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.