Program
- Day 1 - March 9
- Day 2 - March 10
- Day 3 - March 11
HMI'27 Program Day 2 - Main Symposium
Wednesday, March 10, 2027
8:00 AM
Check-in opens
Light breakfast will be served
Poster mounting in breakout rooms
9:00 AM
Welcome Remarks
Mitra Hooshmand, PhD
Executive Director, Human Milk Institute
UC San Diego
5th HMI Anniversary: Celebrating Milestones and Envisioning the Future
Lars Bode, PhD
Founding Director, Human Milk Institute
UC San Diego
9:30 AM
First morning session begins
LRF MOMI CORE 10th Anniversary Session
Location:
Samuel H. Scripps Auditorium
Moderator:
Lars Bode, PhD
Director, Human Milk Institute
UC San Diego
9:30 AM
LRF MOMI CORE
Disrupting Traditional Research Funding to Ignite an Unprecedented Engine of Discovery
Lars Bode, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Larsson-Rosenquist Family Endowed Chair of Collaborative Human Milk Research
Director, Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Mother-Milk-Infant Center of Research Excellence (LRF MOMI CORE)
Director, Human Milk Institute
UC San Diego
9:45 AM
LRF CIB
Colostrum: Laying Strong Foundations for Lifelong Immune Health
Valerie Verhasselt, MD, PhD
Professor and Director of the Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Center for Immunology and Breastfeeding (LRF CIB)
University of Western Australia
Perth
Australia
10:15 AM
GHMRC
Introducing the Global Human Milk Research Consortium
tbn
10:30 AM
Coffee Break
11:00 AM
Second morning session begins
Focus Session: Providing the Right (Donor) Milk to the Right Baby at the Right Time
Location:
Samuel H. Scripps Auditorium
Moderator:
Alison Wolf, CPNP-PC, IBCLC
UC Health Milk Bank
Human Milk Institute
UC San Diego
11:00 AM
Donor Human Milk and the FDA: PMO Updates and the Evolving Regulatory Landscape
Benjamin (Ben) Warren
Senior Science Advisor for Food Safety
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
11:20 AM
Beyond Prematurity: Emerging Uses of Donor Human Milk in the NICU
Amy Hair, MD
Associate Professor
Program Director of Neonatal Nutrition
Medical Director of TCH Milk Banks
Department of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children's Hospital
11:40 AM
Beyond the Pool: Optimizing Nutrition and Bioactivity in Donor Human Milk
Monica Lores, MD
MOMI Fellow Clinical and Translational Research
LRF Mother-Milk-Infant Center of Research Excellence (MOMI CORE)
Human Milk Institute
UC San Diego
12:00 PM
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
to be selected
This could be you!
Submit your abstract until October 15!
12:15 PM
Conclusion - The Future of Donor Milk: Balancing Risk, Innovation, and Evolving Needs
Kim Updegrove, RN, CNM, MSN, MPH
Executive Director, Mothers’ Milk Bank at Austin
12:30 PM
Group Photo, Lunch, and Meet-Up Hub
2:00 PM
Afternoon sessions begin
Focus Session: Clinical Implications of Human Milk Research
Location:
Samuel H. Scripps Auditorium
Moderator:
TBN
tbd
2:00 PM
Lactoengineering Mother’s own Milk for Precision Preemie Nutrition
Bridget E. Young, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Research – Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
2:30 PM
Does the micronutrient strategy for very preterm infants fed donor milk need to differ compared to those fed mother’s own milk?
Deborah (Debbie) O’Connor, PhD, RD
Earle W. McHenry Professor
Canada Research Chair in Human Milk and Infant Nutrition
Chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences
Temerty Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
Canada
3:00 PM
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
to be selected
This could be you!
Submit your abstract until October 15!
3:15 PM
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
to be selected
This could be you!
Submit your abstract until October 15!
3:30 PM
Impact of infant feeding choice on atopic dermatitis risk
Berthold Koletzko, MD, PhD
Else Köner-Senior Professor of Paediatrics
Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital
LMU University Hospital
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich
Germany
4:00 PM
Poster Session I
Sunset Cocktail Reception
5:30 PM
End of Day 2
