30th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior


Printable Program




July 11-15, 2023
Portland, Oregon






Wednesday, August 5, 2026


3:45 - 5:00 PMRoom 1
MARS Lecture 1: Camilla Nord

3:45
Opening Greetings
Kathleen Keller

4:00
Energy Allostasis: Uncovering The Hidden Link Between Metabolic And Mental Health
Camilla L. Nord
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

5:00 - 6:30 PMMillennium Hall
Opening Reception & Exhibits



Thursday, August 6, 2026


9:00 - 10:00 AMMillennium Hall
Poster Session 1, Exhibits & Coffee Break

10:00 - 12:00 PMRoom 1
Presidential Symposium

10:00
Shaping The Next Generation: The Impact Of Barbara Rolls&Rsquo; Mentorship On The Field Of Ingestive Behavior
Paige Cunningham
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States

10:30
From (Controlled) Plate To Paradigm: Honoring A Pioneer Of Portion Size And Energy Density Research
Jennifer O. Fisher
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States

11:00
High Volume, High Impact: The Barbara Rolls Effect
Alexandria B Hast
The Campbell's Company, Camden, NJ, United States

11:30
Translating Science To Improve Health: Using Research To Support Evidence-Based Public Health Nutrition Decision-Making
Julie Obbagy
USDA, Medfield, MA, United States

12:00 - 1:30 PMRoom 1
Oral Session 1: Oh Behave! Understanding Ingestive Behavior

12:00
A Double-Blind Study Of Olfactory/Sniff Training With A Randomized Blank Control Group
Richard L. Doty1, Crystal Wylie1,3, Ronald Devere2, Vince Grosso3, Shima Moein3, Marco Fornazieri4
1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2Taste and Smell Disorders Clinic, Austin, TX, United States, 3Sensonics International, Haddon Heights, NJ, United States, 4Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil

12:15
Momentary Withdrawal Symptoms Predict Ultra-Processed Food Intake During Dietary Reduction
Erica LaFata
Oregon Research Institute, Springfield, OR, United States

12:30
Screen Time Predicts Eating In The Absence Of Hunger In Preschoolers: Attentional Bias To Food As A Candidate Mechanism (Elsevier Appetite New Investigator Travel Awardee)
Yashaswini Rajendra Bhat1, John Brand2, Diane Gilbert-Diamond2, Jennifer A. Emond1
1Dept of Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, 2Deptof Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States

12:45
Food Parenting As A Predictor Of Child Energy Intake After An Experimentally Manipulated Restrictive Period
Muhammad Jamal Khan1, Hannah E. Kolpack1, Lori A. Hatzinger2, Jennifer L. Temple1,3, Katherine N. Balantekin1,3
1Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States, 2Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 3Center for Ingestive Behavior, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States

1:00
Worth The Work: Influence Of Relative Value And Relative Motivation On Sweet Vs. Fruit Intake And Bmi
Jose Jarquin, Olufisayo Atande-Ogunleye, Susan Carnell
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

1:15
Are You A Healthy Eater? Using Brain Responses To Food Cues To Predict Motivation To Consume Healthy Foods
Trinity Cheng, Liuyi Chen, Susan Carnell
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

12:00 - 1:30 PMRoom 2
Oral Session 2: Circuit City: Connections in Ingestive Behavior

12:00
Control Of Water Intake By Glp-1 Action In The Anteroventral Third Ventricle Region
Sydney A David1, Johanna L Sirkin2, Destiny J Brakey2, Matthew J Paul1, Derek Daniels2,3
1Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States, 2Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States, 3Center for Ingestive Behavior Research, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States

12:15
A Psychobioecological Intervention To Address The Food-Insecurity-Obesity Paradox
Nicholas V. Neuwald , McKenna E. Nicholls, Sarah E. Naula, Jennifer L. Temple, Leonard H. Epstein
University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States

12:30
The Effect Of Medial Prefrontal Cortex Deep Rtms On Food Cravings And Body Weight In Adults With Obesity And Food Addiction: A Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial.
Roni Aviram-Friedman1, Nimrod Agmon2, Alexandra Panurov2, Uri Alyagon2, Abraham Zangen2
1Department of Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel, 2Department of Life Sciences and the Zelman Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva , Israel

12:45
Discovering Prokineticin Receptor 2 Agonists For The Treatment Of Obesity (New Investigator Travel Awardee)
Kate R. Bowman1,2,3, Ayushi Mittal1,2,3, Paul Buscaglia2,3, Julien A. Sebag2,3,4
1Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, 2Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, 3Caswell Diabetes Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, 4Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

1:00
Pre-Meal Olfactory Nudging Vs. Habituation: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial In Women With Overweight/Obesity
Surabhi Bhutani1, Yao Zhao 2,3, Emma Johnson1, Victoria Esparza1,2, Valentina Parma2,3
1San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States, 2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 3University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

1:15
Effects Of A Restaurant-Based Intervention On Children&Rsquo;S Meal Selection: A Cluster-Randomized Trial
Stephanie Anzman-Frasca1,2, Juliana Goldsmith1, Mackenzie Ferrante3, Leonard Epstein1,2, April Gampp4, Jess Haines5, Lucia Leone2,6, Emily McCray1, Rocco Paluch1, Sara Tauriello1
1Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States, 2Center for Ingestive Behavior Research, Buffalo, NY, United States, 3School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, 4Independent Health Foundation, Buffalo, NY, United States, 5College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, 6School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States

1:30 - 3:00 PMOn Own
Lunch on Own

3:00 - 4:30 PMRoom 2
Symposium 1: You even eat protein, bro?

3:00
Fgf21 Signals Through Hindbrain Neurons To Alter Food Intake And Energy Expenditure During Dietary Protein Restriction
Redin A. Spann, Sora Q. Kim, Md Shahjalal Khan, Diana A. Albarado, Sun O. Fernandez-Kim, Hans-Rudolf Berthoud, David H. McDougal, Heike Muenzberg, Yanlin He, Sangho Yu, Christopher D. Morrison
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, United States

3:30
To Be Announced
ANDREW WANG

4:00
Acute Prefrontal Cortex Response (By Functional Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy, Fnirs) To Ingestion Of Protein And Protein Preloads In Humans: Effects On Satiation Efficacy Rate And Subsequent Acute Intake Of Ultra-Processed Food.
Jennifer A Nasser
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States

3:00 - 4:30 PMRoom 1
Oral Session 3: From Milk to Meals: Early Life & Child Eating Behavior

3:00
Early Ingestive Experience With A High-Fat Diet Alters The Developmental Trajectory Of Vagal Satiation Signaling And Produces Enduring Changes In Appetitive Behavior
Meaghan E. McCoy1,2, Ciorana Roman-Ortiz2, Jason Perez1, Lindsey A. Schier2, Anna K. Kamitakahara1,3
1Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 2University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 3Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

3:15
Inflexible Thinking, Inflexible Eating: Poorer Executive Functioning Is Positively Associated With Food Fussiness During Early And Middle Childhood.
Rachel Fan, Kyle Hallisky, Kathleen L. Keller
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States

3:30
Variety-Seeking When Eating In The Absence Of Hunger As An Obesogenic Eating Behavior In Children
John W. Long, Barbara J. Rolls, Kathleen L. Keller
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States

3:45
Exposure And Access Drive Intake: A School-Based Produce Intervention Increases Fruit Consumption (Supported By The Ssib International Foundational Fund Given In Memory Of Drs. Jacques Le Magnen (France), Anton Steffens (The Netherlands), Jacob Steiner (Israel), Steven Cooper (The United Kingdom))
Smadar Hod-Ovadia1,2, Moran Kilzi1,2, Mona Boaz1, Vered Kaufman-Shriqui1,3
1Department of Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel, 2Leket Israel, Ra'anana, Israel, 3The Center for Urban Health Solutions (C-UHS), St., Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

4:00
Food And Game-Time Delay Discounting: Associations With Appetite And Weight In Middle Childhood
Wenxuan Fan1, Rosa Cano Lorente2, Daphne Koinis-Mitchell2, Viren D'Sa2, Keri Rosch1, Susan Carnell1
1Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States, 2Brown University, Providence, RI, United States

4:15
Maternal Prebiotic Supplementation Shapes Offspring Gut Microbiome And Improves Gut-Brain Axis Communication Into Adulthood
Jennifer M. Houston1, Jillian M. Allen2, Julia C. Cook1, Rachel E. Lippincott2, Eden E. Crain2, Jung H. Byun2, Dulce M. Minaya2, Kellie L. Tamashiro3, Claire B. de La Serre1
1Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, 2University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States, 3Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

4:30 - 5:30 PMMillennium Hall
Poster Session 2, Exhibits & Coffee Break



Friday, August 7, 2026


9:00 - 10:00 AMMillennium Hall
Poster Session 3, Exhibits & Coffee Break

10:00 - 11:30 AMRoom 2
Symposium 2: Boldly Going: The next generation in testing neuromodulators

10:00
Monoamine Release Dynamics In The Human Amygdala Dissociate Components Of Food Reward
Matt Howe1,2, Seth Batten1, Leonardo Barbosa1, Monica Ahrens3, Terry Lohrenz1, Jason White1, Robert Bina4, Mark Witcher1,5, Read Montague1,6, Alexandra DiFeliceantonio1,7
1Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, United States, 2School of Neuroscience, Virgi, Blacksburg, VA, United States, 3University of Kentucky Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States, 4Department of Neurosurgery, Banner University Medical Center , Phoenix, AZ, United States, 5Department of Neurosurgery, Virginia Tech Carillion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, United States, 6Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States, 7Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States

10:30
Control Of Ingestion By The Caudal Brainstem
Zachary Knight
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

11:00
To Be Determined
Read Montague

10:00 - 11:30 AMRoom 1
Oral Session 4: K-Pop Diet Hunters: Diet Quality & Health

10:00
Genetic Architecture Of Ultra-Processed Food Consumption Links Neurodevelopmental And Metabolic Pathways To Habitual Diet
Filip Morys1,2, Daiva E. Nielsen3, Lang Liu1,4, Arsene Kanyamibwa5, Atheer Attar3, Tongzhu Meng3, Mari Shishikura1, Annette Horstmann5, Alain Dagher1
1Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2Modern Diet and Physiology Research Center, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3School of Human Nutrition, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 4Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 5Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

10:15
High-Fat Diet Remodels Vagal Sensory Pathways Through Inflammation To Promote Hyperphagia
Isadora Braga1,2, Laryssa Oliveira Coutinho1, Alan de Araujo1,2, Rebeca Mendez1,2, Claire de La Serre3, Dan Brierley4, Guillaume de Lartigue1,2
1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, PA, United States, 3Colorado State University , Fort Collins, CO, United States, 4University College London, London, United Kingdom

10:30
Methods Of Coding Food Into Nova Food Classes: Interrater Reliability Between A Reproduced Machine Learning Algorithm With Manual Coding
Laura Claire Walker1,2, Amelia Blumberg1,3, Eunice Chen1
1Psychology and Neuroscience, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2Winston Center on Technology and Brain Development, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, 3Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, United States

10:45
Effects Of Controlled Diets High In And Free Of ULtraprocessed Food On The Brain Of Emerging Adults
Emma Leslie1, Maria Rego2, Monica Ahrens3, Wenjing Yu2, Mary Elizabth Baugh1, Anastasia Groccia4, Rhianna Sullivan1, Han Lee1, Ryann Kolb1, Delbert Herald1, Valisa Hedrick2, Kevin Davy2, Benjamin Katz5, Brenda Davy2, Alexandra DiFeliceantonio1
1Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, United States, 2Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States, 3Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Informatics, Kansas City, KS, United States, 4School of Neuroscience at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States, 5Department of Human Development and Family Science at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States

11:00
A Western Diet Alters The Mitochondrial-Associated Transcriptome And Impairs Mitochondrial Bioenergetics In The Hippocampus Of Cognitively Impaired Mice (New Investigator Travel Awardee)
Ana L Loera-Lopez1,2, Junwon Heo3, Magen N Lord2, David L Miller3,4, Jessica R Hoffman2, Anson D Sing5, Tianyi Zhang6, Alexia King5, Eugene F Douglass7, Luke J Mortensen4,6, Steven A Sloan5, Jarrod A Call1,3,4, Emily E Noble1,2
1Neuroscience Graduate Program, Athens, GA, United States, 2Department of Nutritional Sciences, Athens, GA, United States, 3Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Athens, GA, United States, 4Regenerative Bioscience Center, Athens, GA, United States, 5Department of Human Genetics, Emory, GA, United States, 6School of Chemical, Materials, and Biomedical Engineering, Athens, GA, United States, 7Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Athens, GA, United States

11:15
Prebiotic Supplementation Mitigates High-Fat Diet-Induced Disruption Of Estrous Cyclicity And Alters The Vaginal Microbiome.
Julia Cook1, Jennifer Houston1, Zowi Pogonat-Walters1, Maja Legatt1, Kellie Tamashiro2, Claire de La Serre1
1Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, 2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

11:30 - 1:00 PMOn Own
Lunch on Own

11:45 - 12:45 PMRoom 2
New Investigator Event

1:00 - 2:00 PMRoom 1
Mars Lecture 2: Randy Seeley

1:00
To Be Gip Or Not To Be Gip, That Is The Question
Randy Seeley
University of Michigan

2:00 - 4:00 PMRoom 1
NITA Symposium

2:00
Experimental Induction Of Uncertainty About Food Availability Over Two Weeks Impacts Brain, Behaviour, And Cognition In Humans. (Elsevier Physiology & Behavior New Investigator Travel Awardee)
Justin J Sung1, Natasha Mattar1, Noemie Saulnier1, Laure Chaboussant1, Filip Morys2, Dana M Small1, 2, 3
1McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2The Neuro, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States

2:15
Early-Phase Ingestive Microstructure As A Behavioural Marker Of Semaglutide Response In Obesity: An Interim Analysis Of The Digrat Study (New Investigator Travel Awardee)
Michele Serra1,3, Ahmed Al-Humadi2, Werd Al-Najim2, Daniela Alceste3, Nicole Jucker1,3, Marco Bueter3, Carel le Roux2
1Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 2Diabetes Complications Research Centre, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 3Department of Visceral Surgery, Hospital Maennedorf, Maennedorf, Switzerland

2:30
Integrating Internal And External Signals To Optimize Food Decision Making (New Investigator Travel Awardee)
Yige Sun, Ahmed Bouteldja, Justin Sung, Zheyi Li, Filip Morys, Dana Small
Mcgill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

2:45
Caloric Value Is Transferred To Anticipatory Cues As Interoceptive Predictions In Humans (George H.Collier New Investigator Travel Awardee)
Elayna Seago1, Afroditi Papantoni1, Jessica Liu1,2, Kyle Burger1
1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

3:00
Translating The Gliotransmitter Octadecaneuropeptide Into A Once-Weekly Injectable Therapeutic, Dg-260, For The Treatment Of Obesity And T2Dm Without Adverse Events (Randall R. Sakai New Investigator Travel Awardee)
Keshav/S Subramanian1, Oleksandra Orativskyi2, Haley Maury2, Drew Belser1, Brandon Alonso1, Ashley Lee1, Chloe Do1, Quindy Pan1, Bart/C De Jonghe1, Caroline/E Geisler3, Robert/P Doyle2,4, Matthew/R Hayes1
1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, United States, 3University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States, 4Updstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States

3:15
Stress Engages The Noradrenergic Brainstem-Hypothalamus Loop That Suppresses Appetite Persistently (New Investigator Travel Awardee)
Myungmo An, Junkoo Park, Sumin Lee, Se-Young Choi, Sung-Yon Kim
Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

3:30
Single Nutrient Overconsumption Induces Nausea And Increases Gdf15 Levels In Rats, Effects Attenuated By Chronic Exposure To A Western Diet (New Investigator Travel Awardee)
Allison M. Pataro1,2, Sophia L. Fischer1,2, Serena X. Gao1,3, Ann Law1, Fatma Cicek1, Madeline Medina1,4, Tito Borner1
1Human and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 2 Integrative and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 3Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 4Bridging the Gaps Summer Research Program, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, United States

3:45
In A World Of Protein Shakes And Glp-1S: Sex Divergent Effects Of Semaglutide On Muscle Composition And Protein Intake In Rats (Dorothy W. Gietzen New Investigator Awardee)
Mya A. Knappenberger1, Madison T. Bento 2, Morgan R. Sotzen2, Suyeun Byun 1, Annalise M. Kuhns 1, Doris Olekanma1, Karolina P. Skibicka2
1The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States, 2 The University of Calgary, Calgary , AB, Canada

6:45 - 8:45 PMOffsite
New Investigator Event

Located at SPIN PHILADELPHIA




Saturday, August 8, 2026


9:00 - 10:00 AMMillennium Hall
Poster Session 4, Exhibits & Coffee Break

10:00 - 11:30 AMRoom 1
Oral Session 5: Pour Some Sugar on Me: Carbohydrates & Sugar

10:00
Lateralized Vagal Circuits Control Feeding
Alan de Araujo1, Isadora Braga1,2, Gabriel Tofani1,2, Laryssa Coutinho1, Mingxin Yang1,2, Guillaume de Lartigue1,2
1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

10:15
Molecular Mechanisms For Sensing Stomach Distension
Avnika Bali1,2, Isadora Braga1,2, Guillaume de Lartigue1,2
1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

10:30
Encoding Of Interoceptive State By Paraventricular Thalamic Ensembles
Jared Butts1, Samuel Congdon1,2, Vraj Patel1, Qingyin Zheng2, Patrick Sweeney1,2
1Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, 2Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States

10:45
Urocortin-3 Suppresses Food Intake And Intestinal Inflammation Via An Enteroendocrine Gut-Brain Circuit
Giulia T. Uhr1,2,3, Lavinia Boccia2,3, Niklas Blank4,5, Timothy O. Cox1, Lenka Dohnalová1, Haohan Karen Wei1, Kaitlyn Mcelhern2,3, Carol Rau2,3, Stephen Wisser1, Leonel Joannas6,7, Jorge Henao-Mejia6,7, Maayan Levy4,5, J. Nicholas Betley2,3, Christoph A. Thaiss4,5
1Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 3Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 4Arc Institute, 3181 Porter Dr, Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA, United States, 5Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, United States, 6Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 7Institute for Immunology and Immune Health (I3H), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

11:00
Associations Between Interoceptive Awareness And Appetitive Traits In Children With Overweight Or Obesity (New Investigator Travel Awardee)
Allison M. Boyar1,2, David R. Strong3, Kyung E. Rhee4, Kerri N. Boutelle2,3,4
1San Diego State University/University of California San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, United States, 2Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States, 3Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States, 4Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States

11:15
Evaluation Of A Two-Stage Water Loading Test To Measure Gastric Interoception In Children
Emily Hohman, Orfeu Buxton, Kathleen Keller
Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States

10:00 - 11:30 AMRoom 2
Oral Session 6: Molecules that Matter: Neuropeptides & Feeding

10:00
Central Amygdala Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Neurons Integrate Endogenous Glp-1 And Encode Consummatory Valence Through Diverse Outputs
Miguel Duran1, Jennifer Willis1, Sai Pochana1, Nilay Dalvi1, Anusha Polamarasetty1, Melissa Rodriguez1, Kirk Habegger2, J. Andrew Hardaway1
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States, 2Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

10:15
Top Down Regulation Of Feeding And Body Weight By Mc4R In The Mpfc
Michaela Cooke1, Priyanka Das1, Maddy Smith1, Rachel Ross1,2
1Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States, 2Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, United States

10:30
Glp-1R Agonism Modulates Lipid-Induced Neutrophilia Via An Area Postrema-Independent Mechanism
Anna Parolini1, Sophia Fischer2, Tito Borner2, Giuseppe Danilo Norata1, Andrea Baragetti1
1Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, 2Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

10:45
Effects Of Gcg-Derived Peptide Signaling On Body Composition And Caloric Intake
Inge E Guerrero, Michelle B Bales, Eva H Rucinski, Mary A Raker, Linda Rinaman
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States

11:00
Primary Cilia Adcy3 Is Necessary For Dmvmh Leptin Effects On Feeding
Christopher Petty1, Austin Mills2, Magen Lord2, Ruth Harris3, Emily Noble1,2
1Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States, 2Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States, 3Department of Physiology, Augusta State University, Augusta, GA, United States

11:15
Neuropeptide Y1 Receptor-Expressing Neurons In The Paraventricular Hypothalamus Link Hunger And Reward Circuits To Drive Feeding
Sam Z Bacharach1, Katie A Zappetti1, 2, Laryssa O Coutinho1, Zhongwu Liu3, Marcelo O Dietrich3, Amber L Alhadefff1, 2
1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 3Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States

11:30 - 1:00 PMOn Own
Lunch on Own

11:45 - 12:45 PMRoom 2
New Investigator Event

1:00 - 2:00 PMRoom 1
Mars Lecture 3: Daniella Cota

1:00
Understanding Pomc Neurons Heterogeneity In Energy Balance And Beyond
Daniela Cota
INSERM, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

2:00 - 3:00 PMMillennium Hall
Poster Session 5, Exhibits & Coffee Break

3:00 - 4:30 PMRoom 2
Symposium 3: Gut Check: Mechanosensory signals in satiation

3:00
Dietary Substitute Sugars&Rsquo; Osmotic Signaling Engages An Ileal Brake To Control Gut Motility And Feeding Via Glp-1
Arthur Beyder
Enteric Neuroscience Program (ENSP), Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Departments of Medicine and Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States

3:30
The Role Of Gastrointestinal Mechanosensation In Regulating
Britya Ghosh1, Catherine Calhoun2, Kara Marshall1,3,4
1Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2Rice University, Houston, TX, 3Department of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 4Jan and Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children�s Hospital, Houston, TX

4:00
Pharyngeal Mechanosensation Drives Rapid Thirst Satiation
Sung-Yon Kim
Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

3:00 - 4:30 PMRoom 1
Oral Session 7: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Interventions & Therapeutics

3:00
High-Fat Diet Exposure Alters Sucrose Consumption Behaviors And Dopamine Signaling In The Nucleus Accumbens
Claire M. Corbett1, Leighelle Adrian1, Brianna E. Linneman1,2, Samantha L. Bozarth1,2, Mark Niedringhaus1,2, Elizabeth A. West1,2
1Rowan-Virtua University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ, United States, 2Rowan-Virtua School of Translational Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Stratford, NJ, United States

3:15
Amygdala&Ndash;Liver Signaling Orchestrates Glycemic Responses To Stress
Jamie RE Carty1, Kavya Devarakonda1, Richard M Connor2, Sarah A Stanley1
1Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States, 2Nash Family Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States

3:30
Branched-Chain Amino Acids Modulate Sweet Reward Independently Of Neuronal Fgf21 Signaling
Fereshteh Dehghani, Danial Fotros, Zobayda Farzana Haque, Garrett Scott, Maura McKenna, Andrew C Shin
Neurobiology of Nutrition Laboratory, Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Health & Human Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States

3:45
Sweet Taste Phenotypes Are Poor Predictors Of Sugar Intake In Healthy Adults
Alissa Nolden, James Makame
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States

4:00
Sglt1 Mediates Oral Glucose Sensitivity During Fasting In Humans
Alexa Pullicin, Yixin Jia, Juyun Lim
Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States

4:15
Brain Response Is Influenced By Varying Rates Of Metabolic Response To Carbohydrate Consumption In A Flavor-Nutrient Conditioning Paradigm
Mary E Baugh1, Monica Ahrens2, Han Lee1, Rhianna Sullivan1, Zach Hutelin1,3, Alexandra DiFeliceantonio1,4
1Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, United States, 2Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Informatics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States, 3Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States, 4Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States



Sunday, August 9, 2026


9:00 - 10:00 AMMillennium Hall
Poster Session 6, Exhibits & Coffee Break

10:00 - 11:30 AMRoom 2
Symposium 4: Ingestion on a Budget

10:00
The Crunchometer: A Low-Cost, Open-Source Acoustic Analysis Of Feeding Microstructure
Ranier Gutierrez
CINVESTAV del IPN, Mexico City, Mexico

10:30
Doing More With Less: Open-Source Tools Reveal Hidden Structure In Feeding And Motivation
Bridget Matikainen-Ankney
Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, United States

11:00
Ingestion On A Budget: Digital Mealtime Photography For Scalable Eating Behavior Assessment
Laura L Bellows
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States

10:00 - 11:30 AMRoom 1
Oral Session 8: The 8th Sense: Interoception and Appetite

10:00
A Homecage Social Operant Task To Investigate Diet-Induced Changes In Social Motivation
Yiru Chen, Susan E. Maloney, Alexxai V. Kravitz
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States

10:15
Circuit-Specific Effects Of Post-Ingestive Modulation Of Dopamine In Food Reward
Tung T Bui1, Bhaskar Ray2, Brandon Cox1, Alec Hartle1, Alexandria Difeliceantonio1, Srijan Sengupta2, William M Howe1
1Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, 2North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States

10:30
Prefrontal&Ndash;Hypothalamic Dynamics During Binge-Like Eating: Feeding Microstructure And In Vivo Neural Activity During Palatable Food Consumption
Astrid Munoz-Perez de Arce1, Pablo R. Moya2,3, Ignacio Negron-Oyarzo2
1PhD Program in Sciences (Neuroscience), Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile, 2Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Valparaiso., Valparaiso, Chile, 3Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencias (CINV), Universidad de Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile

10:45
Differences In The Propensity To Attribute Incentivization Of Food Cues Is Reflected In The Calcium Activity Of Anterior Insular Cortical Neurons
Keegan H Delap, Kajol V Sontate, Gregory C Loney
Department of Psychology, Program in Behavioral Neuroscience, SUNY University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States

11:00
A Pedunculopontine Nucleus To Ventral Tegmental Area Circuit Is Required For Dopamine Responses To Food And Associative Food-Cue Learning
Nicholas Smith1, Ruoxi Wu1, James Bianchi1, Albert Yeung1, Semus Wang1, Michelle Awh1, Sukya Williams1, J. Nicholas Betley1,2,3
1Department of Biology, Universtiy of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 3BrainBodyBiome Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

11:15
Lateral Hypothalamic Circuits Integrate Threat And Food Value To Drive Compulsive Eating In Obese Mice
Richard O'Connor, Paul Kenny
Icahn School of Medicine/Mount Sina, New York, NY, United States

11:30 - 1:00 PMOn Own
Lunch on Own

1:00 - 2:00 PMRoom 1
Mars Lecture 4: Corby Martin

1:00
Assessment And Modification Of Ingestive Behavior As A Multi-Component Construct: Selecting The Best Method For The Population And Variable Of Interest
Corby Martin
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, , United States

2:00 - 2:50 PMRoom 1
Business Meeting

3:00 - 4:45 PMRoom 1
Awards Session

P1
Kevin Williams - Hoebel Prize For Creativity
Kevin Williams
UT Southwestern

P2
Amber Alhadeff - Alan N.Epstein Research Award
Amber Alhadeff
Monell Chemical Senses Center

P3
Barbara Rolls - Distinguished Career Award
Barbara Rolls
The Pennsylvania State University

6:30 - 10:30 PMMillennium Hall
Awards Ceremony & Closing Banquet

Full registration or ticket required