Human Milk Institute at UC San Diego
UC San Diego's central hub to advance human milk from molecular discoveries to local and global public health impact.
https://hmi.ucsd.edu
- This Breastfeeding Awareness Month, we want to highlight the importance of each program within HMI and raise awareness of how, together, we are advancing science, care, and advocacy for breastfeeding families. 💙🤱 #HumanMilkScience #BreastfeedingAwarenessMonth youtu.be/ZchYQpocKes?...
- Thanks to support from Kaiser Hospital Foundation, the Childhood Obesity Initiative and HMI received an additional $30,000 for 2025 mini-grants to fund projects focused on human milk and breastfeeding! 📅 Apply by August 22nd 🔗 Submit your application: bit.ly/4fsEvmP
- TRITON GIVING DAY IS TODAY! The Kleins are supporting HMI this Triton Giving Day with a $10K gift — and will match every donation up to $15K! Your support can go twice as far to help improve maternal and infant health.🙌🏻🙌🏻 Give Now!: tritongivingday.ucsd.edu/campaigns/hu...
- Big boost for HMI this Triton Giving Day! 💙 Thanks to Lauren Klein HMI Strategic Advisory Board Member and her father Bob Klein, Klein Financial is matching all donations up to $15K!! Double your impact for maternal & infant health: tritongivingday.ucsd.edu/campaigns/hu...
- April 30 is #TritonGivingDay! 🔱 - ...and HMI needs your support! - SHARE! tritongivingday.ucsd.edu/campaigns/hu... We are raising funds for our most critical programs: rapid response, community collaborative, and preterm infant survival.
- A huge thank you to all our sponsors for supporting the Human Milk Institute 3rd Annual Symposium! Your generosity helps drive innovation and collaboration in #HumanMilkScience. We truly appreciate your support! #HMI2025
- Dr. Nigel Rollins, recently retired Medical Officer from the World Health Organization (WHO), will give a seminar on UCSD Campus this Wednesday (02/26) at 10 am, open to the public! 💡 Register to secure your spot: lnkd.in/gZWs3W3h #HMI #HumanMilk #PublicHealth #WHO
- 🌟 Join Our Community Advisory Board! 🌟 We’re seeking parents & professionals to help improve lactation support in SD County! 📅 April - Nov 2025 🔗https://ucsd.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3lWNnr3m3pNVnhk **Compensation provided. #LactationSupport #CommunityImpact #UCSDHMI #SanDiego
- 💙 Thank you to our White Sponsors! 💙 Your support helps advance human milk research and innovation, making a real impact on maternal and infant health. We couldn’t do it without you! @milkify @revbioscience #HumanMilkScience #WhiteSponsors #ThankYou #Research
- 🌟 A Huge Thank You to Our Blue Sponsors! 🌟Thanks to your support, we're bringing together experts, researchers, and clinicians to shape the future of maternal and infant health through human milk research. @FOSS @PumpKin @UCSanDiegoExtendedStudiesPremierLactationPrograms @Mamava @Kyowa @MPRINT
- A huge thank you to our generous Silver Sponsors Agilent, @novonesis.com, Kentec, Philips Avent and Brevolution for supporting our 3rd Annual Symposium! Your contributions help advance #HumanMilkScience and make this event possible. We truly appreciate your support! 💙 #HMI2025
- Thank you, @Medela, for your generous sponsorship of the 3rd Annual Kohlberg Johnson Family Human Milk Institute Symposium! Your support helps drive innovation and advance #HumanMilkScience. We truly appreciate your commitment to human milk research and advocacy! 🙌✨ #HMI2025
- Did you hear? UC Health Milk Bank is opening the Irvine Milk Depot! Join them for their very first milk drive in Orange County! #orangecountymilkdepot #irvinemilkdepot #donorbreastmilk #ucmilkbank #loveineverydrop #pumpitforward
- 🚨 Exciting Announcement! 🚨 Dr. Nigel Rollins, retired WHO Medical Officer, is coming to UCSD this February! 🎉 Join his seminar on Public Health: 🗓 Feb 26, 2025 ⏰ 10:00–11:30 AM (PT) 📍 Garren Auditorium, UCSD Open to students, faculty, researchers & community members!
- 🔬 Meet Alec Bizieff, Ph.D., Staff Research Associate III at MAC! With expertise in mass spectrometry & multi-omic analysis, Alec is advancing research on infant nutrition & maternal health by analyzing vitamins in human milk. #HumanMilkScience #MeetOurTeam
- 🌟 Two months to #HMI25! 🌟 Join us March 4-6 for the 3rd Annual Kohlberg Johnson Family Human Milk Institute Symposium! 💡 Explore the program, speakers, and more: buff.ly/3UN0QlV 💡 Add your name to the waitlist: buff.ly/3ULbR7f Don’t miss out! Learn more: https://hmi.ucsd.edu
- 🎉 Happy New Year from HMI! 🎉 Wishing you a 2025 filled with growth, discovery, and impactful collaborations. Together, let’s continue advancing human milk science and improving health for all! 💡✨ #HumanMilkScience #HappyNewYear #HMI
- 🎉 HMI’s 2024: Growth, collaboration & impact! 🔹 New cores, research incubators & team members 🔹 60+ abstracts for HMI’25 Symposium 📖 More: buff.ly/3PdbLlK #HumanMilkScience #HMI #2024Recap
- 🔬 Meet Simone Renwick, PhD 🌟 Postdoc at UCSD’s LRF MOMI CORE, explores how human milk components like HMOs and microbes shape infant gut microbiota. Her work combines advanced techniques to uncover milk’s role in infant health and development. 🌱 #HMI #MeetOurTeam
- 🎄 Wishing you a joyful holiday season and an impactful start to 2025! We’re grateful for all the support from our faculty, students, collaborators, and partners in making 2024 a success. We’ve set HMI on a path toward programmatic and financial sustainability, which we’ll advance further in 2025!
- 🎄 Wishing you a joyful holiday season and an impactful start to 2025! We’re deeply grateful to our faculty, students, collaborators, and partners for making 2024 a success. HMI is progressing toward sustainable programs and finances, with plans to advance further in 2025!
- 🔦 Spotlight Publication Multidisciplinary Work of HMI Faculty at Its Best! 🌟 New research reveals the human milk oligosaccharide 3′-sialyllactose reduces low-grade inflammation and atherosclerosis in mice. Check it out! buff.ly/3ZyfsqY #HumanMilkScience
- Excited to announce that HMI has received a $150K grant from Kaiser Permanente! 🎉 In collaboration with UC San Diego Center for Community Health, we’re working to improve access to equitable lactation care and resources to address childhood obesity. #LactationCare #CommunityHealth #Grant
- ✨ The HMI Newsletter #6 is out! ✨ 🔍 Catch a glimpse of what’s inside: 📅 2024 Highlights 🎉 Community Wins 📰 Symposium Updates 🌟 New Advisory Board 🌍 Global Research News 🏆 Faculty Achievements 📚 Fresh Publications Subscribe for updates! 👉 buff.ly/3Vy5PY4
- 🌅 HMI’25 Cocktail Sponsor: Ceres Chill We will kick off HMI’25 with a Sunset Cocktail Reception, sponsored by @CeresChill ! 🍹✨ Thank you to Ceres Chill & all our sponsors for their support. 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/3VxTt2l 🤝 Become a Sponsor: buff.ly/3VA92Xg
- 🚨 Meet the MAC Team! 🔬 Dr. Gaurav Pandey, Staff Researcher at HMI, leads micronutrient analysis at the Milk Analytics Core. With 10+ years of expertise in biochemistry, his work uncovers the unique properties of human milk, advancing global health research. 🌍🍼 #HumanMilkScience #MACTeam
- 🍼 Calling all Breastfeeding Moms: Your milk can make a difference! We’re studying nutrient changes in breast milk when tube-fed to preterm infants. Just ~1 oz of your freshly pumped milk could help us uncover vital insights . 🌟 🤝 Be a hero today #BreastMilkDonation 💕 buff.ly/4f3PRMb
- GIVING TUESDAY! - You can now directly support UC San Diego's HMI with a charitable and fully tax-deductible donation! buff.ly/4f5SxsB (UCSD fund# 7667) 💡 Every contribution advances human milk science and access, fostering health at all life stages. Join us!
- ✨ HMI Collaborative Innovation Series ✨ Dec 10, 2024 | 8-9 AM PT Israni Biomedical Research Facility 2, Room 5A03 Featuring: 🔹 James Friend, PhD (Ultrasonic tech & medical devices) 🔹 Erin Walsh, MA, CCC-SLP, IBCLC (Infant feeding & lactation) ⚠️ Closed session #HumanMilkScience
- This Thanksgiving, we are grateful for our community of researchers, donors, and families supporting our mission to improve global health through human milk science. 🤱💡 Thank you for being part of this journey with us! #HumanMilkScience #Gratitude
- 🌟 Meet Shana Wright, MPH, CLEC! 🌟 As HMI’s Director of Community Outreach & Engagement, Shana champions equitable access to human milk, creating lactation-friendly environments & fostering partnerships. We’re proud to have her on our team! 🙌 #HumanMilkScience #PublicHealth
- 🔬✨ Join us for a Seminar with Sandra Leibel, MD on Breast Milk Infectious Disease Test via GFET-Aptamer Biosensor 🍼 🗓️ Nov 26 | 12-1 PM PT | Via Zoom 💻 Open to all! REGISTER HERE: buff.ly/3AH68sA Passcode: 836170 #HumanMilkScience #HumanMilkResearch #HMI
- SORRY, WE ARE CLOSED! - All seats for the 3rd Annual Kohlberg Johnson Family Human HMI Symposium at UCSD are now taken and registration is CLOSED! Interested in participating, but didn’t get a chance to register? Please add your name to our waitlist: buff.ly/3ULbR7f #HMI25
- UC San Diego Human Milk Institute (HMI) Welcomes Strategic Advisory Board! hmi.ucsd.edu/about-us/str... A powerhouse of experts committed to advancing our mission to transform the approach to lifelong health for all people through human milk.
- MUSICAL CHAIRS! - HMI'25 has less than 12 seats left! More than 95% of the seats for the 3rd Annual Human Milk Institute (HMI) Symposium have already been taken. Register soon before all seats are gone! hmi.ucsd.edu/symposium/in...
