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Location:

Samuel H. Scripps Auditorium

Moderator:

Lars Bode, PhD

1:30 PM

Innovation in Point-of-Care Technology
Machine learning in the identification of infant suckling irregularities from a simple non-nutritive pacifier vacuum sensor

Erin Walsh
Speech-Language Pathologist, Department of Otolaryngology
UC San Diego

James Friend, PhD
Professor and Penner Endowed Chair of Engineering and Physics, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Department of Surgery
UC San Diego

2:00 PM

Innovation in Pandemic Prepardness
Testing Human Milk for Infectious Disease using a Rapid Aptamer-Based Biosensor

Sandra Leibel, MD MSc
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
UC San Diego

2:20 PM

Innovation in Human Milk Bioactives
Rewiring plant metabolism for production of human milk oligosaccharides

Patrick M Shih, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
UC Berkeley

2:40 PM

Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
Improving Breastfeeding Rates in Somalia through Solar-Powered Breast Pumps

Faduma Gure
Director
LISS Technologies

2:50 PM

Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
Exercised breastmilk: A kick-start for childhood obesity prevention?

Trine Moholdt, PhD
Research Scientist
Norwegian University of Science and Technology