Thursday 11 September 2025 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Jean Thomas Lecture theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road
About
When: 11 September 2025, 1.30-5.30pm
Where: Jean Thomas Lecture theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road
We will be hosting a range of presentations about breastfeeding and lactation through the lens of public health, clinical practice, biological mechanisms, and patient/participant experience.
See the full programme below.
Supported by the Events Fund
PROGRAMME
Time
Title/activity
Speaker
13:30-13:45
Registration and coffee
Catering by Biochemistry (tea/coffee/biscuits)
13:45-14:00
Cambridge Lactation Network: Overview and goals
Geula Hanin (PDN), & Albert Koulman (IMS-MRL)
14:00-14:40
Keynote: The MAMI study: breastfeeding and public health (30-minute presentation + 10 min Q&A)
Marko Kerac (LSHTM)
14:40-15:00
Human Milk Banks in India: A Health Policy and Systems Analysis of Frameworks, Implementation and Equity
Professor Ranjini Raghavendra (RV University, Bangalore, India)
15:00-16:20
Introduction to the Infant feeding team at the Rosie Hospital (15 min + 5 min Q&A)
Aime Field (Lead midwife for Infant feeding team, Rosie Hospital)
15:20-15:40
Cell type specific changes in transcriptome and epigenome during lactation (15 min + 5 min Q&A)
Geula Hanin (PDN)
15:40-16:00
Lived experience of a breastfeeding mother (15 min + 5 min Q&A)
Dorottya (Dorka) Nemes interviewed by Gabrielle Oxley (Biochem/Pharm)
16:00-16:20
Human Milk Oligosaccharides: The Secret Architects of Infant Health
Bin Zhang (South China University of Technology)
16:20-16:30
Closing remarks
Geula Hanin
16:30-
Drink, canapes and networking
Catering by Aromi