Charles Van Way III Nutrition Research Discoveries Symposium and Celebration (SU31)

Breakout

Date & Time:

February 14, 2027

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM CT

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-27-015-L99-P

Course Level:

Advanced

Pediatric Content Included

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about cutting-edge research from two previous recipients of grants from the ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation. You will have an opportunity to learn about their Foundation-funded work and their research trajectories.

Following the presentations and discussions, join the Foundation in recognizing a new class of grant recipients and celebrating all those who provide support to fund nutrition research. Light refreshments will be served.

  • Explain the clinical relevance of energy expenditure and body composition assessment in oncology, including their implications for nutritional care and patient outcomes.
  • Describe recent developments in research-based and bedside methods for assessing energy expenditure and body composition in oncology, highlighting their strengths, limitations, and potential clinical applications.
  • Summarize how arginine and citrulline metabolism may contribute to necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm neonates.
  • Describe how arginine depletion may be a strategy to prevent or treat necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm neonates.

Topics & Presenters

Energy Expenditure and Body Composition Assessment in Cancer: Advances in Research and Clinical Practice

Ana Paula Pagano
MSc, PhD

Dietitian (Brazil), Researcher

University of Alberta

Edmonton, AB, Canada

Fueling the Fire or Fighting It? Arginine in Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Caitlin Vonderohe
DVM, PhD

Assistant Professor, USDA-ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center

Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

Moderators:

Sarah Peterson

PhD, RD, CNSC, LDN

Assistant Professor

Department of Clinical Nutrition, College of Health Sciences, Rush University

Chicago, IL

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