Bringing together interested members of our community to learn more about research in this space as well as offer a networking opportunity.
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 |