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IMiC and iPOP studies featured at the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting

10/26/2020

 
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The Grand Challenges Meeting aims to solve global health and development problems for those most in need. Two Azad lab projects, the IMiC and iPOP studies, were presented this year. Both projects study perinatal health outcomes in low, middle and high income countries, with the aim of improving child outcomes for all.

Azad Lab's Dr. Sarah Reyes contributes to Future Human Magazine

10/26/2020

 
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Dr. Sarah Reyes, post-doctoral fellow in the Azad Lab, was interviewed for a recent article in Future Human on new biotechnology that would grow breastmilk in a lab. This technology is hoping to harness the power of breastmilk in a reproducible way, however, Dr. Reyes reminds us that we are ‘miles away from understanding the science of breastmilk’, making it difficult to replicate at this point. She states that our first priority should be making better social and professional support for breastfeeding so more women can produce their own milk for their babies.

Azad Lab's Rilwan Azeez creatively demonstrates his passion for human milk science

10/16/2020

 
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MSc student, Rilwan Azeez, created an animated short film to capture his passion for human milk science. This video was created to promote National Breastfeeding Week and is a great visualization for why human milk science is important. Great job using your skills and talents to communicate the wonders of breastmilk, Rilwan!

Dr. Azad contributes to a new report: Scanning for New Evidence on the Nutrient Content of Human Milk

10/15/2020

 
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Dr. Meghan Azad contributed to a newly-published evidence scan describing the nutrient content and milk volume consumed by infants to help inform reference standards for infant nutrition intake. The report was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.D. Department of Health and Human Services for the National Academies of Science. This report uncovers the importance of researching the complexity of human milk to optimize infant health and will be used to help improve policies and infant nutrition guidelines. See the Twitter Tutorial ​​here.

Azad Lab members celebrate National Breastfeeding Week

10/15/2020

 
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National Breastfeeding Week (NBW) is celebrated in Canada from October 1-7, 2020 as a way to support and promote breastfeeding. Azad Lab members celebrated NBW by sharing what breastfeeding and human milk research means to them in short videos. Video participants listed in order of appearance.
  • Dr. Meghan Azad, Principal Investigator
  • Natalie Rodriguez, Program Director
  • Kelsey Fehr, Research Assistant
  • Dr. Merliee Brockway, Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Dr. Sarah Reyes, Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Sarah Turner, PhD Candidate
  • Stephanie Goguen, Data Manager and Analyst
  • Shreyas Kumbhare, Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Azad presents CHILD research at conferences this week

10/14/2020

 
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Dr. Azad presented CHILD research at two virtual conferences this week: The International Milk Genomics Consortium virtual symposium and the Microbiome Movement Maternal & Infant Health Summit. The presentations focused on the milk, nose and gut bacteria collected from CHILD study samples and how these different bacteria can help shape infant health. It is amazing what we are discovering about bacteria from the rich data available in the CHILD cohort!

Azad member receives Honorable Mention at Child Health Research Days

10/13/2020

 
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Sarah Turner, PhD candidate, received honorable mention in the PhD category for her poster abstract entitled “Infant feeding, human milk components and child behavior at age 5 years: Preliminary results from the longitudinal CHILD Cohort Study” at Child Health Research Days. At this year’s virtual conference, all abstract authors gave five-minute short talks with accompanying slides on their research project.

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