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Katherine R. Standish, MD, MS, NABBLM-C

Assistant Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Family Medicine

MD, Yale University School of Medicine
BA, Wesleyan University

Websites

Boston Medical Center Provider Profile

ORCID : 0000-0002-1110-277X

Dr. Standish is a family medicine and breastfeeding medicine doctor and researcher focused on clinical interventions to improve breastfeeding outcomes and support families in achieving their infant feeding plans. Along with colleagues in Pediatrics, OB/GYN and Nursing, she is founder of the Breastfeeding & Lactation Medicine Center at BMC, which focuses on training, research, and clinical services for breastfeeding. She has lived for many years in Nicaragua and Mexico and speaks Spanish fluently. She completed medical school at Yale University School of Medicine and completed family medicine residency and a research fellowship at Boston Medical Center. She is board-certified in Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine and completed fellowship training in Breastfeeding Medicine at the University of Rochester.

BMC Research

Community-Engaged Development of a Peer Breastfeeding Support Intervention for Mothers with Opioid Use Disorder
02/01/2025 - 01/31/2030 (PI)
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
1K23DA061939-01

Data Drives Change: A Pilot Study to Identify Black/White Disparities in Hospital Breastfeeding Support
07/01/2021 - 12/31/2024 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Katherine R. Standish, MD
Boston University Vertex Foundation

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Nardella D, Rosen-Carole C, Colmenares Castaño M, Hernández-Aguilar MT, Young M, Swisher Rosa E, Sharifi M, Shabanova V, Standish K. A National Survey of U.S. Prescribing Clinicians Who Practice Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine in Outpatient and Inpatient Healthcare Settings. Breastfeed Med. 2025 Nov; 20(11):805-817. PMID: 40928900

Demirci JR, Standish K, Asiodu IV. Evidence Supports Breastfeeding Interventions in Primary Care, but Implementation Is Still Challenging. JAMA. 2025 May 06; 333(17):1495-1497. PMID: 40198080

Kalluri NS, Cordova-Ramos EG, Hwang SS, Standish KR, Parker MG. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mother's Milk Provision Among Mothers of Preterm Infants. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 May 01; 8(5):e2510781.View Related Profiles.

Cordova Ramos, Erika
Standish, Katherine

PMID: 40377941; PMCID: PMC12084848; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.10781;

Tilhou AS, Gasman S, Wang J, Standish K, White LF, Cogan A, Devlin M, Larochelle M, Adams WG. Assessing inequities in buprenorphine treatment across the care cascade. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 May 01; 270:112636.View Related Profiles.

Tilhou, Alyssa
Standish, Katherine
White, Laura
Larochelle, Marc
Adams, William

PMID: 40043350; PMCID: PMC11934153; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112636;

Tanabe M, Pennington K, Standish K, Goldman A. Improving Residency Training in Refugee and Immigrant Health Care at an Urban Academic Family Medicine Residency. J Immigr Minor Health. 2025 Feb; 27(1):177-180.View Related Profiles.

Standish, Katherine
Tanabe, Mihoko

PMID: 39556278; DOI: 10.1007/s10903-024-01652-z;

Kalluri NS, Cordova-Ramos EG, Hwang SS, Standish KR, Parker MG. National Trends in Breastfeeding by Gestational Age Category. J Pediatr. 2025 Feb; 277:114388.View Related Profiles.

Cordova Ramos, Erika
Standish, Katherine

PMID: 39515750; PMCID: PMC12365785; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114388;

Jack A, Mullin C, Brown E, Burtner M, Standish KR, Fields A, Rosen-Carole C, Hartman S. Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Clinical Protocol #19: Breastfeeding Promotion in the Prenatal Period (Revised 2024). Breastfeed Med. 2024 Aug; 19(8):575-587.View Related Profiles.

Mullin, Caroline
Standish, Katherine

PMID: 39186728

Standish KR, Combs G, McMahon M, Slater C, Zani L, Pindar C, Serafin K, Parker MG, Philipp BL. Early Bloomers: A Nursing-Driven Program to Support Human Milk Feeding Among Late Preterm Infants in the Mother-Baby Unit. J Hum Lact. 2024 Feb; 40(1):96-100.View Related Profiles.

Philipp, Barbara
Standish, Katherine

PMID: 37994675

Harris M, Schiff DM, Saia K, Muftu S, Standish KR, Wachman EM. Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Clinical Protocol #21: Breastfeeding in the Setting of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder (Revised 2023). Breastfeed Med. 2023 Oct; 18(10):715-733.View Related Profiles.

Schiff, Davida
Wachman, Elisha
Standish, Katherine
Saia, Kelley
Harris, Miriam

PMID: 37856658; PMCID: PMC10775244; DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2023.29256.abm;

Morrison TM, Standish KR, Wanar A, Crowell L, Safon CB, Colvin BN, Friedman H, Schiff DM, Wachman EM, Colson ER, Drainoni ML, Parker MG. Drivers of decision-making regarding infant sleep practices among mothers with opioid use disorder. J Perinatol. 2023 Jul; 43(7):923-929.View Related Profiles.

Schiff, Davida
Wachman, Elisha
Standish, Katherine
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn

PMID: 37270538

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Wanar A, Morrison TM, Standish KR, Colson ER, Drainoni ML, Colvin BN, Safon CB, Crowell L, Friedman H, Schiff DM, Parker MG. Understanding cigarette smoking among mothers with opioid use disorder. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2023 Jul; 150:209065.View Related Profiles.

Schiff, Davida
Standish, Katherine
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn

PMID: 37156425

Standish KR, Morrison TM, Wanar A, Crowell L, Safon CB, Colson E, Drainoni ML, Colvin BN, Friedman H, Schiff DM, Stulac S, Costello E, Parker M. Breastfeeding Decision-Making Among Mothers with Opioid Use Disorder: A Qualitative Study. Breastfeed Med. 2023 May; 18(5):347-355.View Related Profiles.

Schiff, Davida
Standish, Katherine
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn
Stulac, Sara

PMID: 37115582

Standish KR, Parker MG. Social Determinants of Breastfeeding in the United States. Clin Ther. 2022 02; 44(2):186-192.View Related Profiles.

Standish, Katherine
Parker, Margaret

PMID: 34906370

Standish K, McDaniel K, Ahmed S, Allen NH, Sircar S, Mira M, Khoshnood K. U.S. trainees' experiences of ethical challenges during research in low- and middle-income countries: A mixed methods study. Glob Public Health. 2022 Jul; 17(7):1433-1449. PMID: 34061716

Standish KR, Gonzalez SC, Roy V, McGuire CM, Barnett KG, Saper RB. Resident Outcomes and Perspectives Over 2 Years of a New Scholarship Curriculum. Fam Med. 2021 Jun; 53(6):461-466.View Related Profiles.

McGuire, Chelsea
Gergen Barnett, Katherine
Standish, Katherine
Saper, Robert
Gonzalez, Sam
Roy, Victor

PMID: 34077966

Cherniak W, Latham E, Astle B, Anguyo G, Beaunoir T, Buenaventura J, DeCamp M, Diaz K, Eichbaum Q, Hedimbi M, Myser C, Nwobu C, Standish K, Evert J. Visiting Trainees in Global Settings: Host and Partner Perspectives on Desirable Competencies. Ann Glob Health. 2017 Mar - Apr; 83(2):359-368. PMID: 28619413

Biswas HH, Ortega O, Gordon A, Standish K, Balmaseda A, Kuan G, Harris E. Early clinical features of dengue virus infection in nicaraguan children: a longitudinal analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012; 6(3):e1562. PMID: 22413033; PMCID: PMC3295819; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001562;

Gutierrez G, Standish K, Narvaez F, Perez MA, Saborio S, Elizondo D, Ortega O, Nuñez A, Kuan G, Balmaseda A, Harris E. Unusual dengue virus 3 epidemic in Nicaragua, 2009. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 Nov; 5(11):e1394. PMID: 22087347; PMCID: PMC3210753; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001394;

Reyes M, Mercado JC, Standish K, Matute JC, Ortega O, Moraga B, Avilés W, Henn MR, Balmaseda A, Kuan G, Harris E. Index cluster study of dengue virus infection in Nicaragua. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Sep; 83(3):683-9. PMID: 20810839; PMCID: PMC2929070; DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0023;

Rudolph AE, Standish K, Amesty S, Crawford ND, Stern RJ, Badillo WE, Boyer A, Brown D, Ranger N, Orduna JM, Lasenburg L, Lippek S, Fuller CM. A community-based approach to linking injection drug users with needed services through pharmacies: an evaluation of a pilot intervention in New York City. AIDS Educ Prev. 2010 Jun; 22(3):238-51.View Related Profiles.

Rudolph, Abby
Standish, Katherine

PMID: 20528131; PMCID: PMC2883795; DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2010.22.3.238;

Standish K, Kuan G, Avilés W, Balmaseda A, Harris E. High dengue case capture rate in four years of a cohort study in Nicaragua compared to national surveillance data. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2010 Mar 16; 4(3):e633. PMID: 20300515; PMCID: PMC2838781; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000633;

Balmaseda A, Standish K, Mercado JC, Matute JC, Tellez Y, Saborío S, Hammond SN, Nuñez A, Avilés W, Henn MR, Holmes EC, Gordon A, Coloma J, Kuan G, Harris E. Trends in patterns of dengue transmission over 4 years in a pediatric cohort study in Nicaragua. J Infect Dis. 2010 Jan 01; 201(1):5-14. PMID: 19929380; PMCID: PMC3724236; DOI: 10.1086/648592;

Standish K, Nandi V, Ompad DC, Momper S, Galea S. Household density among undocumented Mexican immigrants in New York City. J Immigr Minor Health. 2010 Jun; 12(3):310-8.View Related Profiles.

Standish, Katherine
Galea, Sandro

PMID: 18709456; DOI: 10.1007/s10903-008-9175-x;

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Bar chart showing 23 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2023