Connecticut Human Milk Research Center The Connecticut Human Milk Research Center is comprised of a multidisciplinary research team, sponsored by the Connecticut Children’s Division of Neonatology. The primary research objective is to further understand the relationship between human milk intake in premature newborns and their growth, development and health status. Research Initiatives The Connecticut Human Milk Research Center’s efforts are focused on three umbrella research initiatives: A NICU-specific nutrition and clinical database Researchers are creating a database to evaluate at least 15 clinical epidemiologic questions related to human milk use and clinical, growth and neurodevelopmental outcomes. Learn more about NICU-specific nutrition and clinical database » A human milk analyzer measuring the macronutrient composition of a mother’s own milk and donor human milk These results will be analyzed with the clinical research database to explore clinical and growth outcomes. This research initiative will ultimately provide personalized nutrition regimes to at-risk infants through the individualized fortification of mother’s own milk or human donor milk. A wet lab dedicated to biochemical analysis of human milk
