The October 2024 podcast features Pharmacist and Professor emeritus, Dr. Jay Mirtallo from the Ohio State University and a Clinical Practice Specialist for ASPEN.  Dr. Mirtallo shares the results of an influential patient-based survey of consumers on parenteral nutrition.  He highlights PN access issues from the patient perspective ranging from product shortages to financial burdens and uniquely identifies unconsidered areas for improvement in the medical system to improve patient safety. He comments on action steps for all nutrition support clinicians including an emphasis on legislation to pass the medical nutrition therapy act allowing reimbursement for the role of the registered dietitian. 

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October 2024

ASPEN Survey of Parenteral Nutrition Access Issues: How the System Fails the Patient

Ronni Chernoff, PhD, RD, reflects on her role as ASPEN’s first Board secretary, early work mixing parenteral and enteral nutrition, contributions to geriatric nutrition, and the evolution of interdisciplinary collaboration.

Stories from ASPEN Trailblazers: Ronni Chernoff, PhD, RD

In this podcast, JPEN Editor-in-Chief Dr. Kenneth Christopher, interviews Niklas Tappauf PhD Candidate in Experimental Medicine at The University of British Columbia. Niklas Tappauf’s research is on pediatric health and biomarker development with a specific focus on the microbiome. Niklas Tappauf is first author of the research article “Multiomics profiling and parenteral nutrition weaning in pediatric patients with intestinal failure: A longitudinal cohort study”.

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May 2025


Multiomics and Parenteral Nutrition Weaning in Pediatric Intestinal Failure

This ASPEN podcast is on the process and tools used for Neonatal Nutrition Assessment for Malnutrition Awareness Week 2025. This podcast features Dr. Stephanie Merlino Barr and focuses on the nutritional status and requirements for infants in the NICU. 

This podcast has been supported by Mead Johnson Nutrition.

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August 2025


Neonatal Nutrition Assessment

This ASPEN podcast is on The Interaction of Pediatric Disease-Related Malnutrition and Food Insecurity: What the Clinician Needs to Know for Malnutrition Awareness Week 2025. This podcast features Dr. Ruba Abdelhadi, MD, Physician Nutrition Specialist®, FASPEN, NASPGHAN-F, focusing on the nutritional status and food insecurity in pediatric hospitalized patients. Information from the American Academy of Pediatrics on nutrition and food insecurity is discussed.  

This podcast has been supported by ByHeart.

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August 2025


The Interaction of Pediatric Disease-Related Malnutrition and Food Insecurity

This podcast brings together two research teams publishing on bronchopulmonary dysplasia and micronutrient status.  Experts Melanie Newkirk, Jennifer Curtiss, Audrey Miller are the authors of the two papers discussed titled, “Effect of vitamin D supplementation on incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia among preterm infants <36 weeks gestational age” and “Review of micronutrients and fatty acids in bronchopulmonary dysplasia”. In this podcast, a review of micronutrient management in this population was reviewed and the need for more research in this area was emphasized.

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August 2025


Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and Micronutrient Status

This ASPEN podcast is on the process and tools used for Nutrition Management of Oncology Patients for Malnutrition Awareness Week 2025. This podcast features Valaree Williams, MS, RDN, CSO, LDN, CNSC, FAND, and focuses on the nutritional status and impact of cancer and cancer treatments. Information on the nutrition process and nutrition management in patients with cancer.  

This podcast has been supported by Nestle Health Science

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August 2025


Nutrition Considerations for the Oncology Patient

This ASPEN podcast is on The Role of Enteral Nutrition in Managing Pediatric Malnutrition for Malnutrition Awareness Week 2025. This podcast features Dr. Christina Valentine and Lucille Beseler focusing on pediatric malnutrition and enteral nutrition as a therapy. It includes an overview of pediatric malnutrition, its impact on health outcomes, when EN is appropriate and inappropriate, initiation of therapy, and issues about reimbursement. 

This podcast has been supported by Kate Farms. 

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August 2025


The Role of Enteral Nutrition in Managing Pediatric Malnutrition

This ASPEN podcast is about the research abstract titled "Evaluating the correlation between modular protein administration, medication administration record inclusion, and its impact on ICU length of stay." This podcast focuses on the importance of administration and documentation of enteral nutrition modular products and their potential impact on patient outcomes. 

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August 2025


Enteral Nutrition Modular Administration

In this podcast, Dr. Jump, the author of the paper “Treatment Outcomes in Pediatric IF Patients with Ambulatory Candida Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections with and without Central Venous Line Removal” discussed advancements in medical care over the past decades and the impact on CLABSI in pediatric patients. She focuses on Candida infections and treatment strategies to mitigate poor outcomes in pediatric home nutrition support.

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October 2025

Treatment Outcomes in Pediatric IF Patients with Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections

In this podcast, JPEN Editor-in-Chief Dr. Kenneth Christopher, interviews Carly Milliren from the Biostatistics and Research Design Center at Boston Children’s Hospital. Carly Milliren is a health services researcher primarily in pediatrics with a specific focus on eating disorders. Carly Milliren is first author of the research article “Identifying enteral nutrition using administrative data in pediatrics patients with eating disorders: A development and validation study”.

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October 2025


Using Administrative Data to Identify Enteral Nutrition in Children with Eating Disorders

Improving patient care by advancing the science and practice of clinical nutrition and metabolism.

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