florida State University

  Co-Author: Vijay Baksh – Florida State University

  Co-Author: Ravinder Nagpal, MSc, PhD, FASN – Florida State University
• 8:54 AM - 9:06 AM ET

  Associations of Vegetable and Fruit Intake With the Gut Microbiome, Plasma Metabolites, and Cognitive Function: Results From a Prospective Cohort of Chinese Older Adults
  

  Presenting Author: Mengjia Zhao, PhD Candidate – Center of Clinical Big Data and Analytics of the Second Affiliated Hospital and School of Public Health, Zhejiang University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Gulisiya Hailili, Public health physician qualification certificate – Zhejiang University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Jie Shen – Zhejiang University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Yuhui Huang – Zhejiang University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Xiaofeng Wang – Fudan University

  Co-Author: Yan Zheng – Fudan University

  Co-Author: Changzheng Yuan – Zhejiang University School of Medicine
• 9:06 AM - 9:18 AM ET

  Diet-Derived Microbial Signatures in Gut and Tumor Tissue Predict Survival in Colorectal Cancer Patients
  

  Presenting Author: Sushma Nepal, PhD Student (she/her/hers) – Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Mary Playdon – University of Utah

  Co-Author: Fred K. Tabung – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Dan Spakowicz, PhD – The Ohio State University