ISRHML
The International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation
ISRHML
The International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation

Welcome to ISRHML

The International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation (ISRHML) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of excellence in research and the dissemination of research findings in the field of human milk and lactation.

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NEWS & UPDATES

2026 ISRHML Conference Update

Late breaking Abstracts - Final opportunity to submit!
Deadline July 1, 2026
Click HERE for more information

ISRHML REGIONAL WEBINAR SERIES

Join us for the ISRHML Americas Regional Webinar Series.
 
On Thursday, July 23rd at 11:00 am EST (UTC -5), we are hosting Lead Speaker Dr. Kaytlin Krutsch, PhD, PharmD, MBA, BCPS on  Lactation Pharmacology: Bridging Research & Reality. In addition to  Dr. Kaytlin,  we will also be hearing briefly from Dr. Margaret H. Rabotnick, Ph.D., M.P.H. on The Role of Human Milk Lipids in Infant Adipocyte Differentiation: Impact of Maternal Health Status on Patterns of Maturation and Inflammation.  We hope you will join us!
 

Register Now via Zoom

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Your ISRHML Webinar Organizers,
Anita Esquerra-Zwiers, PhD, RN, CBS
Janet Williams, PhD
Meghan Azad, PhD
Aria Grabowski, PhD, MPH, RD
Margaret Rabotnick, PhD, MPH

The 22nd ISRHML conference in Charleston, SC, USA, has come to a close! What a great conference!

Thank you to all who participated in the conference! We are inspired by all the amazing research happening in the field of human milk and lactation!

More information and pictures about the conference will be coming out in the coming weeks. Thank you!

Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Comstock for being awarded the Peter Hartmann mid-career award for impact on research and mentorship!

We are excited to announce that Dr. Sarah Comstock from Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI, USA has recieved the award named in honor of Professor Peter Hartmann.

Dr. Hartmann had a lifelong impact on the field of human milk and lactation research through both his research, mentorship, and leadership in ISRHML. 

Stay tuned for more about Dr. Comstock!

Congratulations to Dr. Ruth Lawrence for receiving the MACY-GYÖRGY award! Congratulations to Dr. Zoya Gridneva for receving the Ehrlich-Koldovsky award!

More information coming soon on both the awardees!

Trainee Expansion Program

We are delighted to introduce the 2025 TEP grants awardees!

Join us in congratulating these outstanding early career academics and wishing them every success with their projects.

Click HERE for details about their research aims, the universities they will visit and their mentors.

Enormous, heartfelt thanks to everyone who has made the Trainee Expansion Program (TEP) a success. Originally planned to run only for five years, it ran for 10, awarding grants to over 60 early career academics. Meet them in the TEP Hall of Fame: https://www.tepgrants.org/e-paper/#2

TEP has now successfully completed.

We are very grateful to the Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation as well as to Professor Dr. Lars Bode and Dr Sara Moukarzel for spearheading the initiative, and to each mentor, host and home institution, the awardees, all who applied, and countless others who championed the program.

Thank you sincerely!