"Human milk is uniquely superior for infant feeding: all substitute feeding options differ markedly from it."

LACTATION POLICY

The PCSW worked with the President's Office to establish a formal Lactation Support Program policy. Click: Lactation Support Program Policy link for complete details.

Emory University Lactation Room Locations
(updated November 2008)

1599 Clifton Road, Room 1338
Contact Shea Peoples, 727-7256

Briarcliff Campus, Building A, Bathroom 2-139*
Contact Lisa Newbern, 727-7709

Campus Services, Building C, ground floor restroom*
Contact Lindsay Cross, 712-8947

Center for Women, Cox Hall*
Contact Roslyn Sledge, 727-2031

Emory Crawford Long Hospital, Labor/Delivery/Recovery Area*
Contact Lactation Services Coordinator, 404-686-2883

Goizueta Business School, Room 102 (older building)*
Contact Joanna Green, 727-3556

Miller-Ward Alumni House
Contact Missy Rodil, 712-8995

Oxford College, Student Health Services*
Contact Molly Jones Bachtel, 770-784-8376

Pediatrics Building, Room 179a*
Contact Wilma Scales, 727-4519

Rollins School of Public Health, Plaza 26, women’s restroom
Contact Vanda Hudson, 712-8378

School of Law, Gambrell Hall, first floor restroom by student lockers*
Contact Veronica Wright, 727-6856

School of Medicine, Medical Education Building, Room P180*
Contact TBD

Whitehead Biomedical Research Building, Loading Dock, Room L 85*
Contact Leslie Hubble, 727-3337

Woodruff Library, Schatten Gallery, family restroom
Contact Amanda Welter, 727-0134

Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Neuroscience Building (requires key card access)
Contact Lisa Newbern, 727-7709

Rooms Scheduled to Open in 2008–2009
Candler School of Theology*
Psychology Building (Spring 2009)
1762 Clifton Road (TBD)

For lactation consultations, please contact Maeve Howett, PhD, RN, CPNP, IBCLC,
Clinical Assistant Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, 7-8170 or mhowett@emory.edu.

* = Hospital-quality breastfeeding pump available; must have accessories

"Research show human milk and breastfeeding of infants provide advantages with regard to general health, growth, and development, while significantly decreasing risk for a large number of acute and chronic diseases." - American Academy of Pediatrics Work Group on Breastfeeding