Past Harry M. Vars Award Recipients

2024 – Jana K. Ponce, PhD, RD
Abstract Title: Association Between Malnutrition and Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequelae: A Retrospective Cohort Study

2023 – Scott C. Fligor
Abstract Title: Absorption of an Engineered Medium Chain Fatty Acid in Two Short Bowel Syndrome Minipig Models

2022 – Katie Huff, MD
Abstract Title: Randomized Pilot Trial of Alternate Lipid Therapies for Prevention of Intestinal Failure Associated Liver Disease in Surgical Neonates

2021 – Moriah P. Bellissimo, PhD, RD
Abstract Title: Plasma High‐Resolution Metabolomic Phenotyping of Lean Mass in Working Adults

2020 – None
Abstract Title: N/A

2019 – Christina Belza, PhD(c), NP, MN, RN
Abstract Title: Early Predictors of Enteral Autonomy in Pediatric Intestinal Failure: Development of a Disease Severity Scoring Tool

2018 – Ajay Jain, MD
Abstract Title: No Gut no Gain! Enteral Bile Acid Treatment Preserves Gut Growth but is not Protective for TPN Associated Liver Injury in a Novel Extensive Short Bowel Resection Animal Model

2017 – Celeste Lavallee, BSc, RD, MSc
Abstract Title: Surgical Anatomy has no Apparent Impact on the Severity of Intestinal Failure Associated Liver Disease in Neonatal Piglets

2016 – David Lim, MDCM, PhD
Abstract Title: Differential Effects on Intestinal Adaptation Following Exogenous Glucagon‐like Peptide‐2 Therapy With and Without Enteral Nutrition in Neonatal Short Bowel Syndrome

2015 – David Lim, MD, PhD
Abstract Title: Exogenous Glucagon‐like Peptide‐2 Therapy Improves Parenteral Nutrition Associated Liver Disease by Altering Bile Acid Dysmetabolism

2014 – Carol Braunschweig, PhD, RD
Abstract Title: Intensive Nutrition in Acute Lung Injury: A Clinical Trial (INTACT)

2013 – Edmond Huang, MS
Abstract Title: Composition of Dietary Fat Source Shapes Gut Microbiota Architecture and Alters Host Inflammatory Mediators in Mouse Adipose Tissue

2012 – Jennifer Barnes, B.S., PhD(c)
Abstract Title: Intestinal Adaptation is Stimulated by Partial Enteral Nutrition Supplemented With the Prebiotic Short‐Chain Fructooligosaccharide in a Neonatal Intestinal Failure Piglet Model

2011 – Emma Tillman, PharmD
Abstract Title: Eicosapentaenoic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid Synergistically Attenuate Bile Acid‐induced Hepatocellular Apoptosis

2010 – Naomi Cahill, RD, MS(c)
Abstract Title: What to do When Early Enteral Feeding is Not Possible in Critically Ill Patients? Results of a Multicenter Observational Study

2009 – Heather F. Mangian, MS
Abstract Title: Butyrate Increases GLUT2 mRNA Abundance by Initiating Transcription in Caco2‐BBe Cells

2008 – Kristen D. Singleton, MS
Abstract Title:
Glutamine Induces Heat Shock Protein Expression Via O‐ glycosylation and Phosphorylation of Hsf‐1 And Sp1

2007 – Gerdien Ligthart‐ Melis, PhD and Marcel C.G. van de Poll, MD
Abstract Title: Does the Route of Administration (Enteral or Parenteral) of Isotopically Labelled L‐glutamine Affect the Conversion Of L[2,15N] Glutamine Into L [2,15N] Arginine in Humans

2006 – Zhiyong Peng, MD, PhD
Abstract Title: Glutamine‐Mediated Attenuation of Cellular Metabolic Dysfunction and Cell Death Following Injury is Dependent on Heat Shock Factor‐1 Expression

2005 – Mary E. Evans, PhD
Abstract Title: Dietary Pyrimidines Induce Jejunal Adaptation Following Massive Small Bowel Resection in Rats

2004 – Anne Bartholome, PhD
Abstract Title: Supplementation of Total Parenteral Nutrition with Butyrate Acutely Increases Structural Aspects of Intestinal Adaptation Following an 80% Jejunoileal Resection in Neonatal Piglets

2003 – Hua Yang, MD, PhD
Abstract Title: Keratinocyte Growth Factor Improves Epithelial Function After Massive Small Bowel Resection

2002 – Hua Yang, MD, PhD
Abstract Title: Keratinocyte Growth Factor Stimulates the Recovery of Epithelial Structure and Function in a Mouse Model of Total Parenteral Nutrition

2001 – Keri A. Kles, BS
Abstract Title: Enteral Nutrients Alter Enterocyte Function Within an in Vitro Model during Hypoxia Similar to Acute in Vivo Rat Model

2000 – Shen‐Song Chen, MD
Abstract Title: Impact of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition on Hepatic and Non‐Hepatic Glucose Metabolism

1999 – Bettina Mittendorfer, PhD

1998 – Kelly A. Tappenden, PhD, RD

1997 – Sunjay Kanwar, FRCS Ed

1996 – Omaida Velazquez, MD

1995 – Albert H. Verhage, MD

1994 – Michael J. Fahr, PhD

1993 – N. Joseph Espat

1992 – Gianni Biolo, MD

1991 – Pablo Leon, MD

1990 – Annabel E. Barber, MD

1989 – W. Scott Helton, MD

1988 – Andrew D. Fox, MD

1987 – Jan Rakinic, MD

1986 – Mark J. Koruda, MD

1985 – Karim J. Hamawy, MD

1984 – Michael Torosian, MD

1983 – Roger Bonau, MD

1982 – Charles Heard, MD