BREAST MILK & THE INFANT MICROBIOME
For birth and breastfeeding professionals. Learn DIRECT from 7 top lactation scientists why human milk is so critical for a child's long-term health. Approved for 17 HOURS CPD / CE
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BREAST MILK & THE INFANT MICROBIOME
For health professionals
This course is for childbirth educators, doulas, midwives, lactation professionals and other health professionals.
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Learn the science DIRECT from
7 top professors and lactation scientists
This will change the way you think about human milk!
This science STRONGLY SUPPORTS exclusive breastfeeding
Learn why breast milk can impact a child's long-term health
Evidence-based and easy-to-understand
3 year access so you can go-at-your-own-pace
17 HOURS CPD / CONTACT HOURS / CNEs
Approved for 17 HOURS CPD / CE
Accepted
for 17 HOURS Continuing Education by
ACM, MEAC, NMC, ICEA, CAPPA, DONA International/
17 HOURS CPD (Australian College of Midwives ACM)
17 HOURS / 1.7 CEUs (Midwifery Education Accreditation Council MEAC)
17 HOURS CPD can be used for revalidation by Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
17 CE HOURS / 1.7 CEUs (MEAC) are applicable for Certified Professional Midwives recertifying through the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)
17 CE HOURS by MEAC accepted as 17 Contact Hours by International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA)
17 CE HOURS by MEAC accepted as 17 Contact Hours by Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association (CAPPA)
17 CE HOURS by MEAC accepted as 17 Contact Hours by LAMAZE International
17 CE HOURS by MEAC accepted as 17 Contact Hours by DONA International
*In process for CEU approval for dietitians
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Breast Milk and the Infant Microbiome
- Key Features
230+ Individual Lectures
70+ HD Videos
7 Top Professors & Scientists
30 Day money-back guarantee
Unlimited access for 3 YEARS
17 HOURS CPD / CE
Course Description
- The complex science of human milk made simple!
- Learn from 7 top lactation scientists: 7 top professors from the University of California, Cornell University and the University of Manitoba.
- Utilises different styles of learning to suit all learning styles: Whether you are a visual, auditory or demonstration learner. The course combines short videos, text-based learning, summaries and recaps, graded quizzes, extensive reference lists and downloadables.
- Expand your knowledge base: Covers the evolution of mammalian milk, the complex components of human breast milk, microbes in breast milk, human milk oligosaccharides, the infant immune system, brain development, donor milk, expressed milk, peer-to-peer sharing and formula feeding.
Learn the science.
Then you can can answer parent questions.
Key Benefits
👉Evidence-based so you keep up to date with the latest research
👉Go-at-your-own-pace and easy-to-understand
👉 Unlimited access for 3 years
👉 17 HOURS CPD / CE
Hi - I'm Toni Harman, Founder, Microbiome Courses
When I was pregnant 14 years ago, I wanted a home birth and to exclusively breastfeed.
But as sometimes happens with birth, I ended up with an emergency C-section.
With no support, I really struggled to breastfeed.
I remember sitting in my bedroom crying as my baby was crying because I couldn't breastfeed.
I ended up continually "topping up" with infant formula.
I didn't know then what I know now.
I know now that by NOT exclusively breastfeeding, this could have had a huge impact on my baby's developing microbiome.
This could have affected my child's long-term health.
That's why I created this course.
Because I want to help other parents make informed choices about how they feed their baby.
For this to happen...
All health professionals who support parents during pregnancy, birth and with infant feeding need to FULLY UNDERSTAND the latest evidence-based research.
From my own money, I paid to travel to interview IN PERSON 7 top lactation professors and scientists featured in this course.
Most of these scientists teach at world-leading univeristies so you will be learning from the very best.
No faff. No overwhelm.
Simply evidence-based research that has the power to change the long-term health of babies.
I hope you enjoy this course.
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Breast Milk And The Infant Microbiome
Featuring 7 top professors & lactation experts
LARS BODE - Professor in Pediatrics, Director of the Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Mother Milk Infant Center of Excellence, University of California, San Diego
MEGHAN AZAD - Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health. Research Scientist at the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba. Canada Research Chair in Development Origins of Chronic Disease and co-Director of the Manitoba Interdisciplinary Lactation Centre.
GREGOR REID - Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Surgery at Western University, and the Endowed Chair in Human Microbiome and Probiotics at the Lawson Health Research Institute
RODNEY DIETERT- Emeritus Professor of Immunotoxicology, Cornell University
BRUCE GERMAN - Professor and Food Chemist, Food Science and Technology Director, Foods for Health Institute, University of California Davis
DAVID MILLS - Professor and Peter J Shield’s Endowed Chair in Dairy Food Science, Food Science and Technology, Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis
JENNIFER SMILOWITZ - Associate
Director of the Human Studies Program at the Foods For Health Institute
at University of California, Davis
Group Bookings
For groups of up to 10 people.
The person who makes the purchase will be emailed access codes to distribute to all members of the group within 48 hours after purchase.
Each group member can use the access code to create their own account. CPD/CEU credits are
claimed by each individual upon completion of the course.
For larger groups of more than 10 people - including schools, colleges, universities or organisations, please CONTACT US for a bespoke quote.
- PRICE FOR GROUP OF 10
- USD $500 + tax
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FORMAT & CURRICULUM
100+ VISUAL-BASED PDFs
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70+ SHORT VIDEOS FEATURING
7 TOP PROFESSORS & SCIENTISTS
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PLUS GRADED TESTS,
DOWNLOADABLE HANDOUTS,
DISCUSSION FORUMS
& CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
Course Curriculum
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StartHello and welcome!
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StartHow does the course work?
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StartCourse instructions
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StartNotes on copyright, gender and spelling
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StartLegal disclaimer 1
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StartLegal disclaimer 2
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StartList of Course Contents
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StartList of professors, lactation experts and course creator
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StartSpeaker Disclosure & Conflict of Interest Declaration Forms
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Start1. Session One - Learning Objectives
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Start2. VIDEO: Meet the experts (3:50)
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Start3. The evolution of lacation
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Start4. VIDEO: The evolution of lactation (4:06)
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Start5. The production of breast milk
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Start6. VIDEO: How is breast milk produced by the mother? (2:37)
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Start7. Lactogenesis
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Start8. VIDEO: Why is human milk so special? (4:07)
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Start9. Session One: Main components of breast milk
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Start10. Session One - Scientfic references
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Start11. Session One - Graded Test
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Start12. Session One - Downloadable handouts
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Start13. Session One: Discussion Forum and Reflection on Learning
What do people think of this course?
Over 1,000 people have taken this course - the feedback has been amazing!
Gulara - Psychologist, UAE, Dubai
I participate in many webinars and courses, but this course is simply incredible.
Ronee - CLC, parenting coach, Pennsylvania, USA
I loved this course! I definitely have an affection towards microbes now, and I'm always sharing my findings with others! Definitely would recommend!
Diana - Childbirth educator, doula and breastfeeding educator, UK
This course was amazing. I learned a lot more about the microbiome than I already did. I find the human microbiome totally fascinating and this just added more to my knowledge. Loved it!
Angelia - Lactation Consultant, Sacramento, Ca., USA
This course is very informative and should be a required course for all healthcare workers who care for new moms and babies! I learned so much more than I realized I would!
Deborah - CLC, LCCE (Lamaze certified childbirth educator), CD (DONA) and a PCD (DONA), Virginia, USA
I knew breastfeeding was the BEST for every baby. I just didn't know exactly why. Now I do. I know about the three ways to learn. By reading and then watching a video it combined auditory and visual learning.
Debra - IBCLC with Midwifery, Cambridge, UK
Every health professional should know this information....it will guide and empower you in your work to better improve maternal and infant health under your watch.
Roxane - Birth Doula, Greater Bay Area SF/Peninsula California
This is a significant course that provides key insights into the desirability of breastfeeding. Along with the health factors, the breeding/feeding for healthy microbiota, gut evolution and depth of important organ development - this is a dynamic course for all!
Ramona - Lamaze Childbirth Educator and CLC, Florida Panhandle
This course will have you SO enthusiastic about the ability of women to make human milk and in the benefits of human milk being SO much more than I ever knew!
Stephanie - Certified Lactation Counselor, Cookeville, Tennessee
This program has engaging, easy to follow information that is broken up into different formats including opportunities for discussion with colleagues. The speakers are so eloquent and articulated so well.
Cindy - BSN, RNC-MNN, IBCLC, Pittsburgh, PA United States
Being an RN/IBCLC this information will impact my education for mother-infant dyads. Being to give them the education in order to make a well informed choice will speak volumes!
Marcia - RN, Lactation Consultant, Massachusetts, USA
Breast Milk and the Infant Microbiome is a a well organized and informative presentation on the properties if human milk specifically HMOs. I have been a lactation consultant and maternal child nurse for many years, this course expanded my knowledge base and will improve my practice and staff education repertoire. I would recommend this course to lactation consultants and health care providers supporting breastfeeding families.
"I think your work is phenomenal!
You
are passionate and invested in your material for the curriculum. I’ve
found it to be evidence based, thoroughly researched and well presented.
I have learned a lot thus far from your course(s) and I am sincerely looking forward to learning more!
Thank you for all you do!"
- Jenn Foster, MA, CD, IBCLC, RLC
"I learned so much about the infant microbiome and the impact of HMOs on the infants overall health from this course.
It is a fascinating and complex subject, and the course presented the material in a clear and engaging way.
The videos were very professionally done.
I have already recommended the course to several colleagues!"
- Kristina Chamberlain, CNM, ARNP, IBCLC
Clinical Director and Lead FacultyUC San Diego Extension Lactation Program
"Wow. I learned so many more amazing things about breastmilk.
The best thing about the course is that it is easy to follow, and has so many experts featured.
There is just enough reiteration of previous modules to reinforce the learning.
The course gave me a deeper understanding about why each Mother's breastmilk is the food designed for her baby, and a reminder that formula will never compare no matter what they add to it.”
- Betsy Schwartz, CLC, MMHS, Postpartum Doula / Trainer for 25 years
BREAST MILK & THE INFANT MICROBIOME
CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION
- The Main Course approved for 8 HOURS CPD / CE
- Further Learning approved for 9 HOURS CPD / CE
- = TOTAL 17 HOURS CPD / CE
*In process for CEU approval for dietitians
On completion of the course, you will be able to download and print the Certificate of Completion listing all 17 HOURS CE credits.
Summary of CE / CPD accreditation
Please note: Due to changes to the rules for IBLCE Short Term Providers on 1st January 2022, this course is no longer approved for Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs).
This course has been approved for the following credits:
Australian College of Midwives (ACM) = approved for 17 HOURS CPD
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) = accepted for 17 HOURS CPD
MEAC = approved for 17 HOURS / 1.7 MIDWIFERY CEUs
ICEA = 1.7 CEUs (MEAC) accepted as 17 HOURS of continuing education (17 CONTACT HOURS) by ICEA
CAPPA = 1.7 CEUs (MEAC) accepted as 17 HOURS of continuing education (17 CONTACT HOURS) by CAPPA
LAMAZE International = 1.7 CEUs (MEAC) accepted as 17 HOURS of continuing education (17 CONTACT HOURS) by LAMAZE International
DONA International = 1.7 CEUs (MEAC) accepted as 17 HOURS of continuing education (17 CONTACT HOURS) by DONA International
More information on Continuing Education / Continuing Professional Development credits
17 CPD HOURS - Approved by Australian College of Midwives (ACM)
This course can be used as 17 HOURS CPD for revalidation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in the UK
American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) is an approved provider of nursing Continuing Nursing Education CNEs
17 HOURS / 1.7 CEUs have been approved by the Midwifery Educational Accreditation Council (MEAC) Program No #M2122-36-1101DE and #M2122-73-0315DE
These Midwifery CEUs are applicable for Certified Professional Midwives recertifying through the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM) and can also be used for recertification and general career development by midwives and other healthcare providers.
1.7 CEUs (MEAC) Program No ID #M2324-85-0621DE accepted as 17 HOURS of continuing education (17 CONTACT HOURS) by ICEA, CAPPA, LAMAZE International and DONA International.
ACM Badges of Approval
Our company, our funding and privacy:
The
creator of this course is Toni Harman, one of the filmmakers
behind the award-winning documentary MICROBIRTH and the founder of MICROBIRTH SCHOOL
(MICROBIOME COURSES).
Together with my filmmaking (and life) partner Alex Wakeford, we have an independent film and content creation production company called Alto Films Ltd, based in the UK.
Our company is called Alto Films because it's a shortening of our names - "Al" is from Alex, "To" is from Toni - hence the name Alto!
You should know this about us.
We are completely independent filmmakers and course creators.
We do not receive any outside funding.
We
are 100% funded by the sales of our films (MICROBIRTH, FREEDOM FOR
BIRTH and DOULA!) and from the sales of our online courses.
We have never received any funding from any infant formula companies or companies related to "formula tools".
We are fully compliant with the WHO Code: The World Health Organisation International Code of Marketing Breast Milk Substitutes.
The data we collect from course registrations is only used within the Microbirth School (Microbiome Courses).
The data will not be shared with any third party.
Conflict of Interest (COI) disclosures signed by all speakers are displayed at the front of the course.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, problems, comments or would like a personalised discount group quote, please get in touch using this link - messages drop straight into our inbox. We'll do our best to respond within 48 hours.
Here is the link to contact us via the contact form: http://microbirth.com/contact-us/
FEATURING 7 LEADING PROFESSORS & LACTATION EXPERTS
LARS BODE, Professor in Pediatrics, Director of the Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Mother Milk Infant Center of Excellence, University of California, San Diego
Science degree in Nutritional Sciences from the Justus-Liebig University Giessen in Germany, determining structural differences in human and bovine milk gangliosides. For his PhD thesis he went to the Institute of Child Health, University College London, studying the effects of Human Milk Oligosaccharides on selectin-mediated cell-cell interaction in the immune system. Since 2003 he has been working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research in La Jolla, California, where he got appointed as Staff Scientist in 2006. He made major contributions in elucidating the central role of heparan sulfate proteoglycans and heparin in pathogenesis and therapy of protein-losing enteropathy. Since April 2008 Lars is supported by an NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award, receiving additional training in pediatric gastroenterology at the University of California San Diego and the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. In 2009 the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, recruited Lars as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in-residence in the Division of Neonatology and the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, where Lars is developing a new research program to elucidate functions and biosynthesis of Human Milk Oligosaccharides. In 2013 Lars was promoted to Associate Professor. In 2019 Lars was promoted to Professor.
In 2016 Lars was appointed as the first Director of the Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Mother-Milk-Infant Center of Research Excellence (LRF MoMI CoRE) and in January 2017 Lars was appointed as the first Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Chair of Collaborative Human Milk Research.
MEGHAN AZAD, Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health. Research Scientist at the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba. Canada Research Chair in Development Origins of Chronic Disease and co-Director of the Manitoba Interdisciplinary Lactation Centre.
Dr. Meghan Azad is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health at the University of Manitoba. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Developmental Origins of Chronic Disease and co-directs the new Manitoba Interdisciplinary Lactation Centre (MILC, www.milcresearch.com). Her research program (www.azadlab.ca) is focused ont he role of infant nutrition and gut microbiota in the development of asthma, allergies and obesity. Dr. Azad co-leads the Manitoba site of the CHILD Cohort Study (www.childstudy.ca), a national pregnancy cohort following 3,500 children to understand how early life experiences shape lifelong health.She directs multiple projects related to infant feeding practices, human milk composition and the microbiome in the CHILD cohort and other populations, including preterm neonates receiving donor milk, and Bangladeshi infants at risk of malnutrition. Dr. Azad is leading a new international consortium that will comprehensively profile human milk from women in diverse low-and middle-income settings. She also leads collaborative projects examining perceptions of breastfeeding on social media, and developing methods to improve societal support for breastfeeding through school-based education programs. Dr. Azad was the 2018 recipient of the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation (ISRHML) Ehrlich-Koldovsky Award. She serves on the ISRHML Executive Council and the Breastfeeding Committee of Canada.
GREGOR REID, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Surgery at Western University, and the Endowed Chair in Human Microbiome and Probiotics at the Lawson Health Research Institute
Dr. Gregor Reid’s research primarily focuses on beneficial microbes, and he is one of the world’s foremost experts on probiotics (microorganisms that produce many health benefits). To date, he has developed novel probiotic therapies used by several million people around the world. He has also held 28 patents, published over 500 peer-reviewed publications, in highly prestigious academic journals including Science, Lancet, JAMA, PNAS, PLoS One, Nature and Nature Reviews Microbiology; he has also given over 600 talks in 54 countries, and has a Google Scholar H factor of 93.
Since chairing the United Nations - World Health Organization Expert Panel and Working Group on Probiotics in 2001-2, he has been recognized internationally for his work. He was the President of the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (and current board member), the leading organization on the science of these areas. In 2010, he and Bob Gough received the AUCC Scotiabank Prize on behalf of Western University for the Western Heads East program: the first time the university has been given this award for internationalization. That same year, Dr. Reid was the recipient of the Hellmuth Prize, the highest research honour conferred by The University of Western Ontario. Other awards have followed including the Distinguished Alumni Award presented by New Zealand’s leading institution, Massey University, an Honorary Doctorate in Biology from Orebro University in Sweden, and appointment to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Having helped acquire Canada’s largest ever donation for microbiology, a $7 million donation for his chair position, his status as a global leader was recognized by his election in 2016 to the Royal Society of Canada, an honour bestowed upon Canada’s distinguished scholars, artists and scientists, since the establishment of the society as Canada’s National Academy in 1883.
RODNEY DIETERT, Emeritus Professor of Immunotoxicology, Cornell University
Rodney Dietert is Emeritus Professor of Immunotoxicology at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He received his PhD in immunogenetics from the University of Texas at Austin. Among his authored and edited academic books are Strategies for Protecting Your Child's Immune System and Immunotoxicity, Immune Dysfunction, and Chronic Disease. Rodney previously directed Cornell's Graduate Field of Immunology, the Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors, and the Institute for Comparative and Environmental Toxicology, and he has served as a Senior Fellow in the Cornell Center for the Environment. Recently, he appeared in the 2014 award-winning documentary Microbirth. In 2015 he received the James G. Wilson Publication Award from the Teratology Society for the best paper of the year on the microbiome.
BRUCE GERMAN, Professor and Food Chemist, Food Science and Technology Director, Foods for Health Institute, University of California Davis
Prof J Bruce German Professor in Food Science and Technology, Director, Foods for Health Institute, University of California Davis. Bruce German received his PhD from Cornell University, joined the faculty at the University of California, Davis in 1988, in 1997 was named the first John E. Kinsella Endowed Chair in Food, Nutrition and Health is currently Director of the Foods for Health Institute and professor, at University of California, Davis. His research interests include the structure and function of dietary lipids, the role of milk components in food and health and the application of metabolic assessment to personalizing diet and health. The goal of his research is to build the knowledge necessary to improve human health through superior foods.
DAVID MILLS, Professor and Peter J Shield’s Endowed Chair in Dairy Food Science, Food Science and Technology, Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis
David Mills is a Professor in the Departments of Food Science & Technology and Viticulture & Enology at the University of California at Davis. Dr. Mills studies the molecular biology and ecology of bacteria that play an active role in gut health or fermented foods and beverages. In the last 20 years Dr. Mills has mentored over 30 graduate students and postdocs and published more than 190 papers, including seminal work on lactic acid bacterial and bifidobacterial genomics. At UC Davis, Dr. Mills has worked to define, investigate and translate the beneficial aspects of human milk and its role in human health. Dr. Mills has previously served as a Distinguished Lecturer for the American Society for Microbiology and currently serves as an editor for the journal mSystems. In 2012 he was named the Peter J. Shields Chair in Dairy Food Science, in 2015 he was elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology and in 2018 he was named a ISI Highly Cited Researcher. Dr. Mills has served on the Advisory Boards of several food and health-focused companies and his research has helped launch four startup companies.
JENNIFER SMILOWITZ, Associate Director of the Human Studies Program at the Foods For Health Institute at University of California, Davis
Dr. Smilowitz is a faculty affiliate in the Department of Food Science and Technology and Associate Director of the Human Studies Research Program for the Foods for Health Institute at University of California Davis. She holds a doctoral degree in Nutritional Biology with an emphasis in Endocrinology and completed her postdoctoral fellowship in Food Science from the University of California Davis. She has a well-established career in lactation and milk science, particularly human milk and clinical nutrition. Her approach to solving complex problems relies on implementing cross-disciplinary and multi-collaborative methods. She has published more than 50 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals on lactation, milk and dairy science, and the intestinal microbiome across all life stages. She is a fellow of the University of California Davis School of Management which was instrumental in shifting her research toward translation to make a greater impact on human health. As a Certified Lactation Educator, Dr. Smilowitz supports breastfeeding and researches dietary solutions that support the health of the mother-infant dyad. She regularly gives lectures on the benefits of breastfeeding and its impact on the infant gut microbiome to health-care practitioners across northern Californian hospitals, clinics and Women Infants and Children (WIC) staff. In 2009, Dr. Smilowitz developed the Foods for Health Mentorship Program at University of California Davis. and has mentored over 100 undergraduate students majoring in Nutrition and Food Science. Dr. Smilowitz is an invited guest lecturer for various undergraduate and graduate-level courses in lactation, microbiology, nutrition and food science at the University of California Davis.
Your Instructor
Hey there - I am Toni Harman.
I am so excited that you are here.
I am an award-winning documentary filmmaker, author and founder of MICROBIRTH SCHOOL (MICROBIOME COURSES).
I
have been been featured on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 5 Live,
BBC World Service and appeared as a guest on many podcasts. My work has
been featured in The Observer, The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail.
I have written blog-post articles for Scientific American as well as the Huffington Post.
I have been keynote speaker at several international scientific, midwifery and breastfeeding conferences.