Deborah L. O’Connor
@DLOConnor0803
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Earle W. McHenry Professor, and Chair, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
Joined April 2020
🎉🚨New Paper:Caregiver feeding practices were associated with very low birthweight kids’ nutrition risk & BMI.These practices may be an important focus for intervention to mitigate cardiometabolic disease risk https://t.co/7tNJj93Tdm
@DLOConnor0803 @katiehopperton @nutrisci_uoft
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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.🍼 https://t.co/6dG28WtHrZ
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8th Annual Food as Medicine Update 2024! Explore nutrition across the entire life cycle, from childhood to older adulthood. Hear from local and international experts and enhance understanding of nutrition in clinical practice. Don't miss it! https://t.co/2O90viWShv
childnutrition.utoronto.ca
The University of Toronto’s eighth annual Food as Medicine Update will run this Friday, November 1, featuring local and international experts sharing new research on nutrition across life stages.
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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 @CellRepMed 🤱🏻🦠 #Tweetorial 🧵 1/10 https://t.co/KnLPOVX6Jc
cell.com
Shama and Asbury et al. demonstrate that, despite clinical interventions that perturb microbiomes, mother’s milk microbes and their dose are associated with gut microbial development in very-low-bi...
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Two years after the #InfantFormula shortage, the U.S. #SupplyChain remains vulnerable to disruption, especially for low-income families & those in #WIC. Our new report recommends actions to protect consumers. Explore the report & additional resources:
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New research suggests maternal adiposity influences lactation, onset of copious human milk production and volume - with a need for further understanding among those with a higher BMI. Congrats on the first pub, Amanda Montana!
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🔍 Job Opportunity Alert! 🌟Full-time tenure-stream position of Assistant Professor in the area of nutritional sciences, UoFT, TFoM, Department of Nutritional Sciences Check out details and apply here: https://t.co/ic9JOEhpJb
#AcademicJobs #NutritionalSciences #CareerOpportunity
jobs.utoronto.ca
Assistant Professor - Nutritional Sciences
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Does folic acid supplementation impact the regulation of folate transporters in your gut🤔? Check out our lab's recently published clinical trial in @AJCNutrition to find out! @cc_farrell @DLOConnor0803 @nutrisci_uoft
#FolateResearch #ClinicalTrial
https://t.co/tt6JMx7v3t
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How do #COVID19 infection and vaccination affect antibodies in breastmilk? And what effect does that breastmilk have on SARS-CoV-2? A new @UofT study highlights the potential protective effects of breastmilk against #COVID19. Read more: https://t.co/ZhLHbJeBJE
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We are proud to share that Drs. @meggabeggs & @BNRosenblm have been awarded 2022-2023 #BantingCanada Fellowships from @CIHR_IRSC🎉 Learn about their #SKResearch on predicting #ChronicPain risk & measuring #nutrition for preterm infants ➡️ https://t.co/vAx234jd9N
#postdoc
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How bad is aspartame for you? Does it lead to cancer? #TemertyMed Prof. Vasanti Malik explains new @WHO report that links high levels of aspartame consumption to increased health risks 🔊:
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Thank you to @IMPACTT_Canada for selecting me for this award and to @Dayhoff_Tech for sponsoring it! This year’s conference was amazing, already looking forward to next year! 👩🏻🔬🧫🧬
Graduate Travel Award, sponsored by @Dayhoff_Tech: @Sara_SShama, a PhD Candidate @UofT who presented about characterizing the microbiota shared between mother’s milk and the very-low-birth-weight infant gut
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We're learning that some Loblaw employees have no choice but to rely on food banks. As one of Canada's largest retailers, this just doesn't look good.
Despite generous donations to food banks, Loblaws has employees who rely on them to eat. How do they justify this? @spaikin asks Alain Brandon (@loblawco) at 8/11pm w/ @ssstrn (@feedopportunity), @tebrons (@DailyBreadTO) & Valerie Tarasuk (@proofcanada) | Producer @harrisonlowman
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Check out this article published today by @CBCLondon about increasing #plantbased options at university dining halls in Ontario, featuring chef/PhD student @amysymington 👩🍳🌱 https://t.co/9UUfmMnS7s
cbc.ca
Chefs from Ontario universities gathered at Western's Saugeen-Maitland residence this week in London for a culinary training program aimed at ramping up plant-based choices at student residences.
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And don't forget to register for the DNS alumni reunion event happening this Thursday in Quebec City! #DNSatCNS @CNS_SCN Event details & registration page are linked below👇 https://t.co/0TzkAKlKd8
Calling all DNS Alumni and any prospective DNS students who will be attending @CNS_SCN this week 📣 Join us on May 4th for refreshments, opportunities to catch up and learn more about what makes the DNS special! Space is limited! Sign up here:
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Happy 10 year anniversary to the Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank! 🥳🎉 For hospitalized preterm babies, pasteurized donor milk is a real life saver. @SinaiHealth @nutrisci_uoft
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Important paper by Mildon et al: Household food insecurity affected ~half of postpartum women registered in Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program in Toronto, a federal initiative targeting socially/economically vulnerable women @JaneDFrancis @DLOConnor0803
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