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ILCA Research Committee
ILCA promotes and supports research in breastfeeding,
lactation, and infant feeding research. Through the hard work
of its Research Committee, ILCA is committed to:
- Providing small grant funding for approved projects
- Increasing understanding of the research process and the
critical use of research findings
- Dissemination and utilization of research findings
ILCA's Research Committee is comprised of ILCA members who
have professional and/or academic experience such as
conducting research projects, reviewing research proposals,
and/or supervising theses. Click to see the current membership
of the Research Committee.
Research Grants
In 2008, ILCA will award two competitive small grants to
ILCA members who submit proposals with scientific merit. The
2008 Annual Research Grant will be a one year award of
$10,000. In addition, the Wilson-Clay/Hoover research award
($1000) for novice researchers, which is aimed at fostering
beginning research efforts among practicing lactation
consultants, is being offered this year.
Grant applications are now closed for 2008.
2008 Annual Research Grant --
PDF Application or
WORD Application
2008 Wilson-Clay/Hoover Grant --
PDF Application or
WORD Application
If you have questions about the grants, please send them to Anne Merewood at Anne.Merewood@bmc.org.
2007 Research Grant Award
The winner of the 2007 Research Grant Award is Laurie P
Shormick, PhD, Department of Biology, St. Louis University,
St. Louis, MO, USA. The title of her work is "The Role of
maternal Immune Factors in Milk on the Neonatal Response to
Respiratory Viral Infections."
Click to see a list of all
ILCA Research Grants
awarded since 1997.
Research Focus at the Annual ILCA Conference
The Research Committee selects abstracts for research poster
presentations, project poster presentations, and research or
project oral presentations at ILCA Conferences. The committee
ensures that research-related sessions are provided at every
annual conference by planning conference activities that
highlight and enhance understanding of the research process.
Research Committee members regularly present a session at the
annual ILCA Conference in order to assist beginning
researchers.
Click for information on submitting
abstracts for 2008. All abstracts are considered for a
poster session and from the accepted poster abstracts some are
selected for oral presentation at the ILCA Annual Conference.
Annual Conference Poster Sessions and Oral Presentations
Each year the Research Committee and designated reviewers
judge the completed posters and award an outstanding research
and project poster. Click to see the
judging guidelines
used.
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2007 Outstanding Posters
The recipients of this year's outstanding Research Poster
are:
Anne Merewood, MPH, IBCLC; Tina Navidi, BS; Stephanie Love,
MPH; Simone
Neuwelt, BS; Reginald Fonrose, BS; from Boston Medical Center,
Boston, MA USA.
The title of their work is "Formula freebees from
hospitals: Patterns of discharge pack distribution in the
North Eastern US."
The recipients of this year's outstanding Project Poster
are:
Elisabeth Tufte, RN, MPH, IBCLC and Nina Lindberg, RN from the
Norwegian Resource Centre for Breastfeeding,
Rikshopitalet-Raniumhopitalet Medical Centre, Oslo, Norway.
The title of their work is "Feasibility and results of
pre-and postnatal counseling of mothers of babies with cleft
lip and palate."
Read abstracts from the 2007 Conference
Research Posters and
Project Posters. |
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