MILC Club Presentations

2022
April | Melinda Boss
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
January | Suzanne Hetzel Campbell
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia
Innovative Interprofessional Approach to Lactation Education and Care During the Pandemic
2021 presentations
  • January - Taiana Martins (Postdoctoral Fellow, Saleem Lab): Extracellular Vesicles in Human Milk
  • February - Toni Harmon (Alto Films Ltd., UK): The infant microbiome – made simple!
  • March - Christina Raimondi & Katherine Kearns (Physicians & Co-Founders, Winnipeg Breastfeeding Centre): Challenges from the front lines of breastfeeding medicine
  • April - Kellie Thiessen (University of Manitoba): Newborn Feeding: Methods and Contemporary Issues
  • May - Sarah Keim (The Ohio State University): Is Pumping Just as Good as Feeding at the Breast? Emerging Findings and Research Challenges
  • June - Bridget Young (University of Rochester): Donor Milk: Making Decisions Acknowledging What We Know and What We Don’t
  • July - Michelle Asbury (University of Toronto, SickKids): Mothers of Preterm Infants have Individualized Breast Milk Microbiota that Changes Temporally Based on Maternal Characteristics
  • August - Sophie Parnel, Subhadeep Chakrabarti, Kathryn Hopperton (Health Canada's Food Directorate): Human Milk Composition Initiative (HMCI)
  • September - Jane Francis (University of Toronto): Parkdale Infant Nutrition Security Targeted Evaluation Project (PINSTEP): Formative Research
  • October - Rishma Chooniedass (University of British Columbia): Breastfeeding During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • November - Adetola Louis-Jacques (University of Florida): Maternal Benefits of Lactation
  • December - No meeting.
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​(Special Guests are in bold)
2020 presentations
  • January - Katherine Kearns MD, Christina Raimondi MD & Richa Tandon MD (Winnipeg Breastfeeding Centre): Lactation physicians in family medicine practice
  • February - Sarah Reyes PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow, Azad Lab): 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 (Winnipeg Breastfeeding Network): October 2020 World Breastfeeding Week
  • April - Angela Blouin RN (Winnipeg Regional Health Authority): Breastfeeding support resources in Winnipeg
  • May - Nathan Nickel PhD (Manitoba Centre for Health Policy): Public Health Agency of Canada Baby Friendly Collaborative
  • June - Uma Yakandawala (MSc Student, Kelly Lab): Medications in breast milk
  • July - Fiona Jardine, PhD (Advanced Lactation Consultant): Breastfeeding Without Nursing: Exclusive Pumping Research
  • August - Jannette Festival, RN IBCLC (Executive Director, NorthernStar Mothers Milk Bank): NorthernStar Mothers Milk Bank
  • September - Bridget McGann, BA Anthropology (Science Writer and Advocate, March of Science): Breastfeeding Denialism
  • October -  Shreyas Kumbhare (Postdoctoral Fellow, Azad Lab): Mother's Own Milk in the NICU: Association with gut microbiota and oxidative stress in very low birthweight infants
  • November - Uma Yakandawala (MSc Student, Kelly Lab): Systematic review data and comparison with the CHILD study data
  • December - No meeting.
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​(Special Guests are in bold)