Protein Intake and Health: Quantity, Quality, and Metabolic Outcomes (Oral Session 14)

Chair(s)

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  David Church, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

  Disclosure(s): Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Consultant (Ongoing)
  Dairy Management, Inc.: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)
  National Cattlemen’s Beef Association: Consultant (Terminated, October 1, 2024); Grant/Research Support (Terminated, October 1, 2024)
  National Pork Board: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing); Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Independent Contractor (including contracted research) (Ongoing)
  Soy Connection: Consultant (Ongoing)
  Vitality Blueprint: Consultant (Terminated, December 31, 2024)

Co-Chair(s)

• MP

  M. Catherine Prater, PhD RDN (she/her/hers)

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Pennington Biomedical Research Center
  Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

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

Presenting Author(s)

• RY

  Ravi Yadav, PhD

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

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

  Joseph Matthews, PhD

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

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

  Savanah Knezek, B.S. (she/her/hers)

  PhD Student
  Texas A&M University
  College Station, Texas, United States

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

  Colin Rehm, PhD, MPH (he/him/his)

  Sr. Principal Scientist
  R&D Life Sciences
  PepsiCo, Inc.
  Valhalla, New York, United States

  Disclosure(s): PepsiCo, Inc.: Employee (Ongoing)

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:

• 4:30 PM - 4:42 PM ET

  Citrulline Supplementation Increases Arginine Availability but Not Protein Anabolism in a Preterm Piglet Model
  

  Presenting Author: Ravi Yadav, PhD – Texas A&M AgriLife Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture (IHA)

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

  Co-Author: Ki Beom Jang – Seoul National University, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Science

  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: Mahmoud A. Mohammad, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine

  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
• 4:42 PM - 4:54 PM ET

  Effect of 0.8 g/kg/d vs 1.6 g/kg/d Protein Intake in a Traditional or Time-Restricted Eating Pattern on Whole-Body Protein Turnover and Myofibrillar Protein Breakdown
  

  Presenting Author: Joseph J. Matthews, PhD – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

  Co-Author: Abby Lewis Fullbright – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

  Co-Author: Shiloah A. Kviatkovsky – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

  Co-Author: Jeremy R. Pearson – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

  Co-Author: Rick H. Williams – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

  Co-Author: Amanda L. Gwin – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

  Co-Author: Donald L. Bodenner – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

  Co-Author: Samantha J. Seale – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

  Co-Author: Ferrando A. Arny – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

  Co-Author: Robert R. Wolfe – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

  Co-Author: David D. Church, PhD – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
• 4:54 PM - 5:06 PM ET

  Limited Anabolic Response to High Amounts of Essential Amino Acids Feeding Measured by a Novel Stable Isotope Pulse Approach
  

  Presenting Author: Savanah B. Knezek, B.S. (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Marielle P. Engelen, PhD – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Samay Rathod – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Kannaa R. Chockalingam – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Nicolaas E. Deutz, MD, PhD – Texas A&M University
• 5:06 PM - 5:18 PM ET

  Intracellular Amino Acid Bioavailability of Postbiotic Cultured Protein, Pea and Whey Protein Using a Novel Stable Isotope Pulse Method
  

  Presenting Author: Savanah B. Knezek, B.S. (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Marielle P. Engelen, PhD – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Minchae C. Kang – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Raven A. Wierzchowska-McNew – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Daniel Campos – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Sapna Mistry – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Sudershan Gondi – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Laura E. Ruebush – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Nicolaas E. Deutz, MD, PhD – Texas A&M University
• 5:18 PM - 5:30 PM ET

  Protein Intakes Among US Workers Engaged in Physically Demanding Work in NHANES 2017-2020
  

  Presenting Author: Colin D. Rehm, PhD, MPH (he/him/his) – PepsiCo, Inc.

  Co-Author: Monal Daterao – PepsiCo

  Co-Author: Philip J. Agostinelli – PepsiCo

  Co-Author: Samara Joy Smith – PepsiCo