Live Webinar
August 4-5 | 12:15 – 4:45 p.m. CST | $35
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About the Live Webinar
The 2026 National Maternal Nutrition Intensive Course will be held on August 4 & 5. Six (6) presentations will be featured.
The Live Webinar will be fully online and synchronous from 12:15 – 4:45 p.m. central time.
Agenda
| Time | Presentation | Speaker(s) |
| 12:15 PM | Welcome | Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH Professor Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota |
| 12:30 – 1:45 PM | The Role of Whole Cow’s Milk in Maternal, Infant, and Child Nutrition and Growth | Susan M. Gross, PhD, MPH, RDN, LDN Associate Practice Professor Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
| 2:00 – 3:15 PM | GLP-1 Medications Across the Reproductive Continuum: Implications for Pregnancy and Lactation | Marina Maes, PharmD, BCACP Associate Professor of Pharmacy Clinical Practice, Innovation and Research Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Primary Care Clinical Pharmacy, UWHealth Belleville Family Medicine Clinic |
| 3:30 – 4:30 PM | Lactose-free and lactose-reduced infant formulas in the U.S. marketplace today: Availability, sugar content, and marketing | Lisa Harnack, DrPH, RD, MPH Mayo Professor and Division Head Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota Cate Reilly, MPH Nutrition Research Assistant Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota |
| 4:30 – 4:45 P.M. | Closing Remarks for the Day |
| Time | Presentation | Speaker(s) |
| 12:15 PM | Welcome | Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH Professor Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota |
| 12:30 – 1:45 PM | Child picky eating, food neophobia, and parent feeding practices | Kameron Moding, PhD Associate Professor Human Development & Family Science, Purdue University |
| 2:00 – 3:15 PM | Perceptions of Paraprofessional Nutrition Services Staffing Models in WIC: A Qualitative Study | Katherine Hendel, PhD, MS, RD Assistant Professor Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota Anneliese Vogler, MPH, RD WIC POPS Project Coordinator Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota |
| 3:30 – 4:30 PM | Child Development in WIC: Practical Strategies, Program Experiences, and Free Tools | Amber Brown, RD, CD Independent Nutrition & Public Health Consultant, Association of State Public Health Nutritionists Kristi Fawkes MS, IBCLC Nutrition Program Coordinator WIC Program/Public Health Nutritionist; Ocean County WIC Kail Baer, MPH, RDN, CD, CLC WIC Nutrition Services Coordinator, Wisconsin WIC |
| 4:30 – 4:45 P.M. | Closing Remarks |
Accreditation
This program is eligible for:
- 7 contact hours of professional continuing education
- 7 CPEs, Level 2, pending approval by the Commission on Dietetic Registration
- 7 CPH recertification credits
- 0.70 continuing Education Units (CEUs)
