As the secretariat manager for the U.S. Government Global Nutrition Coordination Plan (GNCP), USAID Advancing Nutrition hosted an webinar on behalf of the 1,000 Days Subgroup on understanding the biology of human milk. The Breastmilk Ecology: Genesis of Infant Nutrition (BEGIN) project takes an ecological approach to analyzing the unique biology of human milk by exploring it as a complex biological system and examining its interactions with its internal (parental biology) and external (infant interactions) environments. This GNCP webinar presented the findings of the BEGIN project and provided an opportunity for a conversation about its implications moving forward.
Webinar Recording
Webinar Resources
- Access the slide deck (PDF, 7.61 MB)
- View webinar transcript (PDF, 171 KB)
Speakers
Alison Steiber, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Andrew Bremer, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
Dan Raiten, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
Fatmata Fatima Sesay, United Nations Children's Fund
Jeniece Alvey, U.S. Agency for International Development
Jennifer M. Nelson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nigel Rollins, World Health Organization
Lindy Fenlason, U.S. Agency for International Development
BEGIN Project Presentations
Parental Inputs — Margaret (Peggy) Neville, University of Colorado School of Medicine
HM Composition — Jennifer Smilowitz, University of California, Davis
Infant Inputs — Mandy Belfort, Harvard Medical School
Research Approach — Meghan Azad, University of Manitoba,
Translational Framework — Laurie Nommsen-Rivers, University of Cincinnati