Day 3 - March 12

HMI'26 Program Day 3 - Main Symposium

Thursday, March 12, 2026

8:00 AM

Check-in opens
Light breakfast will be served

9:00 AM

Morning session begins

White Couch: Every Baby Deserves the Best Start to Life

Location:

Samuel H. Scripps Auditorium

9:00 AM

Opening Lecture
"Operation Stork Speed": Rethinking infant formula regulation: What does it mean for parents and for supporting breastfeeding?

Steven A. Abrams, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Interim Assistant Dean of Admissions
Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin

9:30 AM

Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
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9:45 AM

Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
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10:00 AM

White Couch Panel Discussion
Every Baby Deserves the Best Start to Life

Panelists

will be announced shortly

10:45 AM

Patient Family Perspective
Breastfeeding & the Postpartum Mind: Understanding the Emotional Landscape

Smadar Garritson, LCSW, CLC
Primary Therapist, Huntington Hospital Maternal Wellness Program
Adjunct Clinical Instructor, USC Keck School of Medicine

11:00 AM

Poster Session II
Coffee will be served

12:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

Afternoon session begins

Hot Topics in Human Milk Research and Innovation

Location:

Samuel H. Scripps Auditorium

Moderator:

tbn

1:30 PM

Impact of insulin resistance on secretory activation

Fadil Hannan, PhD
Director of the Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Oxford Centre for the Endocrinology of Human Lactation (LRF OCEHL)
Nuffield Department of Women’s Reproductive Health
University of Oxford
United Kingdom

2:00 PM

Milk, microbes, and malnutrition: mechanisms governing neurodevelopment and behavior in a mouse model

Elena Coley-O'Rourke, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Boston Children’s Hospital

2:30 PM

Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
to be selected

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2:45 PM

Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
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3:00 PM

Coffee and Meet-Up Hub

3:30 PM

White Couch session begins

The White Couch: Breastfeeding Medicine and the Future of "Lactology"

Location:

Samuel H. Scripps Auditorium

Moderator:

Michelle Leff, MD
Human Milk Institute
UC San Diego

3:30 PM

The Journey from Physician Breastfeeding Champions to Board Certified Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine Specialists

Anne Eglash, MD, NABBLM-C, IBCLC, FABM
Clinical Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Medical Director, UW Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine
University of WI School of Medicine and Public Health
President, The Institute for the Advancement of Breastfeeding and Lactation Education

4:50 PM

Structures, Strategy, and Science: Charting the Path of a New Medical Discipline

Casey Rosen-Carole, MD, MPH, MSEd, FABM
Chief of the Division of Breastfeeding & Lactation Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and OBGYN
Fellowship Director, Breastfeeding & Lactation Medicine, LILAC
Consultant, Lactation Study Center, URMedicine MotherToBaby, Finger Lakes Environmental Health Center
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

4:10 PM

White Couch Panel Discussion
The Future of "Lactology"

Panelists

will be announced shortly

4:45 PM

Poster Awards and Closing Remarks

5:00 PM

End of Day 3