Fascinating new study by Prof. Meghan Azad, PhD and Lars Bode uses machine learning to look for patterns between infant head circumference, #humanmilk composition, and maternal factors. nature.com/articles/s4159…

honored for the opportunity to share the results of my masters dissertation at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - thank you to my incredible mentors & colleagues!

Gave a talk about BEGIN: 40min to share 2yrs of work by 50+ experts 🥴

Creating it reminded me what a fantastic collection this is, summarizing knowledge & identifying gaps.

Highly recommend for #humanmilk & #lactation researchers of all stages!

#Tweetorial / Highlights...🧵

Congrats Tarah Colaizy & team for important RCT looking @ outcomes in extremely preterm infants receiving either predominantly DHM vs predominantly formula. And thanks Mandy Brown Belfort, MD MPH for the opportunity to help contextualize these findings. Lots of nutrition-related work to do!

A couple more months to go before HMI'24 and we just got approved for CEUs. We're almost sold out! Less than 60 seats left... 🤯

Pumped that this paper is finally out there: maternal experiences of racial bias & discrimination predict slower epigenetic aging in offspring from birth through mid-childhood. Does this reflect a #lifehistorytradeoff ? Will it reverse after puberty? Follow-up studies will tell.

This is a fantastic opportunity to do research during medical school NIH Intramural in the NIH Intramural Research Program. Please share with medical students you know and work with! #MedEd

📢New #THRiVElab paper!

Is #breastmilk from non-secretors (a genetic trait carried by ~20% of people) inferior to secretor milk?

Inspired by a Twitter conversation, we re-analyzed our CHILD Cohort Study data to find out... 🧵

#Tweetorial ( #Xtorial ?)

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More thoughts about the 'toxicity' of donor milk, a case of Reverse Causation neonatalresearch.org/2023/11/06/mor…

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New post on Neonatal Research, about UK study suggesting that formula is preferable to donor human milk.
Interesting study, impossible results. Donor breast milk is not toxic. neonatalresearch.org/2023/10/29/int…
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Are you ready for round 2? - The 2nd HMI Symposium (HMI’24) is now open for registration!

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Registration is limited to 250 participants. Make sure to register early!

We look forward to welcoming you in La Jolla for HMI’24 next March!

Bad mentors see you as building their brand. They take credit for your success.

Good mentors see you as a younger version of themselves. They help you follow in their footsteps.

Great mentors see your potential to be a better version of yourself. They help you find your path.…

📢 Applications are due this Friday!

The Harvard-wide Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship is now accepting applications for 2024! It’s an excellent post-doc opportunity for MDs and PhDs to receive training and mentorship from faculty Boston Children's, MassGeneralChildren & Department of Population Medicine, plus courses Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health .

Penn-CHOP ECHO is happening! Looking for project manager passionate about environmental reproductive health with research experience. Multiple PI's Sunni Mumford Sara DeMauro and I can't wait to get started! wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recruiti…

⁦Brigham and Women’s Research⁩ recognizes senior research RN Tina Steele (Spotlight Award) and Dr. Krysten North (OFC Award) at today’s appreciation celebration. Both so very well deserved! ⁦BWH Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine⁩