For each of the ASPEN Nutrition Science & Practice Conference primary abstract categories: Parenteral Nutrition; Enteral Nutrition; Malnutrition/Obesity/Nutrition Practice Concepts and Issues; Critical Care; GI and Other Nutrition and Metabolic-Related Topics; and Pediatric/Neonatal/Pregnancy/Lactation, the presenting author of the top-scoring abstract will be acknowledged with a certificate and the abstract will be published in the ASPEN conference issue of the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 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, including Encore submissions. Authors of winning encore abstracts must obtain re-print permission from the copyright holder.
- Top scoring presenting authors are eligible regardless of preferred presentation type (oral vs. poster)
- All presenting authors are eligible, regardless of career stage.
- Abstract may receive Best of ASPEN and additionally designation as Abstract of Distinction.
- Vars candidates are ineligible for this award.