These are some of our favourite scientific and popular resources related to topics of interest in the Azad Lab.
The "Tree of Life Images" above are used with permission from: keeponboobin, mirandamacneil, mel.styles2108, RubyPhan.

Popular Articles:​

The Guardian - The human microbiome: why our microbes could be key to our health
The Washington Post - Why do we understand so little about breast-feeding?
National Geographic - How Breast Milk Engineers a Baby's Gut (and Gut Microbes)
The Stranger - The More I Learn About Breast Milk, the More Amazed I Am
The New Yorker - Breast Feeding the Microbiome

Websites:

​WIC Works
​WABA World Breastfeeding Week
World Health Organization (WHO)​
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
1000 Days - Global Breastfeeding Collective
Human Milk - Tailor Made for Tiny Humans
Parenting Science Gang - Breastmilk composition and child health

Research:

Breastfeeding Series in the Lancet 2016
UC SanDiego - Mother-Milk-Infant Center of Research Excellence
​The International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation 
​DOHaD Society - International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Videos:

Introducing The Human Gut Microbiome
TED Talk - What we don't know about mother's milk?
​How you can help support a breastfeeding mom
The Baby-Friendly Initiative: Strengthening Indigenous Families and Communities 
​The CHILD Study - discovering root causes of allergies, asthma and chronic disease

Breastfeeding Education Toolkits:

Alabama Department of Public Health (Grades K-12): click here to download
Ontario Public Health Association (Grades 9-12): click here download / (available in French)
Leicestershire Healthy Schools (Grades 9-12): click here download
Marion County of Public Health Department (Grades 9-12): click here to download

Infographics:

Creators as shown. Click to download in PDF format.