The ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation is proud and honored to contribute to the careers of researchers studying nutrition therapy, metabolic support, and related clinical nutrition topics.
2026 ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation Grant Recipients
2024 & 2026 Awardee:
Prebiotic Fibre Supplementation During Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, A Pilot Randomised Control Trial
Sarah L. Andersen
Adv APD, PhD
$25,000 Abbott Nutrition Research Grant (2026) and $20,000 C. Richard Fleming Grant & Daniel H. Teitelbaum Grant (2024)
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2024 & 2026 Awardee:
Enteral Hyperoxaluria Among Adults with Pancreatic Disorders: A Novel Biomarker to Assess for Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency.
Mitchell L. Ramsey
MD
$25,000 Baxter Grant for Parenteral Nutrition Research (2026) and $25,000 Nestlé Nutrition Institute, Maurice Shils Enteral Nutrition Grant (2024)
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2025 & 2026 Awardee:
Affinity Binding Filtration for Human Milk Pathogen Reduction
Ting Ting Fu
MD
$25,000 Charles Van Way III Nutrition Research Grant (2026) and $25,000 Abbott Nutrition Research Grant (2025)
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2026 Awardee
Skeletal Muscle Decline in VV-ECMO: A Foundation for Evidence-Based Nutrition Interventions
Peter Gullickson
BA
$10,000 C. Richard Fleming Grant
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2026 Awardee
Malnutrition in Multiple Sclerosis: A Retrospective Study of Electronic Health Records
Tyler J. Titcomb
PhD, RDN
$10,000 Daniel H. Teitelbaum Grant
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2025 & 2026 Awardee:
Evaluation of the Nutritional Antioxidant Content of Feedings for Hospitalized Infants Based on Standard Clinical Practices for Storage, Preparation, and Delivery
Melissa K. Thoene
MS, PhD, RD
$25,000 Mead Johnson Nutrition Grant (2025 & 2026)
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2026 Awardee
Investigating the Impact of Enteral Nutrition Reintroduction following fasting and Inflammation on Gastrointestinal Motility and Enteroendocrine Cell Hormone Signaling in a Mouse Model
Jordan D. Philpott
PhD
$25,000 Nestlé Nutrition Institute, Maurice Shils Enteral Nutrition Grant
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2026 Awardee
Omics signatures of protein requirements throughout cancer trajectory
Barbara C. Santos
PhD
$20,000 Pat Anthony Disease-Related Malnutrition Research Grant
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2025 ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation Grant Recipients
2025 & 2026 Awardee:
Affinity Binding Filtration for Human Milk Pathogen Reduction
Ting Ting Fu
MD
$25,000 Charles Van Way III Nutrition Research Grant (2026) and $25,000 Abbott Nutrition Research Grant (2025)
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Year 1 : Grant Progress
2024 & 2025 Awardee:
Targeting surgically-induced dysbiosis in colorectal cancer peritoneal metastases
Richard Jacobson
MD
$25,000 Baxter Grant for Parenteral Nutrition Research
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Year 2 : Grant Progress
2025 Awardee:
A Novel Method to Determine Individualized Energy Expenditure in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (EE-ECMO)
Sung-Min Cho
DO, MHS
$20,000 C. Richard Fleming Grant & Daniel H. Teitelbaum Grant
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2025 & 2026 Awardee:
Evaluation of the Nutritional Antioxidant Content of Feedings for Hospitalized Infants Based on Standard Clinical Practices for Storage, Preparation, and Delivery
Melissa K. Thoene
MS, PhD, RD
$25,000 Mead Johnson Nutrition Grant (2025 & 2026)
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2025 Awardee:
The effect of preparation and storage on inositol phosphates and mineral accessibility in homemade supplements
Brandon M. Kistler
PhD, RD
$25,000 Nestlé Nutrition Institute, Maurice Shils Enteral Nutrition Grant
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Abbott Nutrition Research Grant
- Sarah L. Andersen, PhD, Adv APD 2026
- Ting Ting Fu, MD 2025
- Richard Jacobson, MD 2024
- Ana Paula Pagano, MSc, RD 2023
- Nicole Gilbert, RD 2022
- Ana Paula Pagano, Msc, RD 2021
- Enid Martinez, MD 2019 – 2020
- Lee-anne Chapple, PhD, MNutriDiet, BMedSci 2018
- Jayshil Patel, MD 2016-2017
- Adam Rahman, MD, DABIM, FRCPC 2015
- Elsa Bou Ghanem, PhD 2013-2014
- Kenneth NG, DO 2012
- Prior to 2011- named the Nutrition Research Grant
- Gail Cresci, PhD(c), RD, CNSD 2010-2011
- Jeanette Keith, MD 2009
- Petar Popovic, MD 2008
- Edward Saltzman, MD 2007
- Carrie Earthman, PhD, RD 2005-2006
- Bruce Grossie, PhD 2003-2004
- James S. Scolapio, MD 2001
- Kelly A. Tappenden, PhD, RD 1999-2000
ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation Grant
- Nicole Gavin, BSc, MAP, PhD 2017
- Hannah Piper, MD 2017
Baxter Grant for Parenteral Nutrition Research
- Mitchell L. Ramsey, MD 2026
- Richard Jacobson, MD 2025
- Mirielle Lauren Pauline, BSc 2023-2024
- Mohamed Tausif R. Siddiqui, MD, CNSC 2022
- Hassan Dashti, PhD, RD 2021
- David Williams, MD, MPH 2020
- Jayshil Patel, MD 2019
- James Davison, PhD 2018
- Gregory Guthrie, PhD 2016-2017
- Ajay K. Jain, MD 2014-2015
- Emma Tillman, PharmD 2013
- Matthew Lungren, MD 2012
- Bianca Arendt, PhD 2011
Charles Van Way III Nutrition Research Grant
- Ting Ting Fu, MD 2026
C. Richard Fleming
- Peter Gullickson, BA 2026
- Imre W.K. Kouw, PhD, MNutr, BDiet 2021
- Hassan Dashti, PhD, RD 2019
- Charles Hong, MD 2018
- Lisa Martin, MSc, RD 2017
- Ashley Hayden, MS, RD, LD, CNSC (by B. Lyman, MS, RN) 2015
- Michelle Nicolo, MS, RD, CDE, CNSC 2014
- Sarah Peterson, RD, CNSC 2013
- Allison Blackmer, PharmD, BCPS 2012
- Yongjia Feng, PhD 2011
- Matthew Koopmann, MD 2009
- Alisha Rovner, PhD 2004
- Robert Chang, MD 2003
- Jennifer Muir Bowers, RD, CNSD 2002
- Todd W. Mattox, PharmD, BCNSP 2001
- Philip Y. Pearson, MD 2000
- Rose Ann DiMaria (Ghalili), PhD, RN 2000
- Elizabeth M. Lyman, MSN, RN 1998
C. Richard Fleming/Daniel H. Teitelbaum Grant
- Sung-Min Cho, DO, MHS 2025
- Sarah L. Andersen, Adv APD, PhD 2024
- Gabriella A Ten Have, PhD 2023
- Amber Hager, RD 2022
- Debora Melo van Lent, PhD 2020
- Robert Bandsma, MD, PhD 2016
Daniel H. Teitelbaum Grant
- Tyler J. Titcomb, PhD, RDN 2026
- Vikram K. Raghu, MD, MS 2021
- Minsuk Han, MD 2019
- Courtney Rowan, MD 2018
- Liam McKeever, BA, MS, PhD student, RDN 2017
Douglas Wilmore Grant
- Robin Henderson, PhD, RD 1994-1995
Fresenius Kabi Parenteral Nutrition Research Grant
- Darla Shores, MD 2016
- Lori Bechard, PhD, RD, LDN (By A. Carey, MD) 2015
- Hongyu Xue, MD 2013-2014
Maurice Shils Grant by Baxter Healthcare & Nestlé Nutrition (1994-2009)
- Barbara Stoll, PhD 2007-2008
- Catherine Crill, PharmD 2005
- Steven Steiner, MD 2005
- Hua Yang, MD, PhD 2004 (Shils/Fleming)
- Paul Wishmeyer, MD 2002
- N. Joseph Espat, MD 2000-2001
- Deborah A. Swartz-Basile, PhD 1998-1999
- Malcolm Robinson, MD 1996-1997
- W. Scott Helton, MD 1994-1995
Mead Johnson Nutrition Grant
- Melissa K. Thoene, MS, PhD, RD 2025-2026
Nestlé Nutrition Institute Maurice Shils Grant
- Jordan D. Philpott, PhD 2026
- Brandon M. Kistler, PhD, RD 2025
- Mitchell L. Ramsey, MD 2024
- Jacob T. Mey, PhD, RD 2023
- Krista Haines, DO, MABMH 2022
- Lisa Martin, PhD, RD 2021
- Fatemeh Ramezani, PhD 2020
- Hannah Piper, MD 2018
- Peter Abdelmalik, MD, PhD 2017
- Adam Kuchnia, MS, RD 2016
- Kate Walton, PhD 2015
- Crystal Levesque, PhD 2013-2014
- Joseph Boullata, PharmD, BCNSP 2011-2012
- Diana Mager, PhD, RD 2009 -2010
Nestlé Health Science Enteral Nutrition Research Grant
- Zudin Amilka Puthucheary, PhD, MBBS, BMedSci., MRCP, EDICM, D. UHM, PGCME, FHEA, FFICM 2018
Norman Yoshimura Grant by B. Braun and the Aesculap Academy
- Erin A. Posey, PhD 2023
- Ana T. Limon-Miro, PhD, RD 2022
- Gabriella A.M. ten Have, PhD 2021
- Marko Rudar, PhD 2020
- Lori Bechard, PhD, MEd, RD 2018 – 2019
- Chelsia Gillis, RD, MSc, 2017
- Kate Walton, PhD 2016
- Kenneth Christopher, MD 2015
- Audrey LaJoinie, PharmD 2014
- Christy Lawson, MD 2012-2013
- Yanfeng Li, MD 2011
- Gerdien Ligthart-Melis, PhD 2009-2010
- Renee Stapleton, MD, MSc 2006
- Julian Spallholz, PhD 2005
- David Foster, PharmD 2004
- Roland N. Dickerson, PharmD 2002
- Alexander Dzakovic, MD 2001
Nutrition and COVID-19 Research Grant
- Gail Cresci, PhD, RD, LD 2021
Pat Anthony Disease-Related Malnutrition Research Grant
- Barbara C. Santos, PhD 2026
Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition Research Grant (2022-2024)
- Caitlin E. Vonderohe, DVM, PhD 2024
- Yimin Chen, PhD, RDN 2022-2023
Small Research Project Grant
- Nicole Gavin, PhD (c) 2015
- Allison Buti, MPH 2014
- Tanis Fenton, PhD, RD 2012
- Lindsay Weitzel, PhD 2010
- Rebecca L. Persinger-Soultanakis, MD, RD 2001
- Bobbi Langkamp-Henken, PhD 1998
- Charlene W. Compher, MS, RD 1997
- Catherine J. Klein, MS, RD 1997
- Jill Lindeman- Castle, MS, RD 1996
- Kelly A. Tappenden, PhD, RD 1996
- Stephanie Brooks, MS, RD 1995
- Mary Chan, MD 1995
- Deborah Andris, BSN, RN 1994
- Carol L. Braunschweig, PhD, MS, RD 1994
- Lisa Freeman, PhD, DVM 1994