Program
Preliminary Meeting Program
Welcome to the SSIB 2026 Preliminary Schedule! Please note the schedule is preliminary and will be updated as the program is finalized.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2026
| 9:00 - 10:00 AM | POSTER SESSION 1, EXHIBITS & COFFEE BREAK (click to view)
Millennium Hall |
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| 10:00 - 12:00 PM | PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM Room 1 |
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10:00 |
Shaping the next generation: The impact of Barbara Rolls’ mentorship on the field of ingestive behavior PAIGE CUNNINGHAM.Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA |
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10:30 |
From (controlled) plate to paradigm: Honoring a pioneer of portion size and energy density research JENNIFER O.FISHER.Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
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11:00 |
High Volume, High Impact: The Barbara Rolls Effect ALEXANDRIA B HAST.The Campbell's Company, Camden, NJ, USA |
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11:30 |
Translating science to improve health: Using research to support evidence-based public health nutrition decision-making JULIE OBBAGY.USDA, Medfield, MA, USA |
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| 12:00 - 1:30 PM | ORAL SESSION 1: OH BEHAVE! UNDERSTANDING INGESTIVE BEHAVIOR Room 1 |
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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, USA.2Taste and Smell Disorders Clinic, Austin, TX, USA.3Sensonics International, Haddon Heights, NJ, USA.4Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brazil |
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12:15 |
Momentary Withdrawal Symptoms Predict Ultra-Processed Food Intake During Dietary Reduction ERICA LAFATA.Oregon Research Institute, Springfield, OR, USA |
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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, USA.2Deptof Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA |
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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, USA.2Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.3Center for Ingestive Behavior, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA |
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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, USA |
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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, USA |
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ORAL SESSION 2: CIRCUIT CITY: CONNECTIONS IN INGESTIVE BEHAVIOR Room 2 |
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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, USA.2Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.3Center for Ingestive Behavior Research, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA |
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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, USA |
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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 |
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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, USA.2Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.3Caswell Diabetes Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.4Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA |
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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, USA.2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.3University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
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1:15 |
Effects of a restaurant-based intervention on children’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, USA.2Center for Ingestive Behavior Research, Buffalo, NY, USA.3School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.4Independent Health Foundation, Buffalo, NY, USA.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, USA |
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| 1:30 - 3:00 PM | LUNCH ON OWN On Own |
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| 3:00 - 4:30 PM | SYMPOSIUM 1: YOU EVEN EAT PROTEIN, BRO? Room 2 |
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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, USA |
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3:30 |
To be announced ANDREW WANG. |
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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, USA |
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| 3:00 - 4:30 PM | ORAL SESSION 3: FROM MILK TO MEALS: EARLY LIFE & CHILD EATING BEHAVIOR Room 1 |
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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, USA.2University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.3Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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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, USA |
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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, USA |
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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 |
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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, USA.2Brown University, Providence, RI, USA |
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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, USA.2University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.3Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA |
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| 4:30 - 5:30 PM | POSTER SESSION 2, EXHIBITS & COFFEE BREAK (click to view)
Millennium Hall |
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