Life sciences & social sciences research on breast milk & breastfeeding are essential components to clinical, institutional & societal support for breastfeeding & public health. But there are major tensions and conflicts within this broad community of researchers & advocates...

Seeking to consider the perspectives, obstacles, priorities and conflicts within this domain, @MeghanAzad & @Nickel_NC organized a workshop in 2019 "Breastfeeding and the origins of health: Interdisciplinary perspectives and priorities."

You know the issues are serious and/or folks Meghan & Nathan, bc @Luisa_Zu, @rperezescamilla, @Dr_LarsBode, @Prof_AmyBrown, @DrNShenker, @alokapatelmd, @DrMunblit, @mbrockwa, @Nutr_Prof, @nabcwa_camie (and others not on twitter) all said "Early February in Manitoba?..."

We spent several days dialoguing about research priorities & anticipated breakthroughs in breastfeeding &/or HM research; perceived barriers & challenges to achieving these breakthroughs; outlining a plan of action towards supporting the impact of future lactation research.

As per usual, there were essential tensions between navigating the world as it is and building the world we deserve. Folks had myriad perspectives.

And we wrote a paper about our workshop proceedings! #WroteASongAboutItLikeToHearItHereItGoes https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mcn.13109

Some HIGHLIGHTS from our paper:
There are things we know, there are things we don't know, we need to know many of these things, there are different ways of knowing, & we need to make sure people know. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mcn.13109