Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Donna is the director of the Human Lactation Research Group. Donna originates from a medical imaging background with an emphasis in ultrasound imaging. She has integrated this modality into many of the group’s studies providing a ‘window’ to different physiological processes during lactation. Her findings have attracted much international attention and she is often requested to speak at both International and National Scientific Meetings. She is a member of the Nutrition Society of Australia and Secretary for the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation.
Roles and responsibilities
Editorial Positions
• Guest Editor ‘Lactation in the Limelight’ – Biochemist, February 2017.
• Guest Editor – ‘Down Under’ edition – Journal of Human Lactation
• Guest Co-editor – International Journal of Pediatrics (Special Edition Infant feeding, 2012)
• Consultant Editor – Journal of Human Lactation
Reviewer Scientific Journals
• Early Human Development
• European Journal of Surgery
• Journal of Human Lactation
• Breastfeeding Medicine
• Mary Paton Award Judge
• Australian Breastfeeding Association
• Pediatric Research
• Acta Pediatrica
• Pediatrics
• Breastfeeding Review
• Guest Editor ‘Lactation in the Limelight’ – Biochemist, February 2017.
• Guest Editor – ‘Down Under’ edition – Journal of Human Lactation
• Guest Co-editor – International Journal of Pediatrics (Special Edition Infant feeding, 2012)
• Consultant Editor – Journal of Human Lactation
Reviewer Scientific Journals
• Early Human Development
• European Journal of Surgery
• Journal of Human Lactation
• Breastfeeding Medicine
• Mary Paton Award Judge
• Australian Breastfeeding Association
• Pediatric Research
• Acta Pediatrica
• Pediatrics
• Breastfeeding Review
Future research
Donna’s future research encompasses the appetite control mechanisms of the breastfed infant.
Funding overview
• 2007-Present: Medela AG – Research Fellow/Chief Investigator
• Woman and Infants Research Foundation (WIRF) Grant for researching the relationship between sucking, swallowing and breathing in healthy term breastfeeding infants and those experiencing difficulties.
• Woman and Infants Research Foundation (WIRF) Grant for researching the relationship between sucking, swallowing and breathing in healthy term breastfeeding infants and those experiencing difficulties.
Previous positions
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Western Australia
• Senior Ultrasonographer , Perth Imaging
• Senior Ultrasonographer , Perth Imaging
Current projects
Appetite control factors in breastmilk
Gastric emptying of term and preterm infants
Milk removal during breast expression.
Gastric emptying of term and preterm infants
Milk removal during breast expression.
Research
Donna has a broad range of research interests in the physiology of lactation extending from basic to applied research. In particular she utilizes her ultrasound imaging skills to assess the lactating breast (anatomy, milk ejection and blood flow) as well as the infant (suck-swallow-breathe, gastric emptying and body composition). Her current interests include understanding the role of breastmilk in appetite control and the development of breastfeeding in the preterm infant.
Keywords
- Human lactation
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Research Output 2003 2019
Breastfeeding and Human Lactation
Geddes, D. & Perrella, S., 9 Apr 2019, In : Nutrients. 11, 4, 5 p., 802.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Open Access
Detection of milk ejection using bioimpedance spectroscopy in lactating women during milk expression
Gardner, H., Lai, C., Ward, L. C. & Geddes, D., 13 Feb 2019, In : Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Milk Ejection
Spectrum Analysis
Milk
Breast
Breast Milk Expression
Effect of vacuum–release teat versus standard teat use on feeding milestones and breastfeeding outcomes in very preterm infants: A randomized controlled trial
Perrella, S., Nancarrow, K., Trevenen, M., Murray, K., Geddes, D. & Simmer, K., 22 Mar 2019, In : PLoS One. 14, 3, 14 p., e0214091.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
breast feeding
teats
Vacuum
Breast Feeding
Premature Infants
Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin production in raw, holder-pasteurized, and ultraviolet-c-treated donated human milk
Almutawif, Y. A. Y., Hartmann, B., Lloyd, M., Lai, C., Rea, A. & Geddes, D., 1 May 2019, In : Breastfeeding Medicine. 14, 4, p. 262-270 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Enterotoxins
Human Milk
Staphylococcus aureus
Milk
Bacteria
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxin Production in Raw and Pasteurized Milk: The Effect of Selected Different Storage Durations and Temperatures
Almutawif, Y., Hartmann, B., Lloyd, M., Lai, C. T., Rea, A. & Geddes, D., 1 May 2019, In : Breastfeeding Medicine. 14, 4, p. 256-261 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Enterotoxins
Human Milk
Staphylococcus aureus
Milk
Tissue Donors
Projects 2007 2020
WUN in-FLAME: Global Environment Initiative
Palmer, D., Prescott, S., Geddes, D., Naegler, C., Campbell, D., Thijs, C., Penders, J., Holloway, J., Boyle, B., Munblitt, D., Johnson, C., Wegienka, G., Schaub, B., Kozyrskyj, A. & Eggesbo, M.
University of Western Australia
1/01/17 → 31/12/17
Project: Research