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Congratulations to the Research DPG Summer 2024 Award Winners

On behalf of the Research DPG, the awards sponsors, and the awards committee, we would like to thank everyone who submitted an award application this year. We received an outstanding pool of applications, and the reviewers were impressed by the overall quality of the work submitted. We are pleased to announce the following award winners.

The Research DPG Emerging Author Award

Matthew Landry, PhD, RDN

For the journal article titled "Switching diets after 6 months does not result in renewed weight loss: a secondary analysis of a 12 month crossover randomized trial"

The Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition Research DPG Student Research Awards

Natalie Kerrigan, MS, RDN

For the abstract titled "Prevalence and Risk Factors of IBS Symptoms among College Athletes"

Emily Johnson, BS

For the abstract titled "Perceived Barriers to Providing Medically-Necessary Food to U.S. Food Pantry Clients"

We would like to extend a special thank you to all who conducted the application reviews.

2024
Winter 2024 Cycle

• Research Dietetic Practice Group Pilot Grant: Kevin Klatt PhD, RD
  • For the publication titled: "Nutrigenomics of Liver Receptor Homolog-1"

• The Sugar Association/Research Dietetic Practice Group Pilot Grant: Michelle Law PhD, RD
  • For the publication titled: "Multimodal Nutrition Intervention to Improve Cancer Cachexia"
• Research Dietetic Practice Group Emerging Author Award: Maria Morgan-Bathke MBA, PhD, RD, CD, FAND 
  • For the publication titled "Medical Nutrition Therapy Interventions Provided by Dietitians for Adult Overweight and Obesity Management: An Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Evidence-Based Practice Guideline"
• Research Dietetic Practice Group Student Pilot Grant Award: Jamie Zeldman MS, RD, CHES
  • For the project "Development and Assessment of a Digital Infant Feeding Module for Nonmaternal Caregivers Enrolled in a Home Visitation Program in Florida"
• Research Dietetic Practice Group Faculty Pilot Grant: Amy Ellis PhD, MPH, RDN, LD
  • For the abstract "Barriers and Facilitators to Home Tube Feeding among Rural-Dwelling Persons with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Perspectives of Care"
    

2023
Summer 2023 Cycle

• Research Dietetic Practice Group Emerging Author Award: Emily Hill PhD, RD
  • For the publication titled "Differences in adherence to American Heart Association's Life's Essential 8, diet quality, and weight loss strategies between those with and without recent clinically significant weight loss in a nationally representative sample of US adults"
• Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition/Research Dietetic Practice Group Student Pilot Grant Award: Janie DiNatale, MS, RD
  • For the project "Dietary nitrate as an adjuvant therapy for hypertensive pregnancies and a nutritional modifier of cardiovascular programming in offspring"
• Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition/Research Dietetic Practice Group Student Research Award: Joanna Wirkus, BS, RD
  • For the abstract "Characterizing the effects of diet-related changes in adiposity on the gut microbiome in the context of pancreatic carcinogenesis"

Winter 2023 Cycle

• Research Dietetic Practice Group First Author Award: Rebecca Koch, PhD, RD
  • For the publication titled "Diagnosis and management of glycogen storage disease type IV, including adult polyglucosan body disease: A clinical practice resource"
• Research Dietetic Practice Group Student Pilot Grant: Shannon Herbert, MS, RD
  • For the project "The association between intuitive eating and biophysical measures in individuals with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
• Research Dietetic Practice Group Faculty Pilot Grant: Kaitlyn Eck PhD, RD
  • For the project "The impact of a skin-interfaced wearable microfluidic patch on the hydration status of Division III college athletes"
• Research Dietetic Practice Group Mid/Late Career Faculty Pilot Grant Award: Lauri Byerley, PhD, RD
  • For the project "The effect of increasing dietary protein and purines on the gut microbiota"

2022
Summer 2022 Cycle

• Sugar Association and Research DPG Pilot Grant Award - Grace LeBleu MS, RD 
  • For the project “Elucidating the Role of Src Homology Phosphatase 2 and Its Putative Substrates in Insulin Signaling within the Glomerular Podocyte”
• Research DPG Mid/Late Career Faculty Pilot Grant Award - Andrea Arikawa PhD, RD
  • For the project “Relationship between diet, the gut bacteria and plasma trimethyl amine oxide (TMAO) levels in adults”
• Research DPG Student Abstract Award- Jillian Leon MS
  • For the abstract titled “How does nutritional knowledge of postpartum women participants of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children (WIC) program relate to BMI?”
• Research DPG Emerging Author Award- Jenifer Ross DCN, RDN
  • For the publication titled “The Impact of a Food Recovery-Meal Delivery Program on Homebound Seniors’ Food Security, Nutrition, and Well-Being”

2021

• Emerging Author Award: Leila Shinn
  • Paper Title: Fecal Bacteria as Biomarkers for Predicting Food Intake in Healthy Adults
•  First Author Award: Sachelly Julián-Serrano
  • Paper Title: Hepcidin-Regulating Iron Metabolism Genes and Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Pathway Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies
• Mead Johnson Nutrition/Research Dietetic Practice Group Student Research Award: Kritee Niroula
  • Title of Abstract: Psychometric Properties of a New Breastfeeding Attitude Scale among a Sample of Childless Adult Females
• Mead Johnson Nutrition/Research Dietetic Practice Group Student Research Award: Leslie Van Horn
  • Title of Abstract: Validation of an Evidence-Based Dietetic Practice Instrument and the Association Between Level of Education and Use of Evidence-Based Dietetic Practices Among Registered Dietitian Nutritionists
• The Sugar Association/Research DPG Member Pilot Grant Award: Joanna Wirkus;
  • Proposal Title: Deciphering the Role of Dietary Fat in Pancreatic Carcinogenesis
• Mead Johnson Nutrition/Research Dietetic Practice Group Student Pilot Grant: Melissa Kavanaugh
  • Proposal Title: Exploring the Associations Between Health Belief Model Constructs and Food Handling Practices Among Older Adults
• Research Dietetic Practice Group Student Pilot Grant: Melissa Woortman
  • Proposal Title: Effects of Disrupting Direct Breastfeeding on the Microbiome
• Research Dietetic Practice Group Faculty Pilot Grant: Erin McKinley
  • Proposal Title: An Exploratory Study of Pregnant Persons Response to Patient-Centered-Care in Louisiana Using Mind Genomics Cognitive Science

2020

• Sugar Association Research Grant: Kristi Crowe-White
  • Epigenetic influences of prenatal dietary nitrate on nutritional programming of brown adipose tissue differentiation and cardiometabolic outcomes in offspring of obese sprague-dawley rats
• Mead Johnson Nutrition Pilot Grant: Jeffery L. Heileson
  • The differential effects of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on recovery from muscle-damaging exercise
• Research DPG Emerging Author Award: Jeffery L. Heileson
  • The effect of fish oil supplementation on the promotion and preservation of lean body mass, strength, and recovery from physiological stress in young, healthy adults: a systematic review
• Research DPG First Author Award: Jennifer A. Garner
  • A Qualitative Evaluation of Double Up Food Bucks Farmers’ Market Incentive Program Access
• Abstract Award:
  • Katelyn E. Senkus: Changes in Adiponectin: Leptin Ratio among Obese Older Adults after a 12-month Exercise and Diet Intervention
  • Cecelia Andreo: Effective Nutrition Intervention Strategies Aimed to Improve Health Outcomes among American Indian/Alaska Native Youth: A Systematic Review.
  • Christine Cherie Childs Ferguson: Visceral Adiposity Index and Adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet among Older Adults: Results from National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 2011-2014

2019

• Sugar Association/Research DPG Laboratory-Based Grant Award: Pradtana Tapanee
• Sugar Association/Research DPG Non-Laboratory Grant Award: LesLee Karen Funderbunk
• Mead Johnson Nutrition/Research DPG Student Pilot Grant Award: Katelyn E. Senkus
• Mead Johnson Nutrition/RDPG Student Research Award:
  • Ashlea Braun
  • Emily Hill
  • Matthew Landry
• Research DPG Emerging Researcher Author Award: Tanya M. Halliday
• Research DPG First Author Award: Maya Vadiveloo

 2018-2019

• Published Paper First Author: Susan E. Steck
• Sugar Association/RDPG Pilot Grant: Meera Penumetcha
• Emerging Investigator First Author Award: Kate Gardner Burt
• Sugar Association/RDPG Faculty Project Grant: Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy
• Sugar Association/RDPG Student Project Grant: Katherine Arlinghaus
• Research DPG Student Competition and Awards: Mackenzie Ferrante
• Mead Johnson Nutrition/Research DPG Student Pilot Grant: Lisa M. Lanza and Megan Elaine Larson
• Mead Johnson Nutrition/Research DPG Student Research Award: Matthew Landry, Laura Niederer, and Prabhdeep Sandha

2017-2018

• Published Paper First Author: Valisa Hedrick
• Sugar Association/RDPG Pilot Grant: Dustin Lee
• Emerging Investigator First Author Award: Katie Hootman
• Sugar Association/RDPG Faculty Project Grant: Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy
• Sugar Association/RDPG Student Project Grant: Katherine Arlinghaus
• Research DPG Student Competition and Awards: Mackenzie Ferrante

2016-2017

• Published Paper First Author: Suzanne Baxter
• Sugar Association/RDPG Pilot Grant: Justine Karkduck
• Emerging Investigator First Author Award: Maria Chondronikola
• Research DPG Student Competition and Awards: Tanya Halliday and Renee Pieroth

2015-2016

• Published Paper First Author: Lenka Shriver
• Junior Faculty Author Award: Sarah A. Johnson
• Sugar Association/RDPG Pilot Grant: Francene Steinberg
• DuPont Nutrition & Health/Research DPG Early Career Research Scientist Pilot Grant: Mary-Jon Ludy and Robin Tucker
• DuPont Nutrition & Health/Research DPG Student Competition and Awards: Emily Hill, Chenin Treftz, Amanda Oakley

2014-2015

• Research DPG Pilot Grant: Danielle Vassallo
• First Author Award: Nicolle Fernandes
• Junior Faculty Paper Award: Elizabeth Parker
• Student Poster Awards: Jennifer Martin-Biggers; Angela Hamilton; Jei Ren

2013-2014

• Research DPG Pilot Grant: Janet Kilmer Grommet
• Graduate Student Award: Erica Hohol
• First Author Award: Ashley Vargas 

2012-2013

• Research DPG Pilot Grant: Kathleen Melanson
• Graduate Student Award: Erica Hohol
• Undergraduate Student Award: Ariana Fiorita
• First Author Award: Virginia Quick

2011-2012

• Solae Research DPG Pilot Grant: Ashley Vargas
• Graduate Student Award: Maria Chondronikola

2009-2010

• First Research DPG Pilot Grant: Suzanne Spang Summer
• Undergraduate Student Research Award: Jenna Heller
• Graduate Student Research Award: Kathryn E. Piehowski

2008-2009

• Undergraduate Award: Ashley McCormick
• Graduate Student Award: Martha Valverde