ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation


Support Research to Advance the Future of Nutrition Care

With every $25 donation during the month of March, your name will be entered into a prize drawing for 1:1 time with a nutrition support expert. The nutrition experts are listed below. Don't miss the opportunity for a chance to spend time with one of these amazing experts! The prize drawing and notification of winners will take place on April 20, 2022.
  • Gordon L. Jensen, MD, PhD, FASPEN
  • Ainsley Malone, MS, RD, LD, CNSC, FAND, FASPEN
  • Jay M. Mirtallo, MS, RPh, BCNSP, FASHP, FASPEN
  • Kelly A. Tappenden, PhD, RD, FASPEN
  • Christina J. Valentine, MD, MS, RD
  • Marion F. Winkler PhD, RD, LDN, CNSC, FASPEN

Your Gift Today Can Go Twice as Far This March!
An anonymous donor has graciously agreed to match all donations received in the month of March (up to $5000) in honor of Marion Winkler, PhD, RD, LDN, CNSC, the 2022 Rhoads Lecturer.

March Matching Campaign

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Justine Turner, MBBS, FRACP, PhD

George Blackburn Research Mentorship Award Winner

Justine Turner, MBBS, FRACP, PhD, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
"I am extremely honored to be receiving the George Blackburn Research Mentorship award for 2022. Above all things, I value the mentorship I received in my own career, notably from Professor David Forbes (Australia) and Professor Paul Pencharz (Canada). Having had the benefit of such mentorship, it is both my duty and pleasure to foster in the next generation—to instill in them a passion for nutrition, metabolism, and discovery, and to teach them the tools necessary to do nutrition research well."
 



Meet Our 2022 Grant Recipients and Learn About Their Research

Click on the name of each grant recipient to watch a short video about their research.

Mohamed Tausif R. Siddiqui, MD, CNSC

Mohamed Tausif R. Siddiqui, MD, CNSC

$50,000 Baxter Parenteral Nutrition Research Grant

Investigation of mucosa-associated microbiome and recurrent small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in short bowel syndrome patients.

Nicole Gilbert, RD

Nicole Gilbert, RD

$25,000 Abbott Nutrition Research Grant

Does volume-based enteral feeding improve nutrient delivery in critically ill children? A randomized control trial of enteral nutrition algorithms.

Ana T. Limon-Miro, PhD, RD

Ana T. Limon-Miro, PhD, RD

$25,000 Norman Yoshimura Grant – B.Braun and the Aesculap Academy

Energy metabolism in patients with cirrhosis and obesity.

Krista Haines, DO, MABMH

Krista Haines, DO, MABMH

$25,000 Maurice Shils Enteral Nutrition Grant – Nestlé Nutrition Institute

Longitudinal Energy Expenditure in the ICU and Post-ICU Phases in Obese and Non-Obese Hospitalized Patients (LEEP-ON).



Yimin Chen, PhD, RDN

Yimin Chen, PhD, RDN

$25,000 Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition Research Grant

Effect of early-life feeding types on neurodevelopment mediated by the gut-brain axis.

Amber Hager, RD

Amber Hager, RD

$20,000 C. Richard Fleming / Daniel H. Teitelbaum Grant

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.