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Donor Milk for Improved Neurodevelop-mental Outcomes
Key findings:
Donor milk does not improve neurodevelopment above preterm formula, but it reduces the risk of a serious bowel disease called necrotizing enterocolitis.
Donor milk and preterm formula result in similar growth at 5.5 years of age for children born very low birth weight (VLBW).
There is no difference in cost between donor milk and preterm formula to the healthcare system or families.
Preterm infants fed mother's own milk develop unique gut microbiotas.
OptiMoM
Optimizing Mothers' Milk for Preterm Infants
Key findings:
Human milk-based fortifier does not improve feeding tolerance above bovine milk-based fortifier.
Human milk-based fortifier does not improve neurodevelopment above bovine milk-based fortifier.
Each mother of preterm infants has a unique milk microbiota and it changes over time.
MaxiMoM
Maximizing Mothers' Milk for Preterm Infants
Key findings:
Stay tuned!
Publications
Latest publications
Unger S, Christie-Holmes N, Guvenc F, Budylowski P, Mubareka S, Gray-Owen SD, O’Connor DL. Holder pasteurization of donated human milk is effective in inactivating SARS-CoV-2. CMAJ. 2020.
McGee M, Unger S, Hamilton J, Birken CS, Pausova Z, Vanderloo LM, Bando N, O’Connor DL. Lean mass accretion in children born very low birth weight is significantly associated with estimated changes from sedentary time to light physical activity. Pediatr Obes. 2020.
McGee M, Unger S, Hamilton J, Birken CS, Pausova Z, Kiss A, Bando N, O’Connor DL. Adiposity and fat-free mass of children born with very low birth weight do not differ in children fed supplemental donor milk compared with those fed preterm formula. J Nutr. 2019.

The OptiMoM Grows Up Study is a 5.5-year follow-up for families part of the OptiMoM trial. See the OptiMoM Grows Up Study poster for more informaton!
OptiMoM Grows Up

The COVID Study aims to see if the COVID-19 virus and antibodies are in breastmilk.
COVID Study
Current studies

MaxiMoM is a clinical trial for VLBW infants to look at different fortification strategies.
MaxiMoM
SickKids Research Institute
Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning
686 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5G 0A4
Department of Nutritional Sciences
University of Toronto
1 King's College Circle
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5S 1A8
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