Thursday, October 15, 2015
2-2:15 Brief introduction by Lisa Oakes

2:15 to 4:00 Session 1: Lactation, breast milk and development
  • David Mills "The role of milk glycome in the development of the infant gut microbiota: Why babies cry over spilled milk"
  • Leah Hibel "Infant salivary secretory immunoglobulin A: the role of breastfeeding and breastmilk"
  • Caroline Chantry "Early Lactation Success and More: Mother-Baby Outcomes and UC Davis Medical Center"
  • Bo Lonnerdal "Effect of milk fat globule membranes (MFGM) on infection and cognitive development in infants"
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4:00 - 4:30 Coffee break, for discussion

4:30-5:45 Keynote: Martha Neuringer "Nutrients for the developing eye and brain: Insights from monkey models"

6:00 Catered Dinner at the Center for Mind & Brain (see registration link to sign up)
Friday, October 16, 2015
8:30-9:00 Coffee, continental breakfast

9:00 - 9:40 Session 2: Introduction to the Centers for Mind and Brain and
Food for Health Institute
  • Steve Luck
  • Bruce German​

9:45-10:45 Keynote: John Colombo "LCPUFA supplementation and
developmental outcomes"

10:45-11:15 Coffee, break for discussion

11:15-12:30  Session 3: Diagnostics of cognition and nutrition and their relation
  • Lisa Oakes "Measuring cognitive development in infancy: How can we evaluate the effect of nutrition on the developing mind?"
  • Carolyn Slupsky "Metabolism and the Developing Neonate: Shaping the Mind with Milk"
  • Jennifer Smilowitz "Effects of gestational diabetes mellitus on protective factors in human milk"​

12:30-1:30 Lunch

1:30-2:20 Session 4: Clinical trials and neurodevelopment
  • Elizabeth Prado "Nutrition and brain development in early life in low-and middle-income countries"
  • Kathleen Angkustisiri "A clinical trial of bifidobacterium infantis and bovine colostrum product - special considerations and challenges in autism spectrum disorders"​

2:20-3:30 Keynote: Michael Georgieff "Early Nutrition and the Brain:   Should we be concerned?"

3:30-4:00 Coffee, break for discussion

4:00-5:45 Session 5: Epigenetics and exposures on development
  • ​Mark Underwood "Impact of dietary interventions on the gut and brain of extremely premature infants"
  • Melanie Gareau "Dysbiosis and the developing microbiota-gut-brain axis"​
  • Rebecca Schmidt "Gestational Folate and Risk for Autism: links and potential mechanisms"
  • Judy van de Water "Maternal Gestational Immune Dysregulation and Neurodevelopment"

5:45-7:00 Wine and cheese reception