Lactation Research and Clinical Practice

with

Dr. Thomas Hale

and

Barbara Wilson-Clay

April 17 & 18, 2008

Lactation Advocates of Northern California (LANC) presents a conference featuring leading experts in the field of lactation research and clinical management. 

Who Should Attend?  Nurses, physicians, mid-level practitioners, pharmacists, dieticians, midwives, doulas, lactation consultants, La Leche League Leaders, WIC staff, and medical office personnel.

Faculty
Dr. Thomas Hale is Professor of Pediatrics and Assistant Dean of Research at Texas Tech University School of Medicine.  He holds degrees in Pharmacy and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology, and is widely experienced in Pediatric and Breastfeeding Clinical Pharmacology.  He was a National Institute of Health Postdoctoral Fellow and a member of the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention in Washington, D.C. from 1985-1990.  He is the author of Medications and Mother’s Milk, the top-selling drug reference manual in the world.

Barbara Wilson-Clay, BSEd, IBCLC has a busy private practice in Austin, Texas, where she has worked as a lactation consultant since 1987. She has been a La Leche League Leader since 1981. Her research and commentaries have appeared in numerous professional journals, including the Journal of Human Lactation.  She served a term on the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (the IBLCE) where she sat on the ethics and exam committee.  She is co-author of The Breastfeeding Atlas.