 Dr. Meghan Azad in conversation with Maralee Caruso. Credit: CTV News MILC Director Dr. Meghan Azad was recently awarded the prestigious 2024 Canada Garidner Momentum Award and connected with several media outlets to discuss this exciting recognition of our breastmilk research. Read and watch the interviews: Globe and Mail, CTV Winnipeg, Winnipeg Free Press
 2024 Gairdner Awards recipients. Credit: Gairdner Foundation The 2024 Canada Gairdner Momentum Award is an initiative of The Gairdner Foundation, recognizing some of the world’s most significant biomedical and global health research and discoveries. Laureates are mid-career investigators recognized for exceptional scientific research contributions with continued potential for impact on human health. MILC Director Dr. Meghan Azad is a recipient this year "for research on understanding how human breast milk contributes to shaping the infant microbiome and lifelong health." The award recognizes more than a decade of collaborative research involving partners across Canada and around the world. A virtual announcement was held today, and a week of celebrations will be held later this year. Read more from UM Today or watch the profile video from the Gairdner Foundation.
On April 4, the new five-year Strategic Plan for the University of Manitoba was launched. Attendees at the launch party had the opportunity to engage with diverse research initiatives. The THRiVE Discovery Lab and MILC were invited to showcase our collaborative research platform. MILC member, Carol Dyck, as well as THRiVE students, Narges Khodabandehloo and Sarah Turner, hosted a booth to promote our research program and breastfeeding support initiatives to the wider UM community. For more information about the new strategic plan, please click here.
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