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New THRiVE Lab research on preterm birth in the news

3/8/2023

 
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Results of the international Perinatal Outcomes in the Pandemic (iPOP) Study, published in Nature Human Behaviour this month, received media coverage in the New York Times and CityNews. The iPOP Study was co-led by THRiVE co-Directors Meghan Azad and Natalie Rodriguez, along with THRiVE Postdoc Merilee Brockway, and colleagues from Australia and the UK.

iPOP Study research, co-led by THRiVE members, published in Nature Human Behaviour

3/8/2023

 
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THRiVE Lab members and colleagues published results of the International Perinatal Outcomes in the Pandemic (iPOP) Study in Nature Human Behaviour this week. With over 100 co-authors, the iPOP Study investigated associations between early COVID-19 pandemic response measures ('lockdowns') and preterm birth rates, using harmonized data from 52 million births in 26 countries. The iPOP Study was co-led by THRiVE co-directors, Dr. Meghan Azad and Natalie Rodriguez, along with THRiVE Postdoc, Merilee Brockway, and colleagues from Australia and the UK. Read more on the CHRIM News Archive. Read the full article [PDF] and check out Dr. Azad's [Tweetorial] on Twitter.

Congratulations to Natalie Rodriguez, winner of the 2023 Michelle Harkness Mentorship Award!

2/16/2023

 
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Left to Right: Dr. Paul O'Byrne, Dr. Anne Ellis, Natalie Rodriguez, April O'Connell
Congratulations to THRiVE co-Director, Natalie Rodriguez, on being the winner of the 2023 Michelle Harkness Mentorship Award! The award was created to honor the memory of Michelle Harkness, AllerGen’s Manager of Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) Training and Events. It recognizes and supports trainees, researchers and others working in airways and allergic disease who demonstrate a significant commitment to promoting capacity building, career enhancement and personal growth through mentorship. 

THRiVE lab members submit brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Women's Health

1/27/2023

 
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THRiVE lab members, Sarah Turner and Dr. Meghan Azad, contributed to a brief prepared by the MILC Club and submitted to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Women's Health. The brief provides recommendations to the government on how to improve maternal, child and population health by fostering interdisciplinary collaborations and partnerships that support innovation, discovery, knowledge mobilization and policy development focused on human milk and infant feeding. Download the full document here.

Congratulations to Rilwan Azeez on successfully defending his MSc thesis!

1/26/2023

 
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Spencer Ames, Kelsey Fehr, Affan A. Sher, Sarah Turner, RIlwan Azeez, Stephanie Goguen, Dr. Meghan Azad, Kyle Young, Natalie Rodriguez, Dr. Larisa Lotoski, Narges Khodabandehloo (left to right)
Congratulations to THRiVE lab MSc student, Rilwan Azeez, on successfully defending his thesis titled "Predictors of SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody levels following two COVID-19 vaccine doses". It has been an absolute pleasure watching Rilwan grow and succeed as a researcher in the THRiVE Discovery Lab. A big thank you for everything RIlwan has brought to the lab and best of luck with his future endeavors!

Congratulations to Dr. Meghan Azad, recipient of the 2022 Steacie Prize!

1/26/2023

 
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Congratulations to THRiVE co-Director, Dr. Meghan Azad, on receiving the 2022 Steacie Price! The Steacie Prize is annually awarded to a young scientist or engineer in Canada. It is named in the memory of E.W.R. Steacie, a physical chemist and former President of the National Research Council of Canada, to whom much is owed for the development of science in Canada.

New Research Article: Breastfeeding in the pandemic

1/19/2023

 
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THRiVE Lab PhD student, Sarah Turner, and colleagues published "Breastfeeding in the pandemic: A qualitative analysis of breastfeeding experiences among mothers from Canada and the United Kingdom" in Women and Birth. Sarah received an award from the International Society for Research and Human Lactation and the Family Larsson Rosenquist Foundation to work with Dr. Amy Brown's research team in the UK on this project. This original research explored first-time mothers' breastfeeding experiences to describe how the COVID-19 pandemic affected breastfeeding journeys in Canada and the United Kingdom. Follow the link to the full article [PDF].

THRiVE lab members receive Child Health Research Days (CHRD) awards

1/6/2023

 
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Sarah Turner, RIlwan Azeez and Spencer Ames (Photo credit: Spencer Ames, University of Manitoba)
Congratulations to the THRiVE Discovery lab members! The 18th Annual Child Health Research Days (CHRD) were hosted by Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM) on October 26-27, 2022 in a hybrid format. THRiVE Discovery Lab graduate students, Spencer Ames, Sarah Turner and RIlwan Azeez, under the supervision of Dr. Meghan Azad, all received CHRD awards. Spencer Ames received bronze in the Masters students section for his poster titled "Investigating the relationship between infant feeding practices and immune biomarkers of one-year-old infants in the CHILD Cohort Study". Sarah Turner received an honorable mention in the PhD students section for her poster titled "Maternal depression and parent-child relationship mediate the association between breastfeeding and child behaviour". RIlwan Azeez received silver in the Masters students section for his poster titled "Predictors of SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels following two COVID-19 vaccine doses: Results from the CHILD COVID-19 Add-on Study".

Dr. Azad interviewed by The Scientist

9/6/2022

 
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Photo/graphic credit: iStock.com and Kumbhare, et al.
The recently published milk fortifier paper has created discussion in The Scientist Magazine. Dr. Meghan Azad was interviewed to discuss the research and its implications for feeding premature babies. She emphasized the importance of supporting mothers to pump and store their own breastmilk, and the need for more research in this area. Read the full article here.

New milk fortifier paper published in Cell Reports Medicine

8/29/2022

 
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Graphic credit: Kumbhare et al. Cell Reports Medicine 2022
Former THRiVE Discovery Lab Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dr. Shreyas Kumbhare, co-authored with Dr. Meghan Azad and collaborators have published a new research paper in Cell Reports Medicine: "Source of human milk (mother or donor) is more important than fortifier type (human or bovine) in shaping the preterm infant microbiome". This research highlights the importance of feeding mother's own milk to premature infants. Read the full article here [PDF]. A corresponding commentary by Dr. Paula Meier can also be viewed here, and the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba's press release here. Follow this link to read the Tweetorial.
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