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. The 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. Committee members regularly present a session at the annual ILCA Conference in order to assist beginning researchers.

2007-2008 Research Committee

Chair

Anne Merewood, MPH, IBCLC (2008-2011)

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Boston University School of Medicine

Director, The Breastfeeding Center

Boston Medical Center Division of General Pediatrics

88 East Newton St., Vose 3

Boston, MA 02118

Tel: 617 414 7902 Fax: 617 414 2662

Email: Anne.Merewood@bmc.org

Research Interests: Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative; clinician education; vitamin D; breastfeeding rates and rate collection methods; factors affecting duration; breastfeeding in low income and minority populations; peer counseling programs; kangaroo care and preemie breastfeeding.

Members

Ruth Cantrill, PhD, M Mid, IBCLC (2008-2011)
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Logan
2 Banksia Street
Redland Bay 4165, Australia
Tel: +61 7 33821158 (work); 0438987261 (mobile) Fax: +61 7 33821277
E-mail: r.cantrill@griffith.edu.au 
Research Interests: Midwifery and breastfeeding, evaluation of breastfeeding content in textbooks.

Ilana Chertok, PhD, RN, IBCLC (2006-2009)
West Virginia University
School of Nursing, Dept of Health Promotion
PO Box 9630
Morgantown, WV 26506
Tel: 304-293-6518 Fax: 304-2932517
Email: ichertok@hsc.wvu.edu 
Research Interests: diabetes and breast milk research; nipple shield use in term infants; post-cesarean breastfeeding research; quantitative data analysis

Jane Grassley, PhD, RN, IBCLC (2008-2011)
College of Nursing
Texas Women’s University
1521 Fuqua Drive

Flower Mound, TX 75028
Tel:(940) 539-6198
E-mail: jgrassley@twu.edu 
Research Interests: Grandmothers influences on breastfeeding

Pam Hill, PhD, RN, CBE, FAAN (2006-2009)
University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Nursing
Quad-Cities Regional Program
1515 – 5th Avenue Suite 400
Moline, Illinois 61265
Tel: (309) 757-9467 ext. 26 Fax:
Email: phill@uic.edu 
Research Interests: Insufficient milk supply, use of hot and cold treatments, predictors of breastfeeding success, low-income women, milk sufficiency in pump-dependent mothers; lactation hormones.

Journal of Human Lactation Designate

Donna Chapman, PhD, RD (2008-2011)
Connecticut Center for the Elimination of Health Disparities in Latinos
Address: University of CT Department of Nutritional Sciences
3624 Horsebarn Rd Ext.
Storrs, CT 06269-4017
Phone: 860-486-0630
Fax: 860-486-3674
E-mail: donna.chapman@uconn.edu 
Research Interests: breastfeeding peer counseling intervention targeting obese women, lactogenesis stage II, risk factors for delayed onset of lactation.

Board of Directors Liaison

Suzanne Hetzel Campbell PhD, APRN, WHNP, IBCLC (2003-2005, 2005-2006)
Work:
Fairfield University School of Nursing
North Benson Road
Fairfield, CT 06430 USA
Tel (203) 254-4000, extension 2578 Fax (203) 254-4126
E-mail: suzannecampbell@ilca.org 
Interest/Expertise: breastfeeding self-efficacy, instrument development, plugged ducts-treatment/care, attachment parenting, women's health (especially as related to breastfeeding/parenting)

 ILCA Staff Ex Officio

Judi Lauwers
Education Coordinator
International Lactation Consultant Association
228 Park Lane, Chalfont PA 18914 USA
Phone: 215-822-5545
E-mail: judilauwers@ilca.org