Grant Recipients

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.

2024 Grant Recipients | 2023 Grant Recipients

2024 ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation Grant Recipients

	Mirielle Lauren Pauline, PhD, BSc $25,000 Baxter Grant for Parenteral Nutrition Research Project Title: The Role of Probiotics Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium in Neonatal Short Bowel Syndrome to Promote Adaptation and Improve Metabolic Function: Studied in Piglets. Year 1: 2023 Introduction; Grant progress
	Mitchell L. Ramsey, MD $25,000 Nestlé Nutrition Institute, Maurice Shils Enteral Nutrition Grant Project Title: Enteral Hyperoxaluria Among Adults with Pancreatic Disorders: A Novel Biomarker to Assess for Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency. Introduction
	Caitlin E. Vonderohe, DVM, PhD $25,000 Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition Research Grant Project Title:  Efficacy of Citrulline Supplementation to Prevent Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Neonatal Preterm Pigs. Introduction
	Richard Jacobson, MD $25,000 Abbott Nutrition Research Grant Project Title: Targeting Surgically-induced Dysbiosis in Colorectal Cancer Peritoneal Metastases. Introduction
	Sarah L. Andersen, Adv APD, PhD $20,000 C. Richard Fleming Grant & Daniel H. Teitelbaum Grant Project Title: Prebiotic Fibre Supplementation During Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, A Pilot Randomised Control Trial. Introduction

2023 ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation Grant Recipients

	Mirielle Lauren Pauline, PhD, BSc $25,000 Baxter Grant for Parenteral Nutrition Research Project Title: The Role of Probiotics Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium in Neonatal Short Bowel Syndrome to Promote Adaptation and Improve Metabolic Function: Studied in Piglets. Introduction; Grant progress
	Erin A. Posey, PhD $25,000 B. Braun and the Aesculap Academy Norman Yoshimura Grant Project Title: Regulation of muscle protein synthesis by β-hydroxy β-methylbutyrate (HMB) in a preterm piglet model. Introduction; Grant progress
	Jacob T. Mey, PhD, RD $25,000 Nestlé Nutrition Institute, Maurice Shils Enteral Nutrition Grant Project Title: Breath Ammonia as a Malnutrition Screening Tool. Introduction; Grant progress
	Yimin Chen, PhD, RDN $25,000 Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition Research Grant Project Title: Effect of early-life feeding types on neurodevelopment mediated by the gut-brain axis. Year 1: 2022 Introduction; Grant progress; Grant completion
	Ana Paula Pagano, MSc, RD $25,000 Abbott Nutrition Research Grant Project Title: Using Innovative Tools to Improve Nutritional Assessment in Oncology. Year 1: 2021 Introduction; Grant progress; Grant completion Year 2: 2023 Grant progress
	Gabriella A.M. ten Have, PhD $20,000 C. Richard Fleming Grant & Daniel H. Teitelbaum Grant Project Title: Targeted nutritional approach to restore metabolic deregulations during recovery from sepsis as assessed by comprehensive metabolic phenotyping. Year 1: 2022 Introduction; Grant progress; Grant completion Year 2: 2023 Grant progress

2022 ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation Grant Recipients

	Mohamed Tausif R. Siddiqui, MD, CNSC $50,000 Baxter Grant for Parenteral Nutrition Research Project Title: Investigation of mucosa-associated microbiome and recurrent small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in short bowel syndrome patients. Learn more
	Nicole Gilbert, RD $25,000 Abbott Nutrition Research Grant Project Title: Does volume-based enteral feeding improve nutrient delivery in critically ill children? A randomized control trial of enteral nutrition algorithms. Learn more
	Ana T. Limon-Miro, PhD, RD $25,000 Norman Yoshimura Grant-B.Braun and the Aesculap Academy Project Title: Energy metabolism in patients with cirrhosis and obesity. Learn more Grant progress
	Krista Haines, DO, MABMH $25,000 Maurice Shils Enteral Nutrition Grant - Nestlé Nutrition Institute Project Title: Longitudinal Energy Expenditure in the ICU and Post-ICU Phases in Obese and Non-Obese Hospitalized Patients (LEEP-ON). Learn more
	Yimin Chen, PhD, RDN $25,000 Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition Research Grant Project Title: Effect of early-life feeding types on neurodevelopment mediated by the gut-brain axis. Learn more Grant progress
	Amber Hager, RD $20,000 C. Richard Fleming Grant & Daniel H. Teitelbaum Grant Project Title: Serial evaluations of muscle mass, motor development and growth to determine sarcopenia expression and progression in young infants and children with end-stage liver disease before and after liver transplantation. Learn more Grant progress