Previous New Investigator Awards

2023 ISSFAL Congress Awardees

  • Yohan Chaudron, MNHL (France)
  • Fabiano Cimmino, Institut Agro (France)
  • Helena Fisk, University of Naples Federico II (UK)
  • Amina Bourraga, National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine (Russia)
  • Genieve James, The University of Texas at Austin (USA)
  • Brinley Klievik, University of Toronto (Canada)
  • Isabell Nessel, Queen Mary University of London (UK)
  • YongSoon Park, Hanyang University (Korea)
  • Arista Nienaber, North-West University (South Africa)
  • Danielle Christifano, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center (USA) 

2021 ISSFAL Congress Awardees

  • Nada Abuknesha, London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
  • Helena Fisk, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
  • Chang Gao, University of Adelaide, Australia
  • Genevieve James, University of Texas, United States
  • Anne Manson (Mendonca), University of Manitoba, Canada
  • Zelei Miao, Westlake University, China
  • Mackenzie Smith, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Elizabeth Symington, UNISA, South Africa
  • Inge van der Wurff, Open University, Netherlands
  • Kathryne Wierenga, Michigan State University, United States
  • For the 2021 Congress, BASF generously supported 50 new investigators registration awards and 10 awards of $1,000 each to the Top 10 New Investigators. 

2018 ISSFAL Congress Awardees

  • Surjyadipta Bhattacharjee, LSU Health Science Center, United States of America
  • Abhishek Desai, NIAAA, United States of America
  • Jessica Ferguson, University of Newcastle, United Kingdom
  • Kristine Gagnon, University of Moncton, Canada
  • Abe Kasonga, University of Pretoria, South Africa
  • R.J. Scott Lacombe, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Taeyop Park, National Institutes of Health, United States of America
  • Rachel Walker, Penn State University, United States of America
  • Kathryn Wierenga, Michigan State University, United States of America
  • Inge van der Wurff, Open University, Netherlands

2016 ISSFAL Congress Awardees

  • Juan Aristizabal Henao, University of Waterloo, Canada
  • Christina Brei, Else Kroner-Fresenius, School of Health and Sciences, Germany
  • Blake Hopiavuori, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, United States of America
  • Kathryn Hopperton, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Abe Kasonga, University of Pretoria, South Africa
  • Michael Macartney, University of Wollongong, Australia
  • Eline Stoutjesdijk, UMCG, The Netherlands
  • Marc Trepanier, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Fenglei Wang, Zhejiang University, China
  • Annette West, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

2014 ISSFAL Congress Awardees

  • Jeannine Baumgartner – North-West University, South Africa
  • Célia Bidu – UMR-INSERM/University of Burgundy, France
  • Chih-Chiang Chiu – Taipei City Psychiatric Center, Taipei City Hospital, Taiwan
  • Raphael Chouinard-Watkins – Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
  • Deanna Gibson – University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada
  • Jacqueline Gould – Women’s and Children’s Health Research Institute, Australia
  • Brandon Hidaka – University of Kansas Medical Center, USA
  • Kerry Lee – University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Fredrik Rosqvist – Uppsala University, Sweden
  • Niccolo Terrando – Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

2012 ISSFAL Congress Awardees

  • Eva-Maria Bachmair (UK) – Effect of Conjugated Linoleic Acid Supplementation on the Human Platelet Proteome
  • Denovan Begg (USA) – Thirst Deficits in Aging are Reversed by Dietary Omega-3 Fatty Acids or Cyclooxygenase Inhibition
  • Mariela Bernabe-Garcia (Mexico) – Enteral DHA Reduces the Need of Buprenorphine Dose in Surgical Neonates at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  • Mariela Bernabe-Garcia (Mexico) – Evidence of Beneficial Effects of Enteral Docosahexaenoic Acid on Cytokine Production and Clinical Outcomes in Surgical Neonates
  • Camilla Damsgaard (Denmark) – The Effects of N-3 Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Bone Formation and Growth Factors in Adolescent Boys
  • Rachel Gow (USA) –  An investigation into LC-PUFA, Event Related Potential (ERPs) assessments of brain function and behavioural measures in children and adolescents with ADHD and healthy matched controls
  • Melissa Gregory (Australia) – Elongase Reactions as Control Points in Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Synthesis 
  • Catherine Milte (Australia) – Improvements in Childhood Learning and Behaviour Accompany Increases in Omega-3 Status
  • Catherine Milte (Australia) – Long Chain Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation Improves Cognition and Mood in Older Australians With Memory Problems
  • Kelly Mulder (Canada) – Evidence of Inadequate DHA During Prenatal Development Contributes to Loss of Developmental Potential in Canadian Infants
  • Suresh Mohankumar (Canada) – Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Conjugated Linoleic Acid-Induced Skeletal Muscle Glucose Transport
  • Zacharoula Nikolakopoulou (UK) – The Effect of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Oral and Epidermal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Sarah Orr (Canada) – Chronic and Acute Increases in Unesterified DHA are Protective in a Mouse Model of Neuroinflammation
  • Kuan-Pin Su (UK) – Mind-Body Interface: Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Somatic Symptoms in Major Depressive Disorder

2010 ISSFAL Congress Awardees 

  • M. Bernabe (Mexico) – Evidence of beneficial effects of enteral docosahexaenoic acid on cytokine production and clinical
  • outcomes in surgical neonates
  • P. Jackson (UK) – DHA-rich fish oil modulates cerebral haemodynamics in a dose response manner in healthy young adult
  • K. Su (Taiwan) – The effects of polymorphisms in phospholipase a2 and cyclo-oxygenase 2 genes on interferon-alphainduced depression and polyunsaturated fatty acids levels
  • Giuseppe Astarita (USA) – Deficient liver biosynthesis of docosahexaenoic acid correlates with cognitive impairment in alzheimer’s disease
  • M. Gregory (Australia) – Cloning and functional characterisation of the fatty acyl elovl2 and elovl5 from rat
  • C. Coomans (Netherlands) – Brain insulin signaling promotes fatty acid uptake by adipose tissue
  • J. Lambert (Canada) – Islet transplant patients do not respond to hypolipidemic dietary intervention role of hepatic de novo lipogenesis
  • C. Childs (UK) – The DHA content of rat liver phospholipids are significantly higher when an alpha-linolenic acid rich diet is provided during pregnancy
  • R. Kuipers (Netherlands) – The relation between DHA and AA is synergistic at low DHA status and antagonistic at high DHA status
  • The full list of all 63 New Investigator Awardees prior to 2010 (with mentor’s name)
  • Sarah Abbott, (A. J.Hulbert),University of Wollongong,Wollongong, NSW,Australia
  • Martin-Paul Agbaga, (Robert E.Anderson),University of Oklahoma,Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,USA
  • Anita Royneberg Alvheim, (Livar Froyland),University of Bergen , Bergen,Norway
  • Alpesh Amin, (William S.Harris),University of Kansas Medical Center and University of South Dakota,Kansas City, Kansas and Sioux Falls, South Dakota,USA
  • Hildur Arnardottir, (Ingibjorg Hardardottir),University of Iceland,Reykjavik, Iceland
  • Gwendolyn Barcelo-Coblijn, (Pablo V. Escribá),University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • Maria Laura Belaunzarán, (Elvira L.Durante de Isola),University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires,Argentina
  • Michael Bennett, (Drake C.Mitchell),National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism,NIH,Bethesda,Maryland,USA
  • Joanne Bradbury, (Stephen P.Myers),University of Queensland, Brisbane,Australia
  • Dehua Cao, (Hee-Yong Kim),National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism,NIH,Rockville,Maryland,USA
  • Carol Cheatham, (Susan E.Carlson),University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas,USA
  • Jinghai Chen, (William S.Harris),University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, South Dakota,USA
  • Dany Chevalier, (Michel Lhermitte),University of Lille, Lillle, France
  • Caroline Childs, (P.C.Calder),University of Southampton, Southampton,UK
  • Rebecca Cook-Johnson, (Les Cleland & Michael James),Royal Adelaide Hospital,Adelaide,Adelaide, SA,Australia
  • Camilla Damsgaard, (Lotte Lauritzen),University of Copenhagen,Copenhagen,Denmark
  • Jane Deeley, (Stephen Blanksby),University of Wollongong,Wollongong,NSW,Australia
  • James Drover, (Eileen E. Birch),University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,Dallas,Texas,USA
  • Carla Dullemeijer, (Frans J. Kok),Wageningen University,Wageningen,The Netherlands
  • Alison Fear, (P.C.Calder),University of Southampton, Southampton,UK
  • Cassandra Forsythe, (Jeff Volek),University of Connecticut, Storrs,Connecticut,USA
  • Julia Geppert, (Kebreab Ghebremeskel), London Metropolitan University, London,UK
  • Rachael Gibbs, (D. Ian Givens),University of Reading,Reading,UK
  • Melissa Gregory, (Robert Gibson), Flinders University, SA,Australia
  • Kei Hamazaki, (Hee-Yong Kim),National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism,NIH,Rockville,Maryland,USA
  • Bill Huang, (Hee-Yong Kim),National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism,NIH,Rockville,Maryland,USA
  • E-Chu Huang, (Jay Whelan),University of Tennessee, Knoxville,Tennessee,USA
  • Giorgis Isaac, (Ruth Welti), Kansas State University,Manhattan, Kansas,USA
  • Philippa Jackson, (David O. Kennedy),Northumbria University,Newcastle-upon-Tyne,UK
  • Susan Kary, (Susan E.Carlson),University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas,USA
  • Kathryn Weirenga
  • Abhishek Desai, NIAAA, United States of America
  • Abe Kasonga, University of Pretoria, South Africa
  • Inge van der Wurff, Open University, Netherlands 
  • Jessica Ferguson, University of Newcastle, United Kingdom
  • Kristine Gagnon, University of Moncton, Canada
  • Rachel Walker, Penn State University, United States of America
  • Surjyadipta Bhattacharjee, LSU Health Science Center, United States of America
  • Taeyop Park, National Institutes of Health, United States of America