Past Promising Investigator Award Recipients

2024 – Megan Follett, MS, RD
Abstract Title: Intestinal Barrier Function and Tight Junction Protein Differences in Human Milk vs Infant Formula-Fed Neonatal Piglets

2023 – Devon Pace, MD
Abstract Title: Altering Tunneling Location to Mitigate Central Line-Associated Complications in Children With Intestinal Failure

2022 – Mirielle Pauline, BSc
Abstract Title: Probiotic Treatment Versus Empiric Oral Antibiotics for Managing Dysbiosis in Short Bowel Syndrome: Impact on the Mucosal and Stool Microbiome, Short Chain Fatty Acids and Adaptation

2021 – Jacob T. Mey, PhD, RD
Abstract Title: The Breath Print Represents a Novel Biomarker of Malnutrition

2020 – None
Abstract Title: N/A

2019 – Logan M. Olson, PharmD, BCCCP
Abstract Title: Quantitative Assessment of Trace Element Contamination in Parenteral Nutrition Components

2018 – Kate E. Fetterplace, APD
Abstract Title: Targeted Full Energy and Protein Delivery in Critically Ill Patients: A Pilot Randomized Control Trial

2017 – Gregory J. Guthrie, PhD
Abstract Title: Phytosterols Synergize with Endotoxin to Augment Inflammation in Kupffer Cells but Alone Have Limited Direct Effect on Hepatocytes

2016 – Michael Paris
Abstract Title: VALIDation of Bedside Ultrasound of Muscle layer Thickness of the Quadriceps in the Critically Ill Patient (VALIDUM Study): Preliminary Results

2015 – D. Dante Yeh, MD
Abstract Title: Adequate Nutrition May Get You Home: The Effect of Caloric/Protein Deficits on Critically Ill Surgical Patients

2014 – Allison Blackmer, PharmD, BCPS
Abstract Title: Long‐Term Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Infants Treated with Intravenous Fat Emulsion Reduction for the Management of Parenteral Nutrition-Associated Cholestasis

2014 – Kenneth B. Christopher, MD
Abstract Title: Association Between Pre‐Hospital Vitamin D Status and Hospital‐Acquired Clostridium Difficile Infections

2014 – Anne Coltman, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC and Sarah Peterson, MS, RD, CNSC
Abstract Title: Use of Three Nutrition Screening Tools to Assess Nutrition Risk in the Intensive Care Unit

2014 – D. Dante Yeh, MD
Abstract Title: Reasons for Enteral Nutrition Cessation in Surgical Intensive Care Unit Patients

2013 – Gail Cresci, PhD, RD, CNSD, LD
Abstract Title: A Probiotic and Butyrate Protect the Intestine During Antibiotic Therapy

2013 – Yongjia Feng, MD, PhD
Abstract Title: Effects of Varying Intravenous Lipid Emulsions on Small Bowel Epithelium in a Mouse Model of Total Parenteral Nutrition

2013 – Kelly Roehl, MS
Abstract Title: Predictors of Insulin Requirements Among Hospitalized Adults Receiving Parenteral Nutrition

2012 – Jennifer Barnes, PhD, RD, LDN
Abstract Title: Intestinal Adaptation is Stimulated by Partial Enteral Nutrition Supplemented With the Prebiotic Short‐Chain Fructooligosaccharide in a Neonatal Intestinal Failure Piglet Model

2012 – Alyssa Kallweit, BA
Abstract Title: Glutamine Prevents Apoptosis in Intestinal Epithelial Cells and Induces Differential Protective Pathways in Heat and Oxidant Injury Models