Global Human Milk Research

LRF OCEHL is part of the Global Human Milk Research Consortium (GHMRC) consisting of five independent research centres, based at renowned universities, and endowed by the Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation.

The research centres focus on complementary research topics that can advance the global understanding of breastfeeding and breastmilk. Each centre’s research vision highlights important components of health and development that contribute to reaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – immunology, neurodevelopment, endocrinology of lactation, microbiome and human oligosaccharides, and behavioral economics.

Beyond the individual research areas, our centres are collaborating on interdisciplinary research projects capable of bridging traditional divides between disciplines. As a cornerstone of that interdisciplinary approach, the GHMRC has launched a multi-year fellowship program. Financed by the Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation, it offers two, 2-year postdoctoral grants annually.

LRF OCEHL Research Links

LRF Mother-Milk-Infant Center of Research Excellence (MOMI CORE)

UC San Diego School of Medicine
MOMI CORE’s mission is to create an engine of discovery focused on understanding human milk by fostering collaborative investigation across research, education and clinical practice to improve the health and development of infants, mothers, and society as a whole.
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LRF Chair in Human Lactology

University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia - Prof. Valerie Verhasselt
Research in the Verhasselt lab is aimed at understanding how maternal milk affects immune development, education and long term homeostasis. A major objective guiding the work is the identification of factors that could endow breastfeeding with the capacity to prevent allergic and metabolic disease as potently as it does for infectious disease.
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LRF Center for Neurodevelopment, Growth and Nutrition of the Newborn

University of Zurich, Switzerland
The LRF Center for Neurodevelopment, Growth and Nutrition of the Newborn (LRF CNGNN) will explore the association between children’s early nutrition (e.g. breastmilk and breastfeeding quality, exclusivity and duration), structural changes in brain morphology and functional outcomes. The aim is to conduct congruent inquiries into the neurodevelopmental mechanisms that influence child and youth development.
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LRF Center for Economics of Breastfeeding

University of Zurich, Switzerland
The mission of the LRF Center for Economics of Breastfeeding is to increase our understanding of productive child and youth development. In particular, an important focus is to improve our knowledge of the causes and consequences of breastfeeding.
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