Symposium Workshops & Activities

Objectives:

• Identify at least 3 priority research questions in human milk research from Community Agencies-Community Partners
• Identify potential academic partners at UC San Diego who have capacity and expertise to address these research questions
• Explore additional opportunities to expand use of Human Milk Research Biorepository to support clinical research fostering Community-Academic Partnerships
• Highlight potential funding opportunities for this work

Confirmed participants:

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Confirmed participants:

• Dr. Lars Bode, Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Mother-Milk-Infant Center of Research Excellence (LRF MOMI CORE), University of California, San Diego, USA
• Dr. Fadil Hannan, Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Oxford Centre for the Endocrinology of Human Lactation, University of Oxford, UK
• Dr. Stephen Kennedy, Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Oxford Centre for the Endocrinology of Human Lactation (LRF OCEHL), University of Oxford, UK
• Dr. Giancarlo Natalucci, Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Center for Neurodevelopment, Growth and Nutrition of the Newborn (LRF NGN), University Zurich, Switzerland
• Dr. David Yanagizawa-Drott, Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Center for Economics of Breastfeeding, University Zurich, Switzerland
• Dr. Katharina Lichtner, Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation, Switzerland

Objectives:

• Collaborate with experts in neonatology, nutrition and milk banking to discuss optimal donor milk needs in the hospital setting
• Explore best practice standards across milk banks to improve quality, safety, nutrition and biology of donor milk
• Brainstorm innovative technologies to improve milk bank processes
• Plan for further collaborative work with EMBA, HMBANA and other partners

Confirmed participants:

• Dr. Lisa Stellwagen, Director UC Health Milk Bank, San Diego, CA, USA
• Alison Wolf, Associate Director UC Health Milk Bank, San Diego, CA, USA
• Lindsay Groff, Executive Director of the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA)
• Kim Updegrove, Executive Director of Mothers' Milk Bank, Austin, Chair HMBANA Standards Committee
• Dr. Sertac Arslanoglu, President, European Milk Bank Association (EMBA), Istanbul, Turkey
• Dr. Jean-Charles Picaud, Past President of EMBA, Lyon, France (remote)
• Dr. Karen Mestan, Chief Neonatology, UC San Diego
• Dr. Lars Bode, HMI Director, UC San Diego
• Dr. Heather Hamner, CDC
• Dr. Andrew Bremer, NIH/NICHD
• Dr. Jae Kim, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
• Dr. Donna Geddes, University of Western Australia, Perth
• Dr. Deborah (Debbie) O’Connor, University of Toronto