2025 Travel Award and Abstract Winners

ASPEN congratulates our 2025 abstract award winners and travel awardees!

Travel awards provide clinicians with educational opportunities to further their knowledge of nutrition support, enhance their skills, and network with colleagues and experts from around the world. Abstract and poster winners have submitted top-scoring original abstracts to this year’s conference.

See all 2025 Award Winners

Pediatric GI Fellows Travel Award

Sponsored by

Mead Johnson Nutrition
Sirine Belaid
Sirine Belaid MBBS, MPH
Kritika Sukumar
Kritika Sukumar MD
Coco Svenstrup
Coco Svenstrup MD
Vivian Vega
Vivian Vega MD, MPH

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Dietitians Travel Award

Sponsored by

Mead Johnson Nutrition
Ruthfirst E. A. Ayande
Ruthfirst E. A. Ayande PhD, MSc, RD
Tonya Evans
Tonya Evans MS, RD, CNSC
Irmalis Flores Gonzalez
Irmalis Flores Gonzalez MS, RDN, LD
Isabella Hardin
Isabella Hardin MPH, RD, LD
Macy Mears
Macy Mears MS, RDN, LDN, CNSC
Ericka Naegle
Ericka Naegle MS, RD, CNSC
Laura Snader
Laura Snader RDN, LDN, CNSC

Pediatric GI Dietitians Travel Award

Sponsored by

Mead Johnson Nutrition
Michael Duffy
Michael Duffy MS, RD, CSP, CNSC
Crystal Hiebert
Crystal Hiebert RD
Kayla Hope
Kayla Hope MPH, RD, CNSC
E. Reese
E. Reese MPH, RDN, LDN, CNSC
Bailey Torkelson
Bailey Torkelson MS, RD, CNSC
Kristina Van Nest
Kristina Van Nest RD, MSc
Emily Wallace
Emily Wallace RD, CNSC, LDN

Best of ASPEN Abstracts

Best International Abstract: Yoko Sakamoto, MD, PhD

Best of ASPEN – Parenteral Nutrition Topics: Nima Aghaeepour, PhD

Best of ASPEN – Enteral Nutrition Topics: Alexandra Kimchy, DO

Best of ASPEN – Malnutrition Topics: Manpreet S. Mundi, MD

Best of ASPEN – Critical Care Topics: Megan Beyer, MS, RD, LDN

Best of ASPEN – GI Topics: Giovana Martucelli

Best of ASPEN – Pediatric and Neonatal Topics: Mirielle L. Pauline, PhD, BSc

Abstracts of Distinction

Nima Aghaeepour, PhD
Caitlin Bowers, BA
Raheema Damani
Osman Mohamed Elfadil, MBBS
Katie Huff, MD, MS
Shaurya Mehta, BS
Jeroen Molinger, PhDc
Manpreet S. Mundi, MD
Jan M. Powers, PhD, RN, CCNS, CCRN, NE-BC, FCCM, FAAN
Elias A. Wojahn, BS

International Abstracts of Distinction

Giovana Martucelli
Joao F. Mota, PhD
Tomonori Narita, MD
Qian Ren, PhD
Fengchan Xi, MD, PhD

Posters of Distinction

Christan Bury, MS, RD, LD, CNSC
Sarah E. Carter, RD, LDN, CNSC
Jennifer S. Cholewka, RD, CNSC, CDCES, CDN
Gustave H. Falciglia, MD, MSCI, MSHQPS
Alexandra Kimchy, DO
Kera M. McNelis, MD, MS
Vanessa Millovich, DCN, MS, RDN, CNSC
Colby S. Teeman, PhD, RDN, CNSC
Robert Weimer, BS

International Posters of Distinction

Matheus B. Albuquerque
Gabriela de Oliveira Lemos, MD
Muna Islami, PharmD, BCNSP
Francisca Joly, MD, PhD
Daphnee Lovesley, PhD, RD
Ana Claudia Zanini, RD, MSc

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