Meghan Azad, PhD
@meghanazad.bsky.social
Scientist/Adventurer. @CRC_CRC Developmental Origins of Health & Disease. @UManitoba @CHRIManitoba @CHILDStudy #THRiVElab #Breastmilk #Microbiome #NatureSelfies
www.thrivediscovery.ca
www.thrivediscovery.ca
A great conversation - thank you for the opportunity!
#breastfeeding #humanmilk #breastmilk #microbiome
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#breastfeeding #humanmilk #breastmilk #microbiome
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GenoWrite is back with a new interview! This time, we spoke with @meghanazad.bsky.social, Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health at @umanitoba.bsky.social about breast milk in infants. You'll read about the microbiome, asthma, and helpful advice about breastfeeding.
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Breast milk: a mother's amazing gift to her child - GenoWrite
Learn how breast milk is the best gift a mother can give to her baby from birth, from optimal immune regulation to nutritional benefits.
genowrite.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A great conversation - thank you for the opportunity!
#breastfeeding #humanmilk #breastmilk #microbiome
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#breastfeeding #humanmilk #breastmilk #microbiome
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Reposted by Meghan Azad, PhD
Media bias against women doesn’t just hurt female scientists’ careers; it also biases the information that gets the the public.
For example, my field, lactation science, is likely a thing you just now learned exists.
www.science.org/content/arti...
🧪 🛟 🩺 #BlueSci #MedSky #WomenInSci #SciMoms
For example, my field, lactation science, is likely a thing you just now learned exists.
www.science.org/content/arti...
🧪 🛟 🩺 #BlueSci #MedSky #WomenInSci #SciMoms
When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow
Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds
www.science.org
October 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Media bias against women doesn’t just hurt female scientists’ careers; it also biases the information that gets the the public.
For example, my field, lactation science, is likely a thing you just now learned exists.
www.science.org/content/arti...
🧪 🛟 🩺 #BlueSci #MedSky #WomenInSci #SciMoms
For example, my field, lactation science, is likely a thing you just now learned exists.
www.science.org/content/arti...
🧪 🛟 🩺 #BlueSci #MedSky #WomenInSci #SciMoms
What a Trailblazer, indeed.
I had the honour of meeting Ruth Lawrence during a visit to the @urochester.bsky.social in 2019. We met 🌟in her office🌟. She was 95!
RIP Ruth.
www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/r...
I had the honour of meeting Ruth Lawrence during a visit to the @urochester.bsky.social in 2019. We met 🌟in her office🌟. She was 95!
RIP Ruth.
www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/r...
Ruth A. Lawrence, MD, 1924–2025: A Trailblazer in Lactation Medicine and Child Health
A pediatrician and internationally recognized leader in breastfeeding science, Lawrence passed away at the age of 101. During a career spanning more than seven decades at the University of Rochester M...
www.urmc.rochester.edu
October 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
What a Trailblazer, indeed.
I had the honour of meeting Ruth Lawrence during a visit to the @urochester.bsky.social in 2019. We met 🌟in her office🌟. She was 95!
RIP Ruth.
www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/r...
I had the honour of meeting Ruth Lawrence during a visit to the @urochester.bsky.social in 2019. We met 🌟in her office🌟. She was 95!
RIP Ruth.
www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/r...
Intriguing New Research on Milk Stem Cells:
In mice, stem cells from maternal milk can migrate to pups’ brains, where they appear to integrate and differentiate after an ischemic (stroke-like) injury.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
In mice, stem cells from maternal milk can migrate to pups’ brains, where they appear to integrate and differentiate after an ischemic (stroke-like) injury.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
October 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Intriguing New Research on Milk Stem Cells:
In mice, stem cells from maternal milk can migrate to pups’ brains, where they appear to integrate and differentiate after an ischemic (stroke-like) injury.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
In mice, stem cells from maternal milk can migrate to pups’ brains, where they appear to integrate and differentiate after an ischemic (stroke-like) injury.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
In love with my first commissioned art piece! 😍🦠🧪
I've had the breast for a while. My new office configuration was begging for a 'companion' so I checked out the artist's other pieces - all gorgeous, but none quite right (though if you study the brain, heart, gut, spine... you are in luck!)
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I've had the breast for a while. My new office configuration was begging for a 'companion' so I checked out the artist's other pieces - all gorgeous, but none quite right (though if you study the brain, heart, gut, spine... you are in luck!)
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October 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
In love with my first commissioned art piece! 😍🦠🧪
I've had the breast for a while. My new office configuration was begging for a 'companion' so I checked out the artist's other pieces - all gorgeous, but none quite right (though if you study the brain, heart, gut, spine... you are in luck!)
...
I've had the breast for a while. My new office configuration was begging for a 'companion' so I checked out the artist's other pieces - all gorgeous, but none quite right (though if you study the brain, heart, gut, spine... you are in luck!)
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Reposted by Meghan Azad, PhD
Breastmilk components associated with a child’s early neurodevelopment: new CHILD research in @FrontNutrition from Sarah Turner & @meghanazad.bsky.social @umanitoba @CHRIManitoba #NationalBreastfeedingWeek
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October 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Breastmilk components associated with a child’s early neurodevelopment: new CHILD research in @FrontNutrition from Sarah Turner & @meghanazad.bsky.social @umanitoba @CHRIManitoba #NationalBreastfeedingWeek
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childstudy.ca/breastmilk-a...
🚨 New #THRiVElab paper!🚨
(Just in time for #NationalBreastfeedingWeek 🍁🤱🏽 )
Led by PhD student Sarah Turner, we explored how human milk fatty acids & oligosaccharides relate to infant neurodevelopment in the @childcohortstudy.bsky.social.
🔗 www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...
(Just in time for #NationalBreastfeedingWeek 🍁🤱🏽 )
Led by PhD student Sarah Turner, we explored how human milk fatty acids & oligosaccharides relate to infant neurodevelopment in the @childcohortstudy.bsky.social.
🔗 www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...
October 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
🚨 New #THRiVElab paper!🚨
(Just in time for #NationalBreastfeedingWeek 🍁🤱🏽 )
Led by PhD student Sarah Turner, we explored how human milk fatty acids & oligosaccharides relate to infant neurodevelopment in the @childcohortstudy.bsky.social.
🔗 www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...
(Just in time for #NationalBreastfeedingWeek 🍁🤱🏽 )
Led by PhD student Sarah Turner, we explored how human milk fatty acids & oligosaccharides relate to infant neurodevelopment in the @childcohortstudy.bsky.social.
🔗 www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...
It's #NationalBreastfeedingWeek!
Our MILC team is hosting info booths at public libraries this week in Winnipeg to celebrate.
More about MILC: www.milcresearch.com
Our MILC team is hosting info booths at public libraries this week in Winnipeg to celebrate.
More about MILC: www.milcresearch.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It's #NationalBreastfeedingWeek!
Our MILC team is hosting info booths at public libraries this week in Winnipeg to celebrate.
More about MILC: www.milcresearch.com
Our MILC team is hosting info booths at public libraries this week in Winnipeg to celebrate.
More about MILC: www.milcresearch.com
A Genetic Atlas of the Mammary Gland 🧬🤱🐭
New research from @geula.bsky.social & team shows shifts in gene activity across pregnancy → lactation → weaning.
This new 'atlas' provides new avenues for studying lactation disorders and breast cancer.
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
New research from @geula.bsky.social & team shows shifts in gene activity across pregnancy → lactation → weaning.
This new 'atlas' provides new avenues for studying lactation disorders and breast cancer.
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
September 23, 2025 at 4:36 AM
A Genetic Atlas of the Mammary Gland 🧬🤱🐭
New research from @geula.bsky.social & team shows shifts in gene activity across pregnancy → lactation → weaning.
This new 'atlas' provides new avenues for studying lactation disorders and breast cancer.
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
New research from @geula.bsky.social & team shows shifts in gene activity across pregnancy → lactation → weaning.
This new 'atlas' provides new avenues for studying lactation disorders and breast cancer.
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
We are reopening this search - apply now!
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September 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
We are reopening this search - apply now!
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If you missed it live - the #GloMiNe2025 talk recordings are now available!
Kudos to the organizers for the fancy editing (cited papers and website links are embedded for easy clicking🪄)
Here's mine: cassyni.com/events/TkwUV...
Kudos to the organizers for the fancy editing (cited papers and website links are embedded for easy clicking🪄)
Here's mine: cassyni.com/events/TkwUV...
September 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
If you missed it live - the #GloMiNe2025 talk recordings are now available!
Kudos to the organizers for the fancy editing (cited papers and website links are embedded for easy clicking🪄)
Here's mine: cassyni.com/events/TkwUV...
Kudos to the organizers for the fancy editing (cited papers and website links are embedded for easy clicking🪄)
Here's mine: cassyni.com/events/TkwUV...
Today at #MILCclub we are learning from Dr. Daniel Robinson about his team's new sensor technology for measuring milk volume during #breastfeeding
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Check out their research here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Check out their research here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Today at #MILCclub we are learning from Dr. Daniel Robinson about his team's new sensor technology for measuring milk volume during #breastfeeding
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Check out their research here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Check out their research here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Meghan Azad, PhD
#AGBTPH25 MA: up to 20% of baby deaths caused by suboptimal breastfeeding. lower risk of SIDS, respiratory infections, other issues. Human milk is a superfood, baby's first vaccine. Milk changes based on signals from baby
September 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
#AGBTPH25 MA: up to 20% of baby deaths caused by suboptimal breastfeeding. lower risk of SIDS, respiratory infections, other issues. Human milk is a superfood, baby's first vaccine. Milk changes based on signals from baby
WOW. Learning about the #Nutrition for Precision Health initiative at #AGBTPH25.
This massive study involves 8000 people tracked w/ wearables, CGM, blood & stool multi-omics, controlled feeding trials, and novel methods (apps & eye cameras!) for tracking diet. 🤯
nutritionforprecisionhealth.org
This massive study involves 8000 people tracked w/ wearables, CGM, blood & stool multi-omics, controlled feeding trials, and novel methods (apps & eye cameras!) for tracking diet. 🤯
nutritionforprecisionhealth.org
Nutrition for Precision Health
nutritionforprecisionhealth.org
September 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
WOW. Learning about the #Nutrition for Precision Health initiative at #AGBTPH25.
This massive study involves 8000 people tracked w/ wearables, CGM, blood & stool multi-omics, controlled feeding trials, and novel methods (apps & eye cameras!) for tracking diet. 🤯
nutritionforprecisionhealth.org
This massive study involves 8000 people tracked w/ wearables, CGM, blood & stool multi-omics, controlled feeding trials, and novel methods (apps & eye cameras!) for tracking diet. 🤯
nutritionforprecisionhealth.org
Taking the stage at #AGBTPH25 this morning to propose Human Milk as Precision Health 🤱🏻🧪💫
(Following a great Women's Networking breakfast!)
(Following a great Women's Networking breakfast!)
September 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Taking the stage at #AGBTPH25 this morning to propose Human Milk as Precision Health 🤱🏻🧪💫
(Following a great Women's Networking breakfast!)
(Following a great Women's Networking breakfast!)
All set for tomorrow!
Happy to be joining Maria Gloria Dominguez Bello, @gilbertjacka.bsky.social, David A. Mills, Thomas Sharpton & others for the Microbiome Virtual International Forum.
Registration is 🌟free🌟 for everyone, everywhere - join us!
Happy to be joining Maria Gloria Dominguez Bello, @gilbertjacka.bsky.social, David A. Mills, Thomas Sharpton & others for the Microbiome Virtual International Forum.
Registration is 🌟free🌟 for everyone, everywhere - join us!
September 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
All set for tomorrow!
Happy to be joining Maria Gloria Dominguez Bello, @gilbertjacka.bsky.social, David A. Mills, Thomas Sharpton & others for the Microbiome Virtual International Forum.
Registration is 🌟free🌟 for everyone, everywhere - join us!
Happy to be joining Maria Gloria Dominguez Bello, @gilbertjacka.bsky.social, David A. Mills, Thomas Sharpton & others for the Microbiome Virtual International Forum.
Registration is 🌟free🌟 for everyone, everywhere - join us!
Excited to nerd out about #genomics at my first @agbt.bsky.social meeting! 🧬🧪
My first love in science (long before breastmilk!) was genetics.
In Grade 11, I borrowed the Cell Biology textbook over summer.
In Grade 12, I did my final English project (a magazine on any topic) on DNA.
#AGBTPH2025
My first love in science (long before breastmilk!) was genetics.
In Grade 11, I borrowed the Cell Biology textbook over summer.
In Grade 12, I did my final English project (a magazine on any topic) on DNA.
#AGBTPH2025
September 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Excited to nerd out about #genomics at my first @agbt.bsky.social meeting! 🧬🧪
My first love in science (long before breastmilk!) was genetics.
In Grade 11, I borrowed the Cell Biology textbook over summer.
In Grade 12, I did my final English project (a magazine on any topic) on DNA.
#AGBTPH2025
My first love in science (long before breastmilk!) was genetics.
In Grade 11, I borrowed the Cell Biology textbook over summer.
In Grade 12, I did my final English project (a magazine on any topic) on DNA.
#AGBTPH2025
DYK that mothers' milk has a circadian rhythm, providing dynamic signals to baby? 🤱🏻🕧🕐
New study shows:
- Cortisol peaks in early am ('wake up!' 😀)
- Melatonin peaks late at night ('sleepy time' 😴)
Moms who pump may want to label & feed am/pm milk separately.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...
New study shows:
- Cortisol peaks in early am ('wake up!' 😀)
- Melatonin peaks late at night ('sleepy time' 😴)
Moms who pump may want to label & feed am/pm milk separately.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...
Frontiers | Day/night fluctuations of breast milk bioactive factors and microbiome
IntroductionHuman breast milk is a sophisticated and complex biological fluid that provides crucial nutritional, immunological, and microbial benefits to inf...
www.frontiersin.org
September 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
DYK that mothers' milk has a circadian rhythm, providing dynamic signals to baby? 🤱🏻🕧🕐
New study shows:
- Cortisol peaks in early am ('wake up!' 😀)
- Melatonin peaks late at night ('sleepy time' 😴)
Moms who pump may want to label & feed am/pm milk separately.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...
New study shows:
- Cortisol peaks in early am ('wake up!' 😀)
- Melatonin peaks late at night ('sleepy time' 😴)
Moms who pump may want to label & feed am/pm milk separately.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...
New study: breastfeeding by mothers with COVID did *NOT* transmit infection to their newborns, whether feeding at the breast or providing pumped milk.
bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Impact of maternal feeding practices on neonates born to mothers infected with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study in Sichuan Province - BMC Research Notes
Objective To investigate the impact of different feeding methods on the manifestation of novel coronavirus infection symptoms in newborns following maternal infection with the novel coronavirus. Resul...
bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
New study: breastfeeding by mothers with COVID did *NOT* transmit infection to their newborns, whether feeding at the breast or providing pumped milk.
bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Big congrats to #THRiVElab MSc student, Karinne Cardoso Muniz for receiving a studentship from @researchmb.bsky.social & @chrimanitoba.bsky.social! 👏🏻
Karinne is studying immune proteins in human colostrum together with our partners at the Aga Khan University in Pakistan. Stay tuned for results!
Karinne is studying immune proteins in human colostrum together with our partners at the Aga Khan University in Pakistan. Stay tuned for results!
We are excited to announce the recipients of the 2025 Studentships & Fellowships.
Thanks to the support of our partners, $1.41 million has supported 64 awards, spanning a range of disciplines & career stages.
Please join us in congratulating these researchers! researchmanitoba.ca/research-man...
Thanks to the support of our partners, $1.41 million has supported 64 awards, spanning a range of disciplines & career stages.
Please join us in congratulating these researchers! researchmanitoba.ca/research-man...
Research Manitoba Announces $1.4M in Funding to Support 64 Studentship and Fellowship Awards - Research Manitoba
researchmanitoba.ca
September 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Big congrats to #THRiVElab MSc student, Karinne Cardoso Muniz for receiving a studentship from @researchmb.bsky.social & @chrimanitoba.bsky.social! 👏🏻
Karinne is studying immune proteins in human colostrum together with our partners at the Aga Khan University in Pakistan. Stay tuned for results!
Karinne is studying immune proteins in human colostrum together with our partners at the Aga Khan University in Pakistan. Stay tuned for results!
Proud of our new #THRiVElab postdoc Anne Manson for winning a fellowship from @researchmb.bsky.social & @chrimanitoba.bsky.social 👏🏻
Stay tuned for exciting new research on a powerful but rarely studied component of human milk: oxylipins.
Stay tuned for exciting new research on a powerful but rarely studied component of human milk: oxylipins.
We are excited to announce the recipients of the 2025 Studentships & Fellowships.
Thanks to the support of our partners, $1.41 million has supported 64 awards, spanning a range of disciplines & career stages.
Please join us in congratulating these researchers! researchmanitoba.ca/research-man...
Thanks to the support of our partners, $1.41 million has supported 64 awards, spanning a range of disciplines & career stages.
Please join us in congratulating these researchers! researchmanitoba.ca/research-man...
Research Manitoba Announces $1.4M in Funding to Support 64 Studentship and Fellowship Awards - Research Manitoba
researchmanitoba.ca
September 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Proud of our new #THRiVElab postdoc Anne Manson for winning a fellowship from @researchmb.bsky.social & @chrimanitoba.bsky.social 👏🏻
Stay tuned for exciting new research on a powerful but rarely studied component of human milk: oxylipins.
Stay tuned for exciting new research on a powerful but rarely studied component of human milk: oxylipins.
A good reminder that #breastfeeding is good for mothers' health, too!
spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-...
spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-...
New research links breastfeeding to lower heart disease risk in women
Breastfeeding benefits both mothers and babies, including reduced risk of heart disease in mothers
spectrumnews1.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A good reminder that #breastfeeding is good for mothers' health, too!
spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-...
spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-...
Wrapping up an unforgettable family vacation in #Iceland
🔥🧊⛰️
Met long-lost relatives, stumbled upon the biggest cultural festival of the year, explored countless waterfalls & volcanoes, and even experienced a hurricane!
An incredible place for #NatureSelfies!
🔥🧊⛰️
Met long-lost relatives, stumbled upon the biggest cultural festival of the year, explored countless waterfalls & volcanoes, and even experienced a hurricane!
An incredible place for #NatureSelfies!
September 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Wrapping up an unforgettable family vacation in #Iceland
🔥🧊⛰️
Met long-lost relatives, stumbled upon the biggest cultural festival of the year, explored countless waterfalls & volcanoes, and even experienced a hurricane!
An incredible place for #NatureSelfies!
🔥🧊⛰️
Met long-lost relatives, stumbled upon the biggest cultural festival of the year, explored countless waterfalls & volcanoes, and even experienced a hurricane!
An incredible place for #NatureSelfies!
New study involving over 300,000 children shows #breastfeeding could help prevent early puberty.
Reminds me of the "lactocrine programming" hypothesis that I first learned about from pig research: maternal milk impacts reproductive health over the lifespan.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Reminds me of the "lactocrine programming" hypothesis that I first learned about from pig research: maternal milk impacts reproductive health over the lifespan.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Breastfeeding could help prevent early puberty in girls and boys, South Korean study finds | CBC News
Girls and boys who were exclusively breastfed showed a reduced risk of early puberty in a large new study from South Korea that Canadian doctors say could apply here.
www.cbc.ca
August 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
New study involving over 300,000 children shows #breastfeeding could help prevent early puberty.
Reminds me of the "lactocrine programming" hypothesis that I first learned about from pig research: maternal milk impacts reproductive health over the lifespan.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Reminds me of the "lactocrine programming" hypothesis that I first learned about from pig research: maternal milk impacts reproductive health over the lifespan.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Join us on Sept 11!
✨Pacific Session speakers✨
Gloria Dominguez-Bello
Adrian Egli
Safarina Malik
@meghanazad.bsky.social
Thomas Sharpton
@gilbertjacka.bsky.social
David Mills
Kate Bowerman
Takuji Yamada
@fzmarques.bsky.social
@calumwalsh.bsky.social
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Gloria Dominguez-Bello
Adrian Egli
Safarina Malik
@meghanazad.bsky.social
Thomas Sharpton
@gilbertjacka.bsky.social
David Mills
Kate Bowerman
Takuji Yamada
@fzmarques.bsky.social
@calumwalsh.bsky.social
3/3
August 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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