Jo-Anna Baxter, PhD
@joannabbaxter_
Postdoctoral Fellow @uoftmedicine | Research Associate @sickkidsglobal | Alumna @uvic | Global Health and Nutrition | Views my own
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https://tinyurl.com/eyzvfb83 28-08-2021 12:37:55
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Excellent presentation by Victor Dzau from National Academy of Medicine on climate change as a public health and equity crisis and the need to protect those most vulnerable SickKids Global Child Health
How do #COVID19 infection and vaccination affect antibodies in breastmilk? And what effect does that breastmilk have on SARS-CoV-2? A new University of Toronto study highlights the potential protective effects of breastmilk against #COVID19. Read more: bit.ly/3OhpKXL
Wrapped up #PAS2024 with this fantastic session on analyzing human milk nutritional composition with Deborah L. O’Connor Maryanne Perrin Mandy Brown Belfort, MD MPH and Dr. Sharon Unger
Check out the Flavours of Life exhibition until 5:30 PM today OCAD University ! Fantastically reflective art prepared by nail technicians, expressing their hopes, dreams, challenges, and life experiences
How do factors like human milk feeding, delivery mode, and FMTs modify microbial transmission from parents to infants?🤔MCarmen Collado, de Vos & Nicola Segata explore this in their recent @CellHostMicrobe papers. Check out their beautiful work and our commentary for more! 🧵
One week left until the The Canadian Nutrition Society mini-virtual conference on building inclusive teams! Will be a fantastic event. Canadian nutrition trainees, if you’re interested, there is a discounted rate for trainee/student members 🎉
Excited to share the first of my PhD studies exploring relationships between the #microbiota in preterm mother’s milk and the very low birth weight (VLBW) #infant gut across hospitalization - published today in Cell Reports Medicine 🤱🏻🦠#Tweetorial 🧵 1/10 cell.com/cell-reports-m…
SickKids Global Child Health is now accepting applications for the 2025 Global Child Health Catalyst Grant Competition! We're looking for innovative ideas that will help move the #GlobalChildHealth agenda forward. Deadline: Oct. 27, 2024 at 12 p.m. noon EDT. Apply: bit.ly/2WNTunk
Established in 2013, the SickKids-Caribbean Initiative (SCI) — a collaboration between SickKids Global Child Health & six Caribbean countries — is helping to improve the outcomes & quality of life of kids with #Cancer & #BloodDisorders in the #Caribbean. We're thrilled to share some of SCI's
U of T survey sheds light on the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program, revealing both challenges and resilience. The survey emphasizes the need for increased investment to meet today's needs! childnutrition.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-surve… Deborah L. O’Connor Jo-Anna Baxter, PhD
Discover how the SDGs play a role in securing the human right to adequate and affordable food. Read more on our latest blog by Dr. Alison Mildon, a postdoctoral fellow in Nutritional Sciences at University of Toronto. Read more on: sdg.utoronto.ca/realizing-the-… #UofT #UTSC #UTM #SowingTheFuture
I’m excited to share that my first-author publication from my MSc is out! 🎉 We validated a new, faster machine to assess vitamin B12 in human milk *and* assessed the vitamin B12 concentrations of samples donated to a Toronto milk bank.🍼clinicalnutritionjournal.com/article/S0261-…
A made-in-Canada supplement developed in 2006 has been helping millions of babies each year get the nutrition they need. Discover how Dr. Zlotkin’s Sprinkles are solving iron deficiency in more than 50 countries: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54259.html?h… #WorldHealthDay The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
Honoured to present alongside Drs. Jo-Anna Baxter, PhD & Krzeczkowski in an #InvitedSymposium DOHaD CANADA in Montreal. Grateful for the opportunity to share my work with MIREC Canada in collaboration with Drs. Fisher, Kathryn Hopperton, & Ashley-Martin with such an engaged community
