Speaker Type: Unlocking Milk Production: Keys to Clinical Assessment and Management Lecture Pack 2024
Country: USA
Biography:
Anna Sadovnikova, PhD, IBCLC, MPH, MA is a mammary gland biologist and clinical lactation specialist with an interest in chronic nipple pain, hormonal regulation of milk production, and lactation education of health professionals. She is an Adjunct Professor of Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine at the University of Rochester where she is the Director of Research Education for the LILAC program. She is a third year medical student at UC Davis in the MD/PhD program, where for her PhD dissertation she aimed to define the mechanism by which stress regulates milk production. Her MPH/MA research was in international policies and practices surrounding human donor milk banking. Between 2013 and 2021, she served as the co-founder and CEO of LiquidGoldConcept. She is "mama" to a preschooler (breastfed for 3+ years) and toddler (still breastfeeding with no end in sight)!
Successful lactation requires that a concert of hormones carefully coordinate mammary development starting from embryogenesis through puberty, pregnancy, and postpartum. Chronic health conditions, like obesity and diabetes, perturb the hormonal milieu and increase the risk of lactation difficulties. Historically, livestock animals and rodents were used to understand hormonal regulation of milk production. In recent years, there has been an increasing effort to determine the pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying low milk supply among postpartum parents with metabolic dysregulation. In this talk, recently published translational animal studies and human clinical research will be used to shed light on the mechanism by which stress, obesity, and insulin resistance affect human milk production.
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