NCBC Fall 2024 Lactation Conference (In-Person & Virtual options!)

• Cristen Harris, PhD, RDN, CD, CEDS, CSSD, ACSM-CEP, FAND
• Hope Lima, PhD, RDN, IBCLC
• Alena Clark, PhD, MPH, RDN, CLC
• Matthew Olm, PhD

This course is intended for physicians, physician assistants, international board certified lactation consultants, lactation professionals, registered nurses, registered dietitians, nurse practitioners, certified midwives, doulas, and other professionals working with pregnant patients and/or new parents.

*CEU's for nurses and dietitians, and CERPs for lactation professionals are being applied for.

We are thrilled to have a hybrid option of attendance for this year's conference.

• For those who would like to attend in-person, we will view the live conference together at Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, CO.
• Dr. Cristen Harris & Dr. Hope Lima's presentations will take place live via Zoom, and Dr. Alena Clark and Dr. Matthew Olm will be presenting live in-person.
• Light breakfast & lunch included in ticket price.

• For those who would prefer to attend virtually or live at a distance, the entire conference will be available live via Zoom Webinar.

• For those who are unable to attend live, the event will be recorded and sent via email after the event.
• All ticket options will have access to the recording after the event.
• Any awarded CERPs will be available for all tickets.

7:30-8:00am In-Person Networking & Breakfast

8:00am-8:15am: Welcome, Introduction

8:15am-11:15am Dr. Cristen Harris (Keynote Speaker Representing the Ellyn Satter Institute)- Feeding Basics: Exploring How Trust-Based Feeding Benefits Parents and Kids

11:15-11:30am Break

11:30-12:30pm: Dr. Alena Clark- Updates in Nutrition and Lactation Research

12:30-1:30pm: Lunch Break

1:30-3:00 pm: Dr. Hope Lima- Harmony on the Plate- Nurturing Intuitive Eating in Postpartum Parents Affected by Eating Disorders

3:00- 3:45pm: Dr. Matthew Olm- Breastfeeding, the Microbiome, and the First 1000 Days

3:45-4:00 Closing

*Event will be recorded and viewable until 03-01-2024 for those who register that cannot attend live.

Cristen Harris, PhD, RDN, CD, CEDS, CSSD, ACSM-CEP, FAND

Dr. Cristen Harris is a certified eating disorder specialist, sports dietitian, and exercise physiologist with over three decades of experience in a wide variety of settings including clinical care, fitness and rehabilitation, community health, higher education, research, and private practice. Her approach to education, research, parenting, and practice is grounded in Satter’s feeding dynamics and eating competence models. Dr. Harris is a Teaching Professor in the Food Systems, Nutrition and Health Program in the School of Public Health at the University of Washington where she is also the principal investigator and advisor for a federal Maternal and Child Health training grant. She maintains a small but robust private practice, specializing in the treatment of disordered eating behaviors, child feeding issues, and eating incompetence. Dr. Harris is passionate about facilitating a paradigm shift in how people, professionals, and policymakers interpret challenges with eating, feeding, and moving; and offering access to the Satter models as part of the solution to such challenges. When not working, she enjoys hiking in the mountains and forests with friends and her dog; and spending time and adventures with her three children (ages 14, 18, 22); and devoted husband.

Hope Lima, PhD, RDN, IBCLC

Dr. Hope Lima (she/her) is a nutrition and lactation educator and clinician who wants to help raise the bar for how we care for clients in the field of maternal and child health. She is trained as a nutrition researcher, an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), and a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN). Hope has advanced training in pediatric food allergies, metabolism, and utilizing an Internal Family Systems-informed counseling approach to support families.
Hope has experience in curriculum development, program planning and research methods as a professor in a university-level dietetics department. Hope also has experience in clinical counseling through her private practice, Hope Feeds Families, based in Rock Hill, SC. She uses these experiences to provide meaningful, engaging learning experiences for professionals in the fields of nutrition, dietetics, and lactation.
Hope founded Feeding Families Education and Consulting in 2023 with a vision of changing the way that we train clinicians and raising the bar for continuing education. When she is not working on her professional endeavors, Hope can be found playing with her 3 dogs, hiking in national parks with her husband, or riding roller coasters with her step-kids.

Dr. Alena Clark is an Instructor at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Before her position at Colorado State University, she was a Professor and the Co-Director of the Lactation Support Program at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado. She is a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified lactation counselor and is involved in many organizations that advocate the need to promote healthy lifestyles and support for parents, children, and infants. She has worked in various settings including hospitals, public health agencies and academia. She earned a Ph.D. in Human Nutrition at Colorado State University, an M.P.H. in Public Health Nutrition at the University of Minnesota and a B.A. in Nutrition and Dietetics at Concordia College. Her primary areas of research and practice are lactation support, global health, infant and young child nutrition, and evaluating under-sourced communities access to nutrition education and public health resources.

Matthew Olm, Ph.D.

Dr. Matthew Olm is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, specializing in microbiome research with a focus on the infant microbiome and its implications for health and disease. He earned his Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of California, Berkeley, and completed postdoctoral research at Stanford University with Dr. Justin Sonnenburg. Dr. Olm's work has significantly advanced our understanding of the infant microbiome, particularly in the context of global infant health. His research findings, particularly on the impact of industrialization on the infant gut microbiome and necrotizing enterocolitis, have been published in top-tier journals such as Science and Nature Biotechnology.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies, 2500 Rocky Mountain Avenue, Loveland, United States