Postdoctoral Research Award Competition, Organized by the ASN Early Career Nutrition Interest Group

The recording of this award competition will be available on June 14.

This award competition challenges early-career scientists and clinicians in nutrition by providing a juried abstract review and special oral session in which they compete in presenting their research findings.

The ASN Foundation thanks IFF for endowing this award competition.

This year's award competition finalists include:

• Shannon Conrey, PhD, MS, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
  Pre-pregnancy Obesity Associated With Lower Odds of Meeting Breastfeeding Recommendations When Controlling for Prenatal Intentions
  
• Emily Hill, PhD, RDN, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
  Unique-to-Salmon Compounds Increase in Plasma and Are Associated With Cardiovascular Health Following a Mediterranean Diet Intervention
  
• Andrew McLeod, MS, RD, PhD, University of Illinois Chicago
  The Effect of a Mediterranean Diet With or Without Calorie Restriction on Cognition, Lifestyle, and Metabolic Health of Obese, Predominately Non-Hispanic Black Older Adults
  
• Courtney Millar, PhD, Hebrew SeniorLife, Marcus Institute of Aging, Harvard Medical Schools
  Higher Quercetin Intake Is Associated With Reduced Odds of Frailty Onset in Middle-Aged and Older Adults
  
• Andrew Oliver, PhD, United States Department of Agriculture
  Association of Diet and Antimicrobial Resistance in Healthy US Adults
  
• Rachel Walker, PhD, The Pennsylvania State University
  Inflammation May Alter the Association Between Serum and Milk Fatty Acid Profiles in Women With Low Milk Production