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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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Breastfeeding patterns and total volume of human milk consumed influence the development of the infant oral microbiome
Arishi, R. A., Gridneva, Z., Perrella, S. L., Cheema, A. S., Lai, C. T., Payne, M. S., Geddes, D. T. & Stinson, L. F., 25 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Oral Microbiology. 17, 1, 9 p., 2469892.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Human milk lactoferrin and lysozyme concentrations vary in response to a dietary intervention
Sindi, A. S., Stinson, L. F., Lai, C. T., Gridneva, Z., Leghi, G. E., Netting, M. J., Wlodek, M. E., Muhlhausler, B. S., Zhou, X., Payne, M. S. & Geddes, D. T., Jan 2025, In: The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 135, 32 p., 109760.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Maternal and Infant Characteristics and Pumping Profiles of Women That Predominantly Pump Milk for Their Infants
Gridneva, Z., Warden, A. H., McEachran, J. L., Perrella, S. L., Lai, C. T. & Geddes, D. T., 2 Jan 2025, In: Nutrients. 17, 2, 18 p., 366.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Milk Composition Is Predictive of Low Milk Supply Using Machine Learning Approaches
Jin, X., Lai, C. T., Perrella, S., Zhou, X., Hassan, M., McEachran, J., Gridneva, Z., Taylor, N., Wlodek, M. & Geddes, D., 2 Jan 2025, In: Diagnostics. 15, 2, 16 p., 191.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The prospective associations of fetal growth-related pregnancy complications with subsequent breastfeeding duration and markers of human milk production
Pang, W. W., Geddes, D. T., Lai, C. T., Michael, N., Huang, J., Chan, Y. H., Cheong, C. Y., Fok, D., Pundir, S., Ng, S., Vickers, M. H., Chua, M. C., Tan, K. H., Godfrey, K. M., Shek, L. P., Chong, Y. S., Eriksson, J. G., Chan, S. Y. & Wlodek, M. E., Feb 2025, In: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 121, 2, p. 478-487 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Projects
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Breast Milk Collection for the Largest Birth Cohort in Australia
Geddes, D. (Chief Investigator), Gridneva, Z. (Investigator), Lai, C. T. (Investigator), Mangwiro, Y. (Investigator), Perrella, S. (Investigator), Saffery, R. (Investigator), Stinson, L. (Investigator), Wake, M. (Investigator), Wlodek, M. (Investigator), Gridneva, Z. (CoPI), Lai, C. T. (CoPI), Mangwiro, Y. (CoPI), Perrella, S. (CoPI), Saffery, R. (CoPI), Stinson, L. (CoPI), Wake, M. (CoPI) & Wlodek, M. (CoPI)
The University of Western Australia
1/07/22 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Breastfeeding in Mothers with T2DM
Geddes, D. (Investigator 01) & Lai, C. T. (Investigator 02)
31/07/19 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
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The nutritional and bioactive components of human milk
Lai, C. T. (Investigator 01)
1/01/14 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Providing Human Milk for Term and Pre-term Infants
Lai, C. T. (Investigator 01)
1/01/12 → 31/12/14
Project: Research
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Breast Expression & Human Milk for Term & Preterm Babies
Lai, C. T. (Investigator 01)
1/01/10 → 31/12/12
Project: Research