 Image credit: JA PreventNCD and MILC MILC Director Dr. Meghan Azad contributed an educational video to BreastFEEDucation, a newly launched free online course designed to strengthen breastfeeding counselling and education across Europe and beyond. Developed through an international collaboration, the course aims to equip healthcare professionals, students, and educators with evidence-based knowledge to better support breastfeeding families. Dr. Azad's expertise helped shape this educational resource, which is now freely available online and expected to reach learners around the world.
 Photo credit: MILC Club MILC Club members gathered in Winnipeg for their annual in-person meeting on June 8th, 2026. MILC Director, Dr. Meghan Azad opened the session by highlighting the members' key accomplishments over the past year. The meeting featured a workshop facilitated by Laura Jones and a compelling presentation by Kristie Pearson of Linking Hope. Discussions focused on strategies for institutional collaborations and expanding MILC Club initiatives to achieve meaningful community impact.
 Image credit: THRiVE website, Research Manitoba MILC congratulates Sam Stead on receiving a Research Manitoba Postdoctoral Fellowship. This annual award supports outstanding postdoctoral researchers as they prepare for careers as independent investigators and recognizes their contributions to advancing impactful research in Manitoba. The fellowship helps develop, attract, and retain highly qualified researchers with innovative skills while strengthening Manitoba’s research capacity. This fellowship will allow Sam to continue her training in exploring how maternal stress influences milk composition and, in turn, child health. We are proud of Sam’s achievement and look forward to her continued research success.
 Photo credit: University of Manitoba MILC Director, Dr. Meghan Azad, has received the James House Memorial Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring, presented by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at the University of Manitoba. The award honours the legacy of Dr. James “Jim” House, a respected researcher, educator, and mentor. The nomination was led by MILC postdoctoral fellows Sam Stead, Anne Manson, Kozeta Miliku, and Merilee Brockway, who described the many ways Dr. Azad has supported their professional development and fostered a positive and inclusive research environment. The award recognizes her contributions to postdoctoral training and mentorship.
 Photo credit: MILC website, human-milk.com MILC is pleased to announce that MILC Director, Dr. Meghan Azad, has been appointed Science Advisor for Human Milk. Human Milk is an organization built on 11 years of harnessing the influence of fashion, media, art and pop culture to deliver products, knowledge and community that connect, embolden and support mothers all over the world. Dr. Azad will help guide the sharing of both established research and emerging discoveries related to breastmilk and breastfeeding.
 Image credit: news.uwinnipeg.ca Congratulations to MILC Club member Dr. Sanoji Wijenayake who has been appointed as a Canada Research Chair (CRC). Dr. Wijenayake is a Tier 2 NSERC Canada Research Chair in Milk Nanovesicles and Applied Health. She was granted a total of $600,000 over five years to support her research on the role of biologically active milk compounds, called milk-derived extracellular vesicles (MEVs). The Canada Research Chairs (CRC) Program is a government initiative aimed at enhancing research excellence in Canada in the humanities, social sciences, health sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. Dr. Wijenayake is featured in a uwinnipeg.ca article for her accomplishment.
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