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.
Neonatal Fellows Travel Award
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Pediatric GI Fellows Travel Award
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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Dietitians Travel Award
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Pediatric GI Dietitians Travel Award
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Travel Award for Pharmacists
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Travel Award for Home Infusion Dietitians
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Best of ASPEN Abstracts
Best International Abstract: Lizl Veldsman, RD, M Nutr Sc, BSc
Best of ASPEN – Parenteral Nutrition Topics: Nima Aghaeepour, PhD
Best of ASPEN – Enteral Nutrition Topics: Nikki Spurgeon, MS, RD
Best of ASPEN – Malnutrition Topics: Amanda Bode, MC, RD, CSO, LD
Best of ASPEN – Critical Care Topics: Emily L. Brumsted, MS, RD, CNSC
Best of ASPEN – GI Topics: Jordan D. Philpott, PhD
Best of ASPEN – Pediatric and Neonatal Topics: Jeremiah C. Torrico, RND, MD, FPPS
Abstracts of Distinction
Nima Aghaeepour, PhD
Ashlesha Bagwe, MD
Regina Barrera Flores, MS
Emily L. Brumsted, MS, RD, CNSC
Eloisa EG Garcia Velasquez, MD
Shanti L. Narasimhan, MD
Nikki Spurgeon, MS, RD
Trevor Sytsma, MD
Andrea M. Tou, MBBCh, BAO
International Abstracts of Distinction
Suzan Assfour, Msc, BCNSP, BCPPS
Selma Maria Boltz-Jensen
Xin Chen, MD Candidate
Mette Holst, RN, PhD
Kulapong Jayanama, MD
Ricardo A. Merchán-Chaverra
Fiorella X. Palmas, MD, PhD
Jeremiah C. Torrico, RND, MD, FPPS
Otilda M. Valderrama, MD
Lizl Veldsman, RD, M Nutr Sc, BSc
Posters of Distinction
Sirine Belaid, MBBS, MPH, MS
Michael Ivey, BS
Danelle A. Johnson, MS, RD-AP, LDN, CNSC
Ana T. Limon-Miro, PhD
Jemima Meyer, RD, BSc
Ciana Scalia, RD, CNSC, CCTD, CDCES, CDN
Courtney Svenstrup, MD
International Posters of Distinction
Kaitlin Berris, RD
Eleonora Castellana, PharmD
Nicole M. Gilbert, RD
Pavel Tesinsky, MD
Astrid Verbiest, PhD