Session Format: Virtual

Nutrition Research Discoveries Symposium and Celebration (SU41)

Breakout

Date & Time:

March 23, 2025

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

Course level:

Advanced

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What You'll Learn

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

  • Summarize the effects of feeding essential amino acid-only (EAA) meals after sepsis on muscle, whole body net protein, and non-EAA metabolism. 
  • Describe the role and benefits of non-essential amino acids in post-sepsis nutrition. 
  • Describe the role of the microbiome in pediatric short bowel syndrome. Including how the microbiome is analyzed and ways to modify the microbiome. 
  • Summarize how, in this piglet model of short bowel syndrome, probiotics modulated the microbiome structure and function, along with any possible complications with the use of probiotics in this model. 

Topics & Presenters

Effects of Essential Amino Acid-Only Nutrition (EAA) on Non-EAA Metabolism During Sepsis Recovery

Gabriella AM Ten Have
PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Center for Translational Research in Aging & Longevity, Texas A&M University

College Station, TX

The Role of Probiotics Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium in Neonatal Short Bowel Syndrome to Promote Adaptation and Improve Metabolic Function: Studied in Piglets

Mirielle Pauline
Mirielle L. Pauline
PhD, BSc

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Alberta

St. Albert, AB Canada

Moderators:

Biren Modi

MD, MPH

Surgical Director

Thyroid Center & CAIR, Boston Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Rhoads Lecture and Awards Ceremony: Advancements in Pediatric Parenteral Lipid Nutrition and Impact on Hepatic Function Using the Neonatal Pig Model (T10)

General Session

Doug Burrin
Douglas G. Burrin
PhD

In the prestigious Rhoads Research Lecture, Dr. Burrin will highlight his past and current research discoveries in pediatric nutrition. He will also highlight the importance of the neonatal pig as a pre-clinical model in addressing important questions and challenges faced by clinicians in the nutritional support of hospitalized infants.

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Dr. Douglas G. Burrin obtained degrees in animal science at Purdue University and the University of Nebraska. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Children’s Nutrition Research Center (CNRC) in Houston where he is currently appointed as a Research Physiologist with USDA-ARS and Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM).

Dr. Burrin is recognized for his knowledge and expertise in the fields of human nutrition, metabolism, and gastroenterology. Dr. Burrin has been a leader in the use of the pig as a translational animal model of human pediatric nutrition and gastroenterology. His research has highlighted the importance of enteral nutrition and the function of key gut hormones, such glucagon-like peptide 2 and fibroblast growth factor 19, in the pathogenesis of pediatric GI and liver disease. He has also made important contributions in understanding how parenteral nutrition and lipid emulsions impact intestinal adaptation and liver disease.

He has received national awards for his research, including the Mead Johnson Award from the American Society for Nutrition, the Growth and Development Award from the American Society for Animal Science, the ARS Senior Scientist of the Year, and the Bruce Bistrian Mentorship Award from ASPEN. His leadership in mentoring has been recognized by the Excellence in Research Mentorship Award from the Department of Pediatrics at BCM. He has mentored 60 postdoctoral fellows and graduate students resulting in 70 peer-reviewed articles.

He currently serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of Physiology-GI & Liver Section. Dr. Burrin is also a Director of the fellowship research training in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Baylor College of Medicine. He also serves in the leadership of the NIDDK-funded Texas Medical Center Digestive Disease Center and as Director, Pilot and Feasibility Program. He has served on the ASPEN Task Force on Intravenous Lipid Emulsions and is a past member of the ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation Grant Review Committee and Board Member.

Date & Time:

March 25, 2025

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.0 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-057-L99-P

Course level:

Advanced

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session objectives:

What You'll Learn

  • Identify the unique features of neonatal pigs as an animal model for human infants and clinical nutrition.
  • Summarize the advancements in parenteral lipid metabolism and its impact on hepatic function using the neonatal pig model.

Topics & Presenters

Advancements in Pediatric Parenteral Lipid Nutrition and Impact on Hepatic Function Using the Neonatal Pig Model

Douglas G. Burrin
PhD

Distinguished Senior Research Scientist

U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Children’s Nutrition Research Center

Professor of Pediatrics

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

Understanding Malnutrition in Children with Neurological Impairments Undergoing Surgery (SU40)

Breakout

Date & Time:

March 23, 2025

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-038-L99-P

Course level:

Intermediate

Pediatric Content

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

  • Discuss the importance of a good nutrition status in children with neurodevelopmental impairment (NI). 
  • Articulate the reasons for conducting a comprehensive nutrition assessment including anthropometric measurements, alternate growth charts, and nutrition focused physical exam in children with NI. 
  • Elucidate key elements of safe oral and enteral nutrition care plans to optimize nutrition in a child with NI who will be undergoing orthopedic surgery. 

Topics & Presenters

Measure for Measure: Understanding the Importance of Good Nutrition in Children With Neurological Impairment (NI)

Tejas Desai
MD, MSc, FRCPC

Staff Pediatric Gastroenterologist

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children’s Hospital London Health Sciences, Western University

London, ON Canada

When Things Don't Measure Up: Nutrition Screening and Assessment in Children With Neurological Impairment (NI)

Jessie Hulst
MD, PhD

Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Associate Professor

The Hospital for Sick Children

Toronto, ON Canada

Beyond Measure: Understanding Anthropometrics in Children With Neurological Impairment (NI)

Gina Rempel
MD, FRCPC, FASPEN

Medical Lead, Pediatric Nutrition Support and Complex Care Pediatrician

Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Children’s Hospital Winnipeg

Winnipeg, MB Canada

Measures Are Treasures: Developing Sound Nutrition Care Plans Based on Comprehensive Nutrition Assessment in Children With Neurological Impairment (NI)

Sarah Vermilyea
MS, RD, CSP, LD, CNSC

Clinical Dietitian

St. Josephs Home of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH

Moderators:

Gina Rempel

MD, FRCPC, FASPEN

Medical Lead, Pediatric Nutrition Support and Complex Care Pediatrician

Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Children’s Hospital Winnipeg

Winnipeg, MB

Nutrition and Metabolism Research Paper Session: Pediatric, Neonatal, Pregnancy, and Lactation (SU35)

Paper Session

Date & Time:

March 23, 2025

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-037-L99-P

Course level:

Advanced

Pediatric Content

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DESCRIPTION

Today’s medical environment demands evidence-based practice, replicable results, and improved patient outcomes. Our abstract authors conduct research to help meet these challenges and provide breakthroughs in our knowledge and in our patient care. These sessions are dedicated to presentations of high-ranking abstracts. The abstracts will be presented by topic, so you can explore-cutting edge research on issues that interest you. The abstracts will also be published in the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (JPEN), making them part of the body of evidence available to guide your clinical care.

 

Topics & Presenters

Prevalence of Obesity in the Era of CFTR Modulators in People With Cystic Fibrosis

Anam Bashir
MBBS

Attending Physician

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

Exploring the Relationship of Early Nutrition, Human Milk Intake, and Body Composition in Preterm, Very Low Birthweight Infants

Caitlin Bowers
BA

Medical Student

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Cleveland, OH

Development of Intestinal Failure-Associated Liver Disease is Associated With Specific Metabolomic and Transcriptomic Changes in the Neonate

Katie Huff
MD, MS

Neonatologist

Indiana University School of Medicine

Indianapolis, IN

A Pilot Study of a Novel Animal Model of Distal Bowel Refeeding in Neonatal Piglets With Surgical Short Bowel Syndrome

Mirielle Pauline
Mirielle L. Pauline
PhD, BSc

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Alberta

St. Albert, AB Canada

Effects of Long-Term Teduglutide Treatment on Stool Characteristics in Pediatric Patients With Short Bowel Syndrome-Associated Intestinal Failure

Paul W. Wales
MD

Surgical Director

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

Examining Outcomes in Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock Patients at Risk for Malnutrition

Elias A. Wojahn
BS

Medical Student

Medical College of Wisconsin

Wauwatosa, WI

Moderators:

Jessie Hulst

MD, PhD

Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Associate Professor

The Hospital for Sick Children

Toronto, ON

Samuel Kocoshis

MD

Professor of Pediatrics

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Medical Director

Intestinal Transplantation, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Director Emeritus

Intestinal Rehabilitation, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Challenges in the Transition of Nutrition Support Throughout the Continuum of Life From Neonates Through Adults (SA20)

Breakout

Date & Time:

March 22, 2025

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-019-L99-P

Course level:

Intermediate

Pediatric Content

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What You'll Learn

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

  • Describe the challenges involved in the transition of nutrition support for infants with complex medical/surgical conditions from the neonatal to the pediatric team. 
  • Demonstrate the transition readiness among adolescents and young adults and recognize the barriers in the healthcare transition. 
  • Define the systematic approach to the health care transition of adolescents and young adults from the pediatric intestinal failure team to the adult nutrition support team. 

Topics & Presenters

Transition of Nutrition Support for Infants With Complex Medical/Surgical Conditions From Neonatal to Pediatric Teams

Senthilkumar Sankararaman
MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Pediatric Gastroenterologist

UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital

Cleveland, OH

Transition of Nutrition Support From Child to Adolescent Age Group

Andrea Adler
RD

Advanced Practice Pediatric Dietitian

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

Transition Readiness Among Adolescents and Recognition of Barriers in the Transition to the Adult Nutrition Support Team

Beth Deen
PharmD, BCNSP, BCPPS

Senior Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Nutrition Support

Cook Children's Medical Center

PGY1 Residency Program Director

Cook Children's Medical Center

Fort Worth, TX

Health Care Transition of Adolescents and Young Adults From the Pediatric Intestinal Failure Team to the Adult Nutrition Support Team

Sivan Kinberg
MD

Director, Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation Center

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

New York, NY

Moderators:

Ruba Abdelhadi

MD, CPNS, CNSC, NASPGHAN-F

Professor of Pediatrics

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Director of Nutrition Support

Children's Mercy Kansas City

Kansas City, MO

Vikram Christian

MD, CNSC

Assistant Professor

Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Minnesota Medical School

Director of Pediatric Endoscopy and Co-Director of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program

University of Minnesota Medical School

Minneapolis, MN

Nutrition and Metabolism Research Paper Session: GI, Obesity, Metabolic, and Other Nutrition-Related Concepts (SU34)

Paper Session

Date & Time:

March 23, 2025

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-036-L99-P

Course level:

Advanced

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What You'll Learn

DESCRIPTION

Today’s medical environment demands evidence-based practice, replicable results, and improved patient outcomes. Our abstract authors conduct research to help meet these challenges and provide breakthroughs in our knowledge and in our patient care. These sessions are dedicated to presentations of high-ranking abstracts. The abstracts will be presented by topic, so you can explore cutting-edge research on issues that interest you. The abstracts will also be published in the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (JPEN), making them part of the body of evidence available to guide your clinical care.

 

Topics & Presenters

Correlations Between Preoperative Profiles of Gut Microbiota, Dietary Intake, and Bile Acids were Found Exclusively in Women who Responded to Remission of Type 2 Diabetes After Gastric Bypass

Giovana Martucelli

Master's Student

Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo

São Paulo Brazil

Exploring Clinical Outcomes and Microbiota Modulation by Probiotic Therapy in Functional Constipation: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Joao F. Mota
PhD

Associate Professor

Federal University of Goias

Goiania, Goias Brazil

IVIG Infusions for Diffuse GI Motility Disorders is Associated With Improvement in Nutritional Status

Endashaw Omer
MD, MPH, PNS, ACGF, AGAF

Associate Professor

University of Louisville

Goshen, KY

Effect of a Low-Calorie and High-Protein Diet With and Without Red Meat on Hepcidin and Iron Concentrations in People With Obesity and Iron Deficiency

Salvador Ortiz-Gutiérrez
MSc, RD

PhD Student

Fisiología de la Nutrición, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México

Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación

Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN)

Distrito Federal Mexico

Upregulation of Per2 Expression Mediates the Induction of Sarcopenic Obesity by a High-Fat Diet

Qian Ren
PhD

Attending Doctor

Department of Clinical Nutrition, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Shanghai, China (People's Republic)

A Meta-Analysis of the Nutrition Support, its Outcomes and Challenges in Patients With Acute Pancreatitis

Vishal Chandel
MD

Fellow

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Moderators:

Lindsey Russell

MD, MSc, CNSC, FRCPC

Associate Staff and Gastroenterologist

Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

Lingtak-Neander Chan

PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN

Professor of Pharmacy

School of Pharmacy, University of Washington

Interdisciplinary Faculty of the Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

President’s Address: A Gut Feeling – The Story of Short Bowel Syndrome (SA10)

General Session

Ajay Jain
Ajay Jain
MD, DNB, MHA

Join us for an exciting start to ASPEN25 with Ajay Jain, MD, DNB, MHA, ASPEN’s 48th president! Dr. Jain will lead us through a presentation on the story of short bowel syndrome during his presidential address.  

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Dr. Jain is a professor of pediatrics, pharmacology, and physiology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, Missouri. He also serves as chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; director of Pediatric Liver Transplantation; and director of the Healthy First Program at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. 

His interest in nutrition began in medical school when he cared for babies needing parenteral nutrition (PN). While PN sustained them, many had liver injuries that progressed as they stayed on PN and, thus, needed liver transplants. This motivated Dr. Jain to focus on novel strategies to mitigate the injuries and side effects of PN on patients. 

Dr. Jain has received research funding from the National Institutes of Health and various foundations. Dr. Jain’s seminal contributions include groundbreaking work in parenteral nutrition-associated multisystem injury, interrogating pathways, and leading the development of novel systems to study pathogenesis, diagnosis, and therapeutic approaches for appropriate nutrition delivery and rehabilitation. He is also credited with developing unbiased discovery platforms and excellence in diagnostic and therapeutic testing of pediatric liver diseases and pediatric obesity. 

An active and engaged ASPEN member, Dr. Jain has chaired the Research Committee and served on the Stanley Dudrick Research Scholar Award Committee, the Physician Engagement Committee, the Conference Program Committee, and the board of the ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation. Dr. Jain has been on the ASPEN Board of Directors since 2020.  

Date & Time:

March 22, 2025

1:00 PM – 2:15 PM ET

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.0 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-25-018-L99-P

Course level:

Intermediate

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session objectives:

What You'll Learn

  • Describe the evolution of our understanding and definition of short bowel syndrome
  • Summarize the multifactorial etiology resulting in short bowel syndrome
  • Examine the current literature on mechanistic drivers of injury in short bowel syndrome
  • Explain gut-systemic cross signaling
  • Interpret and critique novel diagnostics and therapeutic strategies

Topics & Presenters

A Gut Feeling – The Story of Short Bowel Syndrome

Ajay Jain
MD, DNB, MHA

Chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director of Pediatric Liver Transplantation

SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

Professor of Pediatrics, Pharmacology, and Physiology

Saint Louis University School of Medicine

St. Louis, MO

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