Program
- Day 1 - March 10
- Day 2 - March 11
- Day 3 - March 12
- Day 4 - March 13
- Posters
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
Human milk research at the NIH and its importance to human health
Andrew Bremer, MD, PhD
Director, Office of Nutrition Research
National Institutes of Health
9:45 AM
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
Artificial Intelligence to Detect and Classify Nipple Damage in Lactation Care
Jessica de Souza, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Duke University
2:45 PM
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
Refinements in Understanding Human Milk-Derived Components in Their Use as “Liquid Breast Biopsies”
Jayne Martin Carli, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
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
3:50 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 "Human Lactology"
Panelists
- will be announced shortly
4:45 PM
Poster Awards and Closing Remarks
5:00 PM
End of Day 3
