Young Minority Investigator Oral Competition, Organized by the ASN Minority and Diversity Affairs Committee (MDAC)

This award competition provides an opportunity for young investigators from underrepresented communities within the biomedical and life sciences to participate in the annual meeting by discussing their research findings. Finalists will strengthen presentation and professional skills associated with a career in the sciences.

The ASN Foundation thanks DSM Nutritional Products for supporting this award competition.

This year's award competition finalists include:

• Alyssa Abreu, MS, University of Rhode Island
  Association Between Oyster Consumption and Hemoglobin Concentrations Among Ghanaian Women
  
• Tolu Adekeye, MS, BTech, University of Maine System
  Phenolic Extract(s) Promote(s) Wound Remodeling
  
• Sanmi Alake, Oklahoma State University
  Wheatgerm Supplementation Reduces Gut Inflammation and Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction in IL-10 KO Mice Fed Atherogenic Diet
  
• Elena Martinez, MS, MPH, Tufts University
  Role of Food Processing, Cooking Fuel, and Time Use for Meal Preparation in Diet Costs and Affordability Across 177 Countries, 2011 and 2017
  
• Kenny Mendoza-Herrera, MS, BS, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
  Association Between Parental Feeding Styles and Excess Weight, and Its Mediation by Diet in Costa Rican Adolescents
  
• Paula-Dene Nesbeth, MS, Nutrition and Health Sciences Doctoral Program, Laney Graduate School, Emory University
  Total n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid and Linoleic Acid Dietary Intakes Are Associated With Lower Serum Osteocalcin Among Postmenopausal Women