Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Jacquline Kent started her academic career with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Zoology at UWA. After completing her undergraduate degree she undertook a Diploma of Education at the University of Sydney and worked as a teacher for a year. However, teaching wasn't the career of choice for Dr Kent and she returned to science to do her Masters Preliminary at UWA in endocrinology, researching vitamin D and calcium metabolism. Dr Kent was then employed overseas for biochemistry laboratories in America and England, but later moved back to Australia to work in endocrinology at Sir Charles Gardner Hospital. In 1986 she secured a position as a research assistant at UWA in the Hartmann lactation lab. She completed her PhD in 1999 and has been working here as a Research Associate ever since.
Funding overview
The Human Lactation Research Group is funded by Medela AG
Current projects
Research Collaborators
Hartmann Human Lactation Research Group
Professor Peter Hartmann
Dr Donna Geddes
Dr Ching Tat Lai
Hartmann Human Lactation Research Group
Professor Peter Hartmann
Dr Donna Geddes
Dr Ching Tat Lai
Research
As part of the Hartmann lab, Dr Kent researches the biochemistry and physiology of lactation and breastfeeding in babies. By understanding exactly how the process of lactation works, researchers such as Dr Kent are able to provide and evidence base to improve treatment when medical difficulties arise in breastfeeding mothers, encourage more mothers to breastfeed and improve existing technology in hospitals, such as breast pumps.
Research Areas
Physiology of milk synthesis
Milk expression from the breast
Mechanics of infant breastfeeding
Research Areas
Physiology of milk synthesis
Milk expression from the breast
Mechanics of infant breastfeeding
Research expertise keywords
- Human lactation
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Research Output
Short-term rate of milk synthesis and expression interval of preterm mothers
Lai, C. T., Rea, A., Mitoulas, L. R., Kent, J. C., Simmer, K., Hartmann, P. E. & Geddes, D., 1 May 2020, In : Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 105, 3, p. F266-F269Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Comparison of maternal milk ejection characteristics during pumping using infant-derived and 2-phase vacuum patterns
Gardner, H., Kent, J. C., Lai, C. T. & Geddes, D. T., 6 Nov 2019, In : International Breastfeeding Journal. 14, 1, 47.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Hourly breast expression to estimate the rate of synthesis of milk and fat
Kent, J. C., Gardner, H., Lai, C. T., Hartmann, P. E., Murray, K., Rea, A. & Geddes, D. T., 1 Sep 2018, In : Nutrients. 10, 9, 1144.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
3
Citations
(Scopus)
Investigating Methods of Estimating the Rate of Synthesis of Breast Milk and Milk Fat
Geddes, D. T., Gardner, H., Lal, C-T., Hartmann, P. E. & Kent, J. C., Apr 2017, In : FASEB Journal. 31, 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Abstract/Meeting Abstract
Milk cell gene expression of mothers with low breast milk production
Geddes, D. T., Twigger, A-J., Savigni, D. L., Kent, J. C. & Kakulas, F., Apr 2017, In : FASEB Journal. 31, 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Abstract/Meeting Abstract
Projects
Scientific information to support and extend breastfeeding duration
1/01/14 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
Improving Breastmilk Producation During Breastfeeding & Breast Expression
1/01/10 → 31/12/10
Project: Research
Effectiveness of Simultaneous or Sequential Pumping of Breastmilk
King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women
1/01/09 → 31/12/09
Project: Research
Secretory Epithelial Cells in Milk as a Determinant of the Physiology of Milk Synthesis in Lactating Women
Cregan, M., Mitoulas, L. & Kent, J.
1/01/03 → 31/12/03
Project: Research