Committed to the promotion of diversity and equity in all our policies and practices, our aims are:
To provide our readers and the international communities of clinicians, educators and scholars working in the field of lactation with current and quality-based evidence, from a broad array of disciplines, including the medical sciences, basic sciences, social sciences and the humanities.
To provide student and novice researchers, as well as, researchers whose native language is not English, with expert editorial guidance while preparing their work for publication in JHL.
In each issue, the Journal of Human Lactation publishes original research, original theoretical and conceptual articles, discussions of policy and practice issues, and the following special features:
Advocacy: A column that discusses a ‘hot’ topic in lactation advocacy
About Research: A column focused on an in-depth discussion of a different research topic each issue
Lactation Newsmakers: An interview with a widely-recognized outstanding expert in the field from around the globe
Research Commentary: A brief discussion of the issues raised in a specific research article published in the current issue
Book review(s): Reviews written by content experts about relevant new publications
International News Briefs: From major international lactation organizations

Editor-in-Chief
Joan E. Dodgson, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN	School of Nursing, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA
Associate Editors
Laura Duckett, PhD, MPH, RN	University of Minnesota, School of Nursing (Emerita), Minneapolis, MN, USA
Sara L. Gill, PhD, RN, IBCLC, FAAN	University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio School of Nursing, San Antonio, TX, USA
Kathleen A. Marinelli, MD, IBCLC, FABM, FAAP	Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT, USA; University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
Assistant Editors
Azza Ahmed, DNSc, RN, IBCLC, CPNP	Purdue University School of Nursing, Indiana, USA
Ethan Bamberger, BS	South Glastonbury, CT, USA
Managing Editor
Erin Valentine, MA	Cary, NC, USA
Statistical Editor
Georgine Burke, PhD	Hartford, CT, USA
Consulting Editor for WHO Code and International Advocacy
Maryse Arendt, IBCLC	Chargée de direction (director), Initiativ Liewensufank Luxemburg, Luxembourg
Consulting Editor for Social Media
Caroline K. Bamberger, BA	South Glastonbury, CT, USA
Editorial Board
Helen Ball, PhD, MA	Durham University, Durham, UK
Ellen Chetwynd, PhD, MPH, BSN, IBCLC	North Carolina State University, NC, USA
Aimee R. Eden, PhD, MPH	The American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA
Aiden Farrow, IBCLC	Victoria Native Friendship Centre, Victoria, BC, Canada
Karleen D. Gribble, BRurSc, PhD	University of Western Sydney, Penrith, Australia
Laurence Grummer-Strawn, PhD, MPA, MA	World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Paige Hall-Smith, PhD	Center for Women's Health and Wellness, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA
Elizabeth Hormann, Ed.M, IBCLC	European Institute for Breastfeeding and Lactation, Cologne, Germany
Dawn Leeming, PhD, Dip. Clin. Psychol.	University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK
Katsumi Mizuno, PhD, MD, IBCLC	Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Darcia Narvaez, PhD	University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
Laurie A. Nommsen-Rivers, PhD, RD, IBCLC	Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Fedro A. Peccatori, MD, PhD	European School of Oncology, Milan, Italy
Marie Tarrant, PhD, MPH, RN	School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada
Carol Wagner, MD	Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Karen Wambach, PhD, RN, IBCLC, FAAN	University of Kansas School of Nursing, Kansas City, KS, USA
Jacqueline H. Wolf, PhD	Ohio University, Department of Social Medicine, Athens, OH, USA
Editorial Intern
Cynthia Hoover, MA	Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA