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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.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Associations of secretory activation breast milk biomarkers with breastfeeding outcome measures
Esquerra-Zwiers, A. L., Mulder, C., Czmer, L., Perecki, A., Goris, E. D., Lai, C. T. & Geddes, D., Feb 2023, In: Journal of Pediatrics. 253, p. 259-265.e2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Circadian Variation in Human Milk Hormones and Macronutrients
Suwaydi, M., Lai, C. T., Rea, A., Gridneva, Z., Perrella, S., Wlodek, M. & Geddes, D., Sept 2023, In: Nutrients. 15, 17, 3729.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Human milk expression technologies: an evaluation of efficacy and comfort of hands-free, in-bra, breastmilk collection pump set
Gridneva, Z., Warden, A. H., McEachran, J. L., Lai, C. T., Perrella, S. L. & Geddes, D. T., Jun 2023, In: Clinical Nutrition Open Science. 49, p. 28-36 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Oestrogens and progesterone in human milk and their effects on infant health outcomes: A narrative review
Jin, X., Perrella, S. L., Lai, C. T., Taylor, N. L. & Geddes, D. T., 30 Oct 2023, In: Food Chemistry. 424, p. 136375 136375.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Relationships between the Intakes of Human Milk Components and Body Composition of Breastfed Infants: A Systematic Review
Norrish, I., Sindi, A., Sakalidis, V. S., Lai, C. T., McEachran, J. L., Tint, M. T., Perrella, S. L., Nicol, M. P., Gridneva, Z. & Geddes, D. T., 18 May 2023, In: Nutrients. 15, 10, 50 p., 2370.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access
Projects
- 5 Finished
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Breast Milk Collection for the Largest Birth Cohort in Australia
Geddes, D., Gridneva, Z., Lai, C. T., Mangwiro, Y., Perrella, S., Saffery, R., Stinson, L., Wake, M. & Wlodek, M.
The University of Western Australia
1/07/22 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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