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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Ching Tat Lai graduated from his Bachelor of Science in biochemistry and molecular biology in 1996 at UWA, where he went on to complete his Post Graduate Diploma, Masters and PhD in the Hartmann Human Lactation Laboratory.
Funding overview
Medela
Current projects
Collaborators
Professor Paula Meier from The University of Illinois, Chicago (Currently in Progress)
Professor Paula Meier from The University of Illinois, Chicago (Currently in Progress)
Research
Dr Lai's overall research is on milk production and the physiology of breast feeding, but he is currently researching expression regimes and milk production over time for pre-term babies. There are an increasing number of pre-term babies being born, and with medical advances a greater number of pre-term babies are able to survive, however the appropriate nutrition for these babies remains unknown. A pre-term baby has a very different nutritional environment to a fetus of the same age, which will still be receiving all its nutrition via the placenta. The effects of this change on pre-term babies are not yet known, but it is suspected that breast milk is extremely important for them. The exact composition of breastmilk varies between individual mothers and has an extremely complex composition which consists of a lot of biologically active compounds that help with growth and development.
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Research output
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Daily variation of macronutrient concentrations in mature human milk over 3 weeks
Leghi, G. E., Lai, C. T., Narayanan, A., Netting, M. J., Dymock, M., Rea, A., Wlodek, M. E., Geddes, D. T. & Muhlhausler, B. S., Dec 2021, In : Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 10224.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Human milk composition promotes optimal infant growth, development and health
Perrella, S., Gridneva, Z., Lai, C. T., Stinson, L., George, A., Bilston-John, S. & Geddes, D., 2 Jan 2021, In : Seminars in Perinatology. 151380.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
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Impact of expression mode and timing of sample collection, relative to milk ejection, on human milk bacterial DNA profiles
Cheema, A. S., Lai, C. T., Dymock, M., Rea, A., Geddes, D. T., Payne, M. S. & Stinson, L. F., 9 Jan 2021, In : Journal of Applied Microbiology. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Impact of nipple shield use on milk transfer and maternal nipple pain
Silva Coentro, V., Perrella, S., Lai, C. T., Rea, A., Murray, K. & Geddes, D., Mar 2021, In : Breastfeeding Medicine. 16, 3, p. 222-229 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Nipple shield use does not impact sucking dynamics in breastfeeding infants of mothers with nipple pain
Silva Coentro, V., Perrella, S., Lai, C. T., Rea, A., Dymock, M. & Geddes, D., 14 Jan 2021, In : European Journal of Pediatrics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article