For
each of ASPEN’s six abstract categories (Parenteral, Enteral,
Malnutrition/Nutrition Assessment, Critical Care, GI/Metabolic,
Pediatric/Neonatal), the presenting author of the top-scoring (non-Vars
candidates) will be acknowledged with a certificate and will be published in JPEN
awarded abstracts. Vars candidates are ineligible for these awards.
Congratulations to the 2024 Best of the ASPEN Nutrition Science & Practice Conference Awardees
Best of ASPEN – Parenteral Nutrition Topics
Sierra D. Chichester,
RD, LDN, CNSC
Associations Between Composition of Home Parenteral Nutrition and Sleep
Patterns
Best of ASPEN – Enteral Nutrition Topics
Brittney Patterson,
MS, RD-AP, CNSC
A Novel Nutrition Support-Specific Order Validation in the Electronic
Medical Record for Safer Tube Feeding Regimen Selection in Critically Ill
Patients
Julie M. Geyer,
RD-AP, CNSC
Victory for Volume-Based Enteral Nutrition
Best of ASPEN – Malnutrition Topics
Carla Prado,
PhD, RD
Accuracy of a Novel Portable Indirect Calorimetry Device in Women With
Breast Cancer
Best of ASPEN – Critical Care Topics
Lu Ke,
PhD
Early Protein Delivery in Critically Ill Patients With Acute Kidney Injury:
A Post-Hoc Analysis of a Multicenter Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
Chin Han Charles Lew,
APD, PhD
The Association Between Malnutrition and Higher Protein Delivery on Outcomes
in Critically Ill Patients: A Post-Hoc Analysis of the EFFORT Protein
Randomized Trial
Best of ASPEN – GI Topics
Astrid Verbiest,
MSc
The Long-Acting
GLP-2 Analog Apraglutide Reduces Parenteral Support Needs in Patients With
Short Bowel Syndrome With Intestinal Failure and Colon in Continuity: 1-Year
Results of a Multicenter, Open-Label, Phase 2 Trial
Best of ASPEN – Pediatric and Neonatal Topics
Charles Vanderpool, MD
Association of Malnutrition Diagnosis With Clinical
Outcomes in Hospitalized Children
Requirements & Eligibility:
- Awards are selected by ASPEN’s Abstract Review Committee, there is no
requirement to apply for these awards.
- All submitted abstracts are eligible, except encore abstracts and vars
candidates.
- Top scoring presenting authors are eligible regardless of preferred
presentation type (oral vs. poster).
- All presenting authors are eligible, regardless of career stage.
- Abstracts may receive Best of ASPEN and additional designation as
Abstract of Distinction.