Past Best International Abstract Award Winners


2023 Winner
Amber Hager, BSc, RD, Master's Student, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Title: Measures of muscle thickness are good surrogates for fat free mass and fat mass determinations in healthy infants and young children

2022 Winner
Morrakot Suwannakarn, MD, Clinical Nutrition Physician, Division of Clinical Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Phramongkutklao Hospital, Samutprakan, Samut Prakan, Thailand
Title: Effect of Intradialytic Standard Oral Nutritional Supplement (ONS) on Handgrip Strength and Nutritional Status in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients

2021 Winner
Matthew J. Summers, BSc, MDiet, Research Dietitian, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia

Title: Resolution of Elements Influencing Nutritional Status After Critical Illness: the REINSTATE trial

2020 Winner
Hellin dos Santos, MSc, Scientific Specialist, Prodiet Clinical Nutrition
Title: A specialized nutritional formulation protects against memory deficits induced by intracerebroventricular infusion of amyloid-ß peptide oligomers (AßOs) in mice

2019 Winner
Varenka Julieta Barbero-Becerra, PhD, Translational Research Unit, Medica Sur Clinic & Foundation , Mexico, Estado de Mexico, Mexico.
Title: Effect of inulin on the microbiota and the regulation of inflammation in a non-alcoholic fatty liver disease model

2018 Winner
Guilherme D. Ceniccola, RD, PhD Student, Department of Nutrition, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
Title: The association between AND-ASPEN malnutrition criteria and hospital mortality in critically ill trauma patients: A prospective cohort study.

2017 Winner
Vidhya Chandran, MB, Bch, BAO, Flinders Medical Center. Adelaide, SA, Australia
Title: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy versus radiologically inserted gastrostomy: A comparison of outcomes at an Australian teaching hospital.

2016 Winner
Xia Zhou, MD, Chang Ping Women and Children Health Care Hospital, Beijing, China
Title: Bakers yeast beta-glucan decreases episodes of common childhood illness in1 to 4 years old children during cold season in China.

2015 Winner
Marialena Mouzaki, MD, MSc, University of Toronto
Title: Pediatric end-stage liver disease: How accurately do predictive equations estimate the energy requirements of patients?

2014 Winner
David Lim, MD, CM, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Title: Differential Effects of Intestinal Adaptation following Exogenous Glucagon-like Peptide 2 Treatment in Neonatal Short Bowel Syndrome with and without Remnant Ileum.