MILC Club Presentations
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2024 PRESENTATIONS
- January - Garry Shen (MD, PhD)
Affiliation: Professor, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Department of Internal Medicine
Title: Lactation Consultant cuts in Manitoba and their impact on breastfeeding rates - February - Ilana Levene (MRCPCH (Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health))
Affiliation: PhD Student, Nuffield Department of Population Health (NDPH), University of Oxford, UK
Title: Influence of pattern of expressing on lactation outcomes (frequency, gaps, timing) - March - Mia Elfenbaum (BA, MSc)
Affiliation: Research Faculty, Red River College Polytechnic
Title: MyBaby (my-baby.ca) – an online parenting resource - April - Michael Pitino (PhD)
Affiliation: Postdoctoral Scholar, Oregon State University, USA
Title: Milk bioactive proteins and peptides - May - Marion Emilie Genevieve Brunck (PhD)
Affiliation: Professor Researcher, School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
Title: Breastmilk immunology - June - Jannette Festival (RN, IBCLC)
Affiliation: Executive Director, NorthernStar Mothers Milk Bank
Title: BEE (Breastfeeding Education and Equity) program - July - Ellen Evans (PhD)
Affiliation: Reader, Food Safety Behaviour at ZERO2FIVE Food Industry Centre, UK
Title: Donor human milk is not the solution (letter to the editor) - August - To be determined
- September - Kathryn Knoop (PhD)
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic Rochester, USA
Title: Breastfeeding in immune development - October - Linda Vesel (PhD)
Affiliation: Scientific Lead, Low Birthweight Infant Feeding Exploration (LIFE) study at Ariadne Labs, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA
Title: LIFE project - November - Carly Muletz Wolz (PhD)
Affiliation: Molecular Ecologist, Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, USA
Title: Eco evolutionary processes and milk microbiome - December - Belinda Van't Land (PhD)
Affiliation: Senior Scientist & Assistant Professor, Nutricia Research & Center for Translational Immunology, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Title: Protecting against Respiratory tract lnfections through human Milk Analysis (PRIMA) cohort
2023 PRESENTATIONS
- January (2 presentations):
1) Natalie Rodriguez (MBA, ACC)
Affiliation: MILC Co-director and Operations Director
Title: Health equity and liberatory systems design in human milk research and education
2) Carol Dyck (BN, IBCLC), Roxanne Myslicki (CHN), Robyn Brown (Peer connector)
Affiliations: Milk Mentors MB Program, Youville Centre
Title: Introducing Milk Mentors MB - new peer infant feeding support for MB families - (Link to Recording) - February - Sanoji Wijenayake (PhD)
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Winnipeg
Title: Milk Nanovesicles & developmental programming - (Link to Recording) - March - Stephanie Langel (PhD)
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Title: The maternal gut-mammary axis's role in infant protection against viral infections - April - Karishma Hossein (PhD), Bridget McGann (MA), Narges Khodabandehloo (BSc)
Affiliations: Past and Present THRiVE Discovery Lab Trainees
Title: Journal club on 2023 Lancet Series on breastfeeding - May - Aimee Grant (PhD)
Affiliation: Senior Lecturer and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Swansea University Centre for Lactation, Infant Feeding, and Translation, UK
Title: Autistic people’s experiences of breastfeeding - (Link to Recording) - June - Anna Gruending (MPH, MA)
Affiliation: Independent Global Public Health Consultant, France
Title: Marketing of breastmilk substitutes: Consolidating the evidence to drive action - July (2 presentations):
1) Karishma Hossein (PhD)
Affiliation: Postdoctoral Scholar, THRiVE Discovery Lab
Title: Developing an inclusive language position statement for THRiVE Discovery Lab research in breastfeeding research
2) Maryanne Perrin (PhD)
Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, USA
Title: Preliminary Findings from the Global Donor Human Milk Study - August - Chantell Witten (PhD)
Affiliation: Technical Lead (the Infant and Young Child Feeding Advocacy Project) & Senior Lecturer (University of the Witwatersrand), South Africa
Title: Industry Influence and Interference within the health system: Building counteractions - (Link to Recording) - September - Rebecca Hoban (MD,MPH)
Affiliation: Director of Breastfeeding Medicine (Division of Neonatology) & Associate Professor of Pediatrics (University of Washington), USA
Title: Intranasal Human Milk as Stem Cell Therapy in Preterm Infants with Intraventricular Hemorrhage: Safety, Feasibility, and Milk Analysis - (Link to Recording) - October (2 presentations):
1) Christina Raimondi (MD, CCFP, FCFP, IBCLC) and Katherine Kearns (MD, CCFP, FCFP, IBCLC)
Affiliation: Co-founders, Winnipeg Breastfeeding Centre
Title: NABBLM (North American Board of Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine) board certification program
2) Joann McDermid (PhD)
Affiliation: Professor, Cornell University and the University of Virginia School of Medicine, USA
Title: Milk research in rural Africa - what’s breastfeeding got to do with it? - November - Caitlin Ball (RN)
Affiliation: NICU Transport Nurse Clinician, Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, Alberta
Title: The MOM (Mother's Own Milk) Project: Increasing Access to Mother's Own Milk in Calgary NICU's
2022 PRESENTATIONS
- January - Suzanne Hetzel Campbell (PhD, RN, IBCLC)
Affiliation: Associate Professor, UBC School of Nursing
Title: Innovative interprofessional approach to lactation education and care during the Pandemic - (Link to Recording) - February - Sandra Hoy (PhD)
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Laurentian University
Title: The Breastfeeding Buddies story: Building supportive breastfeeding communities - (Link to Recording) - March - Natalie Scime (MSc)
Affiliation: PhD candidate, Epidemiology University of Calgary
Title: Breastfeeding in mothers with chronic conditions - April - Melinda Boss (PhD, BPharm, MPS)
Affiliation: Research Fellow, University of Western Australia, Australia
Title: Importance of lactation language standards for science, medicine, and policy - (Link to Recording) - May - Mackenzie Whipps (PhD, CLC)
Affiliation: Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Davis Department of Human Ecology, USA
Title: When promotion isn’t enough - June - Ryan Pace (PhD)
Affiliation: Postdoctoral Scholar, McGuire Laboratory, University of Idaho, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, USA
Title: Human milk and COVID-19: Risks and benefits with respect to mother-to-child transmission of SARS-CoV-2 - July - Sarah Turner (M.Sc)
Affiliation: PhD candidate, Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, THRiVE Discovery Lab, University of Manitoba
Title: Breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic - (Link to Recording) - August - Liz Decaire (RN)
Affiliation: First Nation Registered Nurse
Title: Strengthening families’ maternal child health in First Nation Communities - September - Therese O'Sullivan (PhD)
Affiliation: Associate Professor, Discipline Lead for Nutrition and Dietetics, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Title: The Antenatal Colostrum Expressing (ACE) study - (Link to Recording) - October - Kyly Whitfield (PhD)
Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Applied Human Nutrition, Mount St Vincent University
Title: Breast versus bottle-feeding human milk: insights into feeding responsiveness among mothers and other caregivers - November - Martijn van Herwijne (PhD)
Affiliation: Junior Assistant Professor, Department of Biomolecular Health Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Title: Mommy's little secrets: How extracellular vesicles from milk influence T cell function - (Link to Recording)
2021 PRESENTATIONS
- January - Taiana Martins (PhD)
Affiliation: Postdoctoral Scholar, Saleem Lab
Title: Extracellular Vesicles in Human Milk - February - Toni Harmon
Affiliation: Alto Films Ltd., UK
Title: The infant microbiome - made simple! - March - Christina Raimondi (MD, CCFP, FCFP, IBCLC) & Katherine Kearns (MD, CCFP, FCFP, IBCLC)
Affiliation: Co-founders, Winnipeg Breastfeeding Centre
Title: Challenges from the front lines of breastfeeding medicine - April - Kellie Thiessen (RM, RN)
Affiliation: PhD, University of Manitoba
Title: Newborn Feeding: Methods and Contemporary Issues - May - Sarah Keim (MA, MSc)
Affiliation: PhD, The Ohio State University, USA
Title: Is Pumping Just as Good as Feeding at the Breast? Emerging Findings and Research Challenges - June - Bridget Young (PhD)
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, University of Rochester, USA
Title: Donor Milk: Making Decisions Acknowledging What We Know and What We Don’t - July - Michelle Asbury (MSc)
Affiliation: PhD, University of Toronto, SickKids
Title: Mothers of Preterm Infants have Individualized Breast Milk Microbiota that Changes Temporally Based on Maternal Characteristics - August - Sophie Parnel (RD), Subhadeep Chakrabarti (PhD), Kathryn Hopperton (PhD)
Affiliation: Health Canada's Food Directorate
Title: Human Milk Composition Initiative (HMCI) - September - Jane Francis (PhD)
Affiliation: Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Toronto
Title: Parkdale Infant Nutrition Security Targeted Evaluation Project (PINSTEP): Formative Research - October - Rishma Chooniedass (BN, MN)
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
Title: Breastfeeding During the COVID-19 Pandemic - November - Adetola Louis-Jacques (MD, OBGYN)
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, University of Florida, USA
Title: Maternal Benefits of Lactation
2020 PRESENTATIONS
- January - Katherine Kearns (MD, CCFP, FCFP, IBCLC), Christina Raimondi (MD, CCFP, FCFP, IBCLC) & Richa Tandon (MD, CCFP)
Affiliation: Co-founders, Winnipeg Breastfeeding Centre
Title: Lactation physicians in family medicine practice - February - Sarah Reyes (PhD)
Affiliation: Postdoctoral Scholar, Azad Lab
Title: The Effect of Typical At-Home Pumping and Storage Practices on the Human Milk Microbiome: A Brief Overview of the MiLC Trial. - March - Carol Dyck (IBCLC)
Affiliation: Winnipeg Breastfeeding Network
Title: October 2020 World Breastfeeding Week - April - Angela Blouin (RN)
Affiliation: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Title: Breastfeeding support resources in Winnipeg - May - Nathan Nickel (PhD)
Affiliation: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy
Title: Public Health Agency of Canada Baby Friendly Collaborative - June - Uma Yakandawala
- Affiliation: Kelly Lab Trainee, Canada
Title: Medications in breast milk - July - Fiona Jardine (PhD)
Affiliation: Advanced Lactation Consultant, USA
Title: Breastfeeding Without Nursing: Exclusive Pumping Research - August - Jannette Festival (RN, IBCLC)
Affiliation: Executive Director, NorthernStar Mothers Milk Bank
Title: NorthernStar Mothers Milk Bank - September - Bridget McGann (BA)
Affiliation: Anthropology, Science Writer and Advocate, March of Science, USA
Title: Breastfeeding Denialism - October - Shreyas Kumbhare (PhD)
Affiliation: Postdoctoral Scholar, Azad Lab
Title: Mother's Own Milk in the NICU: Association with gut microbiota and oxidative stress in very low birthweight infants - November - Uma Yakandawala
Affiliation: Kelly Lab Trainee
Title: Systematic review data and comparison with the CHILD study data
2024
October | Carly Muletz Wolz
Molecular ecologist at the Smithsonian National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute
Eco-evolutionary processes structure milk microbiomes across the mammalian tree of life
Molecular ecologist at the Smithsonian National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute
Eco-evolutionary processes structure milk microbiomes across the mammalian tree of life
May | Marion Brunck
Professor researcher, School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
Maternal obesity and the B lymphocyte compartment of colostrum
Professor researcher, School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
Maternal obesity and the B lymphocyte compartment of colostrum
2023
September | Rebecca Hoban
Director of Breastfeeding Medicine for the Division of Neonatology and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington.
Intranasal Human Milk as Stem Cell Therapy in Preterm Infants with Intraventricular Hemorrhage: Safety, Feasibility, and Milk Analysis
Director of Breastfeeding Medicine for the Division of Neonatology and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington.
Intranasal Human Milk as Stem Cell Therapy in Preterm Infants with Intraventricular Hemorrhage: Safety, Feasibility, and Milk Analysis
August | Chantell Witten
Technical Lead for the Infant and Young Child Feeding Advocacy Project and Senior Lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand
Industry Influence and Interference within the health system: Building counteractions
Technical Lead for the Infant and Young Child Feeding Advocacy Project and Senior Lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand
Industry Influence and Interference within the health system: Building counteractions
May | Aimee Grant
Senior Lecturer and Welcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Swansea University Centre for Lactation, Infant feeding, and Translation.
Autistic people's experiences of breastfeeding.
Senior Lecturer and Welcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Swansea University Centre for Lactation, Infant feeding, and Translation.
Autistic people's experiences of breastfeeding.
February | Sanoji Wijenayake
Principal investigator and assistant professor in Cell and Molecualr Biology, University of Winnipeg.
Milk nanovesicles & developmental programming.
Principal investigator and assistant professor in Cell and Molecualr Biology, University of Winnipeg.
Milk nanovesicles & developmental programming.
January | Carol Dyck, Roxanne Myslicki, Robyn Brown
Carol Dyck (IBCLC, volunteer), Roxanne Myslicki (CHN, Youville Centre), Robyn Brown (Peer Connector)
Introducing Milk Mentors MB - new peer infant feeding support for MB families
Carol Dyck (IBCLC, volunteer), Roxanne Myslicki (CHN, Youville Centre), Robyn Brown (Peer Connector)
Introducing Milk Mentors MB - new peer infant feeding support for MB families
2022
December | Martijn Vanherwijnen
Jr. Assistant Professor, Department of Biomolecular Health Sciences, Utrecht University
Mommy's little secrets: How extracellular vesicles from milk influence T cell function.
Jr. Assistant Professor, Department of Biomolecular Health Sciences, Utrecht University
Mommy's little secrets: How extracellular vesicles from milk influence T cell function.
September | Therese O'Sullivan
Associate Professor, Discipline Lead for Nutrition and Dietetics, Edith Cowan University, Australia
The Antenatal Colostrum Expressing (ACE) Study
Associate Professor, Discipline Lead for Nutrition and Dietetics, Edith Cowan University, Australia
The Antenatal Colostrum Expressing (ACE) Study
July | Sarah Turner
PhD Candidate, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, THRiVE Discovery Lab, University of Manitoba
Breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic
PhD Candidate, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, THRiVE Discovery Lab, University of Manitoba
Breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic
April | Melinda Boss
PhD, BPharm, MPS, Senior Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
Importance of Lactation Language Standards for Science, Medicine and Policy
PhD, BPharm, MPS, Senior Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
Importance of Lactation Language Standards for Science, Medicine and Policy
February | Sandra Hoy and Michelle Buckner
Sandra Hoy, Assistant Professor, Social Work, Laurentian University
Michelle Buckner, BSW, Breastfeeding Buddies Coordinator
The Breastfeeding Buddies Story: Building Supportive Breastfeeding Communities
Sandra Hoy, Assistant Professor, Social Work, Laurentian University
Michelle Buckner, BSW, Breastfeeding Buddies Coordinator
The Breastfeeding Buddies Story: Building Supportive Breastfeeding Communities
January | Suzanne Hetzel Campbell
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia
Innovative Interprofessional Approach to Lactation Education and Care During the Pandemic
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia
Innovative Interprofessional Approach to Lactation Education and Care During the Pandemic
