Programme
Conference programme for 22 and 23 March 2018
Thursday, 22 March 2018
11.30 Registration and lunch
13.00 Welcome
The value of human milk
13.15 Lactation and milk as a model for scientific research and innovation on diet and health
J. Bruce German (USA) - en
14.00 Breast milk and the first 1000 days
Laurent Storme (FRA) - fr
14.45 Break
15.15 Leveraging the economic perspective of the value of human milk
Tricia Johnson (USA) - en
16.00 Share point and question time with the lactation experts - en
16.30 Wrap-up and agenda for next day - en
16.45 Welcome reception
Friday, 23 March 2018
08.00 Registration and coffee
08.30 Welcome
The unique components of human milk
08.45 Understanding the lactating breast at the single-cell level
Alecia-Jane Twigger (GER/AUS) - en
09.30 Breastfeeding, human milk composition and the developmental
origins of asthma in the CHILD cohort
Meghan B. Azad (CAN) - en
10.15 Break
10.45 Share point and question time with the lactation experts - en
Latest recommendations for research based practice
11.15 All tied up: What does the evidence say about tongue tie?
Donna Geddes (AUS) - en
12.00 Lunch
13.15 Close of poster presentations - en
13.30 Poster award - en
13.45 Evidence supporting the use of human milk in neonatal units
Jean-Charles Picaud (FRA) - fr
14.30 Break
15.00 Pharmacology of marijuana and its transfer into human milk
Thomas W. Hale (USA) - en
15.45 Using evidence to design, implement and evaluate a NICU based
lactation programme: the Rush Mothers’ Milk Club as an exemplar
Paula Meier (USA) - en
16.30 Share point and question time with the research experts - en
17.00 Wrap-up and close
17.15 End
Programme may be subject to change