Signaling Between Mother and Infant During Lactation

Mary Fewtrell, MD, BM BCh, FRCPCH
UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health

Integrated approaches to analyze big data in the perinatal/neonatal space

Rob Knight, PhD
University of California, San Diego

Human milk oligosaccharides at the interface of maternal-infant health

Lars Bode, PhD
University of California, San Diego

Multidisciplinary studies on rotavirus – human milk oligosaccharide interactions

Sasirekha Ramani, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine

Variations in human milk composition: impact on immune development and allergic disease susceptibility

Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo, MD, PhD
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Probiotic intervention through the pregnant and breastfeeding mother to reduce disease risk in the child

Samuli Rautava, MD, PhD
Turku University Hospital and University of Turku

The history of milk banking: from origin to present time

Guido E. Moro, MD
Italian Association of Donated Human Milk Banks (AIBLUD)

Human milk to prevent and heal gastrointestinal tract injury in children after bone marrow transplantation

Stella M. Davies, MBBS, PhD, MRCP
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Transfusion-related acute gut injury (TRAGI): potential mechanisms and opportunities for prevention

Human milk and preterm infant brain development

Mandy Brown Belfort, MD, MPH
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Breast milk fats and lipids: expanding benefits to fragile infant populations

Human milk-based industry in the Muslim world: how to address the religio-ethical challenges?