New publication "Integrated Analysis of Human Milk Microbiota With Oligosaccharides and Fatty Acids in the CHILD Cohort" from the AZAD lab in the New Frontiers in Nutrition journal.


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Check out the video below that features research from the AZAD lab and other CHILD study researchers. 

Join us on a journey into the world of a baby’s gut microbiome. Meet some microbial superheroes and learn about how discoveries from the CHILD Cohort Study are helping us to understand allergies, asthma, obesity, and everyday health and wellbeing, especially during childhood.

Click HERE to read the article about ​the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Cohort Study.

New publication "Infant Feeding and the Developmental Origins of Chronic Disease in the CHILD Cohort: Role of Human Milk Bioactives and Gut Microbiota" from Dr. Azad in Breastfeeding Medicine.

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The University of Manitoba will be receiving more than $1.1 million in support of seven projects funded by CFI, Dr. Meghan Azad and Dr. Nathan Nickel's project "Manitoba Interdisciplinary Lactation Center (MILC): a provincial infant feeding database and human milk biorepository" is one of the successfully funded projects. 

Click HERE to read about all seven projects. 

A summary of the article “Composition and Variation of the Human Milk Microbiota Are Influenced by Maternal and Early-Life Factors” has been written to feature in the Research Highlights section of Nature Medicine, which brings interesting research papers to the attention of our readers. 

We are seeking a full time Research Associate and a Full Time Data Manager / Analyst. 
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​Azad lab participated in the #SNPSTEPS19 challenge (OC-SNP National Pedometer Challenge) and was ranked third (bronze medal) among the Manitoba chapter participating teams, with a total amount of 563,342 steps. Congratulations Azad Lab!

​On the evening of January 29, 2019, at the Gala event of AllerGen’s final Research Conference, Dr. Meghan Azad was recognized for her excellence as mentor (nominated by her trainees) and received the Michelle Harkness Mentorship Awards in the category of Mentoring Excellence – Investigator

Michelle La, from the Azad Lab, received ​The Emerging Leader Award (ELA) from the University of Manitoba. This award recognizes the outstanding contributions that students make to the enhancement of the institution and the community. It recognizes students who are committed to contributing to the social, cultural or economic well-being of communities on and/or off campus, while encouraging cross cultural understanding and demonstrating sustained leadership and initiative that is worthy of recognition. We are so proud of Michelle!