Congratulations to all award competition finalists for being selected to compete throughout Nutrition 2019 ASN is pleased to recognize the following winners of the Nutrition 2019 award competitions for their achievements Clinical Emerging Leaders Award Competition Sharon Thompson, MS, RD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Winner) Graduate Student Research Award Competition Rola Hammoud, University of Toronto (Winner) Jelena Mustra Rakic, MS, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University (Winner) Yi Zhao, MSc, Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition (Winner) Nutrition Translation Award Competition Karen Lindsay, PhD, RD, University of California, Irvine (Winner) Postdoctoral Research Award Competition Endowed by DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences Mengying Li, PhD, NICHD (Winner) Student Interest Group Travel Awards Supported by the National Dairy Council Sumira Phatak, Utah State University (First Place) Nikoleta Stamataki, University of Manchester (Second Place) Emanuela Pannia, University of Toronto (Third Place) Young Minority Investigator Oral Competition Supported by DSM Nutritional Products Abrania Marrero-Hernandez, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health (First Place) Gabriella Hernandez, California Polytechnic State University (Second Place) Salima Taylor, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University (Third Place) Emerging Leaders Poster Competition Aging and Chronic Disease Joseph Roberts, Emory University (First Place) Jennifer Morrison, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (Second Place) Carotenoids and Retinoids Jelena Mustra Rakic, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University (First Place) Bridget Hannon, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Second Place) Climate/Environment, Health, Agriculture and Improved Nutrition Naglaa El-Abbadi, PhD, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University (First Place) Ujue Fresan, PharmD, MPH, PhD, Loma Linda University (Second Place) Carlos Andres Gallegos, Washington University in St Louis and Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Third Place) Community and Public Health Nutrition Laura Hopkins, PhD, MSPH, RDN, LDN, The Ohio State University (First Place) Lucas Gosdin, Emory University (First Place) Lauren Blacker, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (First Place) Diet and Cancer Sumira Phatak, Utah State University (First Place) Jihye Lee, University of Maryland (Second Place) Dietary Bioactive Components Yanhui Han, University of Massachusetts Amherst (First Place) Dennis Cladis, Purdue University (Second Place) Xuhuiqun Zhang, Illinois Institute of Technology (Third Place) Energy and Macronutrient Metabolism Noëmie Daniel, Laval University, Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods, Heart and Lung Institute (First Place) Chaitra Surugihalli, University of Maryland (First Place) Jaapna Dhillon, PhD, UC Merced (Second Place) Experimental Animal Nutrition Sze Ting (Cecilia) Kwan, PhD, RD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (First Place) Gabriella Hernandez, California Polytechnic State University (Second Place) Global Nutrition Jillian Waid, Helen Keller International (Grand Finalist) Laura Lara-Castor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University (Grand Finalist) Shannon King, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Grand Finalist) Maternal, Perinatal and Pediatric Nutrition Paige Berger, PhD, Children's Hospital Los Angeles (First Place) Mengying Li, PhD, MSPH, NICHD (Second Place) Car Reen Kok, University of Nebraska Lincoln (Third Place) Medical Nutrition Jennifer Fleming, Pennsylvania State University (First Place) Maryam Kazemi, PhD, MSc, RD, Cornell University (Second Place) Ellen Francis, NICHD (Third Place) Methods and Protocols Mehrnaz Abbasi, Texas Tech University (First Place) Abigail Colburn, Arizona State University (First Place) Caroline Um, PhD, MPH, RD, American Cancer Society (Second Place) Neuroscience, Cognitive Function and Chronobiology Noah Peeri, University of North Texas Health Science Center (First Place) Charlotte Bahnfleth, Cornell University (Second Place) Emily Hu, Johns Hopkins University (Third Place) Nutrition Education and Behavioral Science Jess Gwin, PhD, US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (First Place) Morgan Braden, Purdue University (Second Place) Safiya Beckford, University of Nebraska Lincoln (Third Place) Nutrition Translation Alexandra Cowan, Purdue University (First Place) Allison Hepworth, PhD, University of Maryland School of Social Work (First Place) Nutritional Epidemiology Edwina Wambogo, PhD, MS, MPH, RD, NIH (First Place) Yuni Choi, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (First Place) Yi Zhao, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University (First Place) Nutritional Immunology and Inflammation Di Wu, University of Nebraska Lincoln (First Place – Graduate Student) Lichchavi Rajasinghe, PhD, Michigan State University (First Place - Postdoc) Nutritional Microbiology Kathryn Racine, Virginia Tech (First Place) Diana Taft, PhD, University of California Davis (Second Place) Obesity Jin-Seon Yook, University of Nebraska Lincoln (First Place) Nikoleta Stamataki, University of Manchester (Second Place) Claire Cheng, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Third Place) Policy Anna Grummon, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (First Place) Mengxi Du, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University (Second Place) Sports Nutrition HyunGyu Suh, PhD, Arizona State University (First Place) Vitamins and Minerals Emanuela Pannia, University of Toronto (First Place) Kim V.E Braun, PhD, Erasmus MC (Second Place)