Dietary Influences on the Gut Microbiome and Human Health (Oral Session 24)

Chair(s)

• DT

  Diana Taft, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  Food Science and Human Nutrition
  University of Florida
  Gainesville, Florida, United States

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

Co-Chair(s)

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  Tatiana Diacova, MS, PhD, RD (she/her/hers)

  PostDoc
  University of California, Los Angeles
  Beverly Hills, California, United States

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

Presenting Author(s)

• EE

  Eden Eran Nagar, PhD

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Cornell University
  Ithaca, New York, United States

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

  Elaheh Rabbani, M.Sc

  PhD Candidate in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology
  University of Missouri-Columbia
  Columbia, Mo, Missouri, United States

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

  Lynn Ferro, PhD, MPH

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
  National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
  Bethesda, Maryland, United States

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

  Gaël Toubon, PhD (he/him/his)

  Postdoctoral Researcher
  Chalmers University of Technology
  Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden

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

  Gwenyth Lee, PhD

  University of Michigan
  Highland Park, New Jersey, United States

  Disclosure information not submitted.

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

  Zinc-Biofortified Maize Improves Cellular Zinc Status and Elicits Age-Dependent Ecological Adaptations in the Host-Microbiome Axis
  

  Presenting Author: Eden Eran Nagar, PhD – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Cydney Jackson – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Andi Yuyun Adhnitasari – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Hannah Glesener – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Manolo Mazariegos – Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama

  Co-Author: Haim Bar – University of Connecticut

  Co-Author: Lee Voth-Gaeddert – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Elad Tako – Cornell University
• 8:42 AM - 8:54 AM ET

  Sex-Specific Differences in Gut Microbial Alpha Diversity Following Six Weeks of Almond vs Cookie Snacking in Adults With Obesity
  

  Presenting Author: Elaheh Rabbani, M.Sc – University of Missouri-Columbia

  Co-Author: Ayodeji Adepoju – University of Missouri-Columbia

  Co-Author: Victoria Vieira-Potter – University of Missouri-Columbia

  Co-Author: Jaapna Dhillon – University of Missouri-Columbia
• 8:54 AM - 9:06 AM ET

  Commonly Consumed Beverages and the Oral Microbiome in Three US Cohort Studies
  

  Presenting Author: Lynn Ferro, PhD, MPH – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Samuel Anyaso-Samuel – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Yukiko Yano, PhD – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Xing Hua – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Yunhu Wan – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Vicky Chang – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Casey L. Dagnall – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Kristine Jones – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Belynda D. Hicks – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Amy Hutchinson – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Linda M. Liao – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Wen-Yi Huang – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Neal D. Freedman – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Laura E. Beane-Freeman – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Dale P. Sandler – National Institute for Environmental Health Science, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Christian C. Abnet – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Jianxin Shi – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Rashmi Sinha – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Erikka Loftfield – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Emily Vogtmann – National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
• 9:06 AM - 9:18 AM ET

  The Gut Microbiome Mediates the Association Between Processed Red Meat Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Evidence From a Swedish Prospective Cohort Study
  

  Presenting Author: Gaël Toubon, PhD (he/him/his) – Chalmers University of Technology

  Co-Author: Fredrik Boulund – Karolinska Institutet

  Co-Author: Ina Schuppe-Koistinen – Karolinska Institutet

  Co-Author: Clemens Wittenbecher – Chalmers University of Technology

  Co-Author: Rikard Landberg – Chalmers University of Technology
• 9:18 AM - 9:30 AM ET

  Maternal Anemia and Iron Supplementation Are Associated With Taxonomic Composition of Maternal and Newborn Microbiome
  

  Presenting Author: Gwenyth O. Lee, PhD – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Kelsey Jesser – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Laura E. Caulfield – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Manuel Calvopiña – Universidad de las Americas

  Co-Author: Joseph N. Eisenberg – University of Michigan

  Co-Author: Kostas Konstantinidis – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Karen Levy – University of Washington