Director

Anne Merewood, MPH, IBCLC is Director of the Breastfeeding Center at Boston Medical Center, and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Boston University School of Medicine. Anne gained her undergraduate degree in English at Cambridge University, England, and came to the US in 1987. After 15 years working as a journalist, she changed fields, to began working at BMC in 1996, and became an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant in 1999. Anne worked as Director of Lactation Services and Director of Research for the Breastfeeding Center, and became Director in 2006. In the same year she gained a Masters in Public Health at the Boston University School of Public Health. Anne is widely published in the medical literature, a Board member of the Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition, a member of the review board for the Journal of Human Lactation, and on the Breastfeeding Committee of the American Public Health Association. She has co-authored several books including Breastfeeding, Conditions and Diseases (2001), and wrote the breastfeeding section for the most recent edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves.

 Assistant Director

Xena Grossman MS, RD, is a research associate and assistant director of The Breastfeeding Center.  Xena received a BA from Barnard College in Environmental Science and most recently completed her MS in Nutrition from Boston University.  She became a board certified dietitian in 2007.  Xena is a board member of the Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition and a member of the American Dietetic Association, International Lactation Consultant Association and American Public Health Association.  

Research Assistant

Dan Djondo BA, began working with us in 2008 as part of his Master's thesis in Medical Sciences at Boston University School of Medicine.  His undergraduate degree is in Anthropology and was awarded from Notre Dame in 2007. 

A-Ruem Han BS, MPH is working on her Masters in Medical Nutrition at Boston University School of Medicine.   Her interests are focused in nutrition and oral health.

Adiana Castro BA, is working with us as she completed her Masters in Nutrition from Sargent College, Boston University. 

Alumni

Tony Pomales, BA began working for the Breastfeeding Center in April 2007 as a research assistant.  Tony is currently in a PhD program for medical anthropology

 Patricia Francisco worked at the Breastfeeding Center from 2004-2008. Patricia's daughter was born in the summer of 2006 and gave Patricia the chance to work on breastfeeding at a personal as well as a professional level! 

Kimberly Niles Newton, MPH worked at The Breastfeeding Center from 2005-2007. She moved to North Carolina where she intends to enroll in medical school

Reginald Fonrose, BS, worked with us from 2006-2007.  He intends to enroll in graduate school in which he will pursue a career in the medical field.  

Jessica Abrams, MPH worked with us from 2006-2007.  She is currently working at Dana Farber. 

Stephanie Love, MPH, worked with us in 2006. In 2007, she took the Childbirth Picture Book to Uganda.   

Simone Neuwelt MPH, worked with us from 2006-2007.  She is currently in medical school in Puerto Rico. 

Tina Navidi BS, worked with us in 2006.  She is currently at medical school at UVA.

Lisa Hunegs BS, worked with us from 2005-2006.