Health, Nutrition and Cost Outcomes of Human Milk Feeding for Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Chairs

Paula Meier, PhD, RN, FAAN, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Lars Bode, PhD, University of California, San Diego, CA

Presentations

The Cost-Effectiveness of Human Milk Feedings as a Strategy to Reduce the Risk of Prematurity-Specific Morbidities in VLBW Infants, Tricia J. Johnson, PhD, Chicago, IL

Clinical, Technical and Operational Challenges in Promoting and Advocating Human Milk for Preterm Infants, Jae H. Kim, MD, PhD, San Diego, CA

Manipulation of the Intestinal Microbiome in the Newborn Infant, Josef Neu, MD, Gainesville, FL

Enterally Administered Bovine Colostral Extract Modulates Intestinal Barrier Function and Immune Gene Expression in Parenterally-fed Neonatal Piglets, Sharon Donovan, PhD, RD, Urbana, IL