Symposium Workshops & Activities
(by invitation only)
March 23, 2023 - 10:30 am to 2:00 pm
4305 University Ave suite 640 San Diego, CA 92105
Workshop: Community-Academic Partnerships in Human Milk Research: Setting Priorities
In collaboration with the UC San Diego Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute (ACTRI)
- 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
March 28, 2023 - 9 am to 5 pm
Annual Meeting: Global Human Milk Research Consortium (GHMRC)
- 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
March 29, 2023 - 8 am to 5 pm
Workshop: Human Milk Banking Best Practices
- 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
- 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
April 2023
Human Milk Hackathon
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Workshop: Clinical Translational Research
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