ASPEN is proud and honored to contribute to the careers of researchers studying nutrition therapy, metabolic support, and related clinical nutrition topics. View all Foundation grant recipients and accomplishments stemming from their Foundation-funded research.

Congratulations to the ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation 2018 Grant Recipients

	Zudin Amilka Puthucheary, PhD, MBBS, BMedSci., MRCP, EDICM, D. UHM, PGCME, FHEA, FFICM Nestle Health Science Enteral Nutrition Research Grant Title: Assessment of differential amino acid uptake and metabolomics profiles between intermittent and continuous feeding protocols in the critically ill: an IVC trial (NCT02358512) sub-study
	Lee-anne Chapple, PhD, MNutriDiet, BMedSci Abbott Nutrition Research Grant Title: The effect of standard versus energy dense feeds on gastric emptying and glucose metabolism in critically ill patients
	James Davison, PhD Baxter Healthcare Grant for Parenteral Nutrition Research Title: Modulation of organ injury by Faecalibacterium prausnitzii in critical illness
	Lori Bechard, PhD, MEd, RD Norman Yoshimura Grant-B. Braun and the Aesculap Academy Title: The consequences of malnutrition in mechanically ventilated critically ill children- a multicenter prospective cohort study of nutritional practices and clinical outcomes in pediatric intensive care units around the world
	Hannah Piper, MD Nestle Nutrition Institute Maurice Shils Enteral Nutrition Grant Title: Targeted Probiotic Therapy to Improve the Gut Microbiota and Growth in Children with Short Bowel Syndrome
	Charles Hong, MD C. Richard Fleming Grant Title: Plasma amino acid profiles in neonates on extracorporeal life support
	Courtney Rowan, MD Daniel H. Teitelbaum Grant Title: Prospective Evaluation of Persistent Inflammatory, Immunosuppressed, Catabolic Syndrome in the Critically Ill Pediatric Population