Dr. Standish is a clinician and health services researcher in the Department of Family Medicine at Boston University. She is co-founder of the Breastfeeding Equity Center at BMC, which aims to increase equity in breastfeeding support and outcomes. She practices breastfeeding medicine and is participating in the first breastfeeding medicine fellowship in the U.S. Her research addresses breastfeeding services and interventions in socially marginalized and medically high-risk populations. She currently serves as Chair of the Protocol Committee of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. Dr. Standish studied medicine at Yale University, completed residency training and a primary care academic fellowship at Boston Medical Center, earned an MS in Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health, and in 2024 completes a fellowship in breastfeeding and lactation medicine at the University of Rochester.