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Walton K, Hopperton KE, Lambis A, Law N, Vaz S, Kiss A, Unger SL, O'Connor DL. Caregiver feeding practices, dietary intake and weight status of very low birthweight infants compared to term-born peers at school-entry. Appetite. 2026 Feb 1;217:108338.

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Mildon A, Alton GD, Baxter JB, Underhill B, Sellen DW, O'Connor DL. Hospital Formula Supplementation Postbreastfeeding Initiation, Neighborhood Economy, and Race. JAMA Pediatr. 2025 Dec 29:e255379.

 

Beggs MR, Pichardo D, Chrzaniecki A, Kotsopoulos K, Bishara R, Ng E, Tomlinson C, Campbell D, Vaz S, Kiss A, Unger S, O'Connor DL. MaxiMoM InForM: individualised fortification of human milk for very low birthweight infants-protocol of a three-arm randomised clinical trial. BMJ Open. 2025 Oct 5;15(10):e105609.

 

Baxter JB, Wasan Y, Daniel AI, Begum K, Hussain A, Iqbal J, Aufreiter S, Beggs MR, Duan L, Greco A, Huang C, Soofi S, Bandsma RH, Bhutta ZA, O'Connor DL. Maternal multiple micronutrient supplementation in rural Pakistan increased some milk micronutrient concentrations, but not infant growth, at three-months

postpartum: a randomized controlled trial substudy. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Jul;122(1):174-184.

 

Beggs MR, Unger S, O'Connor DL. Improving the quality of donor human milk to take advantage of more of the health benefits of mother's own milk composition. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2025 May 1;28(3):250-256.

 

Greco A, Baxter JB, Walton K, Aufreiter S, Pitino MA, Jenkins C, Ismail S, Kiss A, Stone D, Unger SL, O'Connor DL. Vitamin B12 concentrations vary greatly in milk donated to a large provincial milk bank, and are influenced by supplementation and parity. Clin Nutr. 2025 Jan;44:19-24.

 

Shama S, Asbury MR, Kiss A, Bando N, Butcher J, Comelli EM, Copeland JK, Greco A, Kothari A, Sherman PM, Stintzi A, Taibi A, Tomlinson C, Unger S, Wang PW; OptiMoM Feeding Group; O'Connor DL. Mother's milk microbiota is associated with the developing gut microbial consortia in very-low-birth-weight infants. Cell Rep Med. 2024 Sep 17;5(9):101729.

 

Kigozi P, Bando N, Mahlase R, Kotsopoulos K, O'Connor DL, Unger S. Biochemical response in preterm infants fed a human versus bovine milk-based fortifier. J Perinatol. 2024 Nov;44(11):1689-1691.

 

Bando N, Sato J, Vandewouw MM, Taylor MJ, Tomlinson C, Unger S, Asbury MR, Law N, Branson HM, O'Connor DL. Early nutritional influences on brain regions related to processing speed in children born preterm: A secondary analysis of a randomized trial. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2024 Oct;48(7):778-786.

 

Gharbi N, Stone D, Fittipaldi N, Unger S, O'Connor DL, Pouliot Y, Doyen A. Application of pressure homogenization on whole human milk pasteurized by high hydrostatic pressure: Effect on protein aggregates in milk fat globule membrane and skim milk phases. Food Chem. 2024 Oct 15;455:139863.

 

Unger SL, O'Connor DL. Review of current best practices for human milk banking. Matern Child Nutr. 2024 Jun;20 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):e13657.

 

Khanna S, Aufreiter S, MacFarlane A, Shakur Y, O'Connor D. Folate and synthetic folic acid content in Canadian fortified foods two decades after mandatory fortification. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2024 Sep 1;49(9):1202-1209.

 

Bando N, Sato J, Taylor MJ, Tomlinson C, Unger S, Asbury MR, Law N, O'Connor DL. Early-life nutrition is associated with processing speed at age 5 in children born preterm with very low birth weight. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2024 Jul;79(1):140-147.

 

Landau-Crangle E, O'Connor D, Unger S, Hopperton K, Somerset E, Nir H, Hoban R. Associations of maternal inflammatory states with human milk composition in mothers of preterm infants. Front Nutr. 2024 Feb 2;10:1290690.

 

Montana AV, Mildon A, Daniel AI, Pitino MA, Baxter JB, Beggs MR, Unger SL, O'Connor DL, Walton K. Is Maternal Body Weight or Composition Associated with Onset of Lactogenesis II, Human Milk Production, or Infant Consumption of Mother's Own Milk? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Adv Nutr. 2024 Jun;15(6):100228.

 

Ismail S, Unger S, Budylowski P, Poutanen S, Yau Y, Jenkins C, Anwer S, Christie-Holmes N, Kiss A, Mazzulli T, Johnstone J, McGeer A, Whittle W, Parvez B, Gray-Owen SD, Stone D, O'Connor DL. SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and their neutralizing capacity against live virus in human milk after COVID-19 infection and vaccination: prospective cohort studies. Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Feb;119(2):485-495.

 

Farrell CC, Khanna S, Hoque MT, Plaga A, Basset N, Syed I, Biouss G, Aufreiter S, Marcon N, Bendayan R, Kim YI, O'Connor DL. Low-dose daily folic acid (400 μg) supplementation does not affect regulation of folate transporters found present throughout the terminal ileum and colon of humans: a randomized clinical trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Mar;119(3):809-820.

 

Hoban R, Nir H, Somerset E, Lewis J, Unger S, O'Connor DL. Inflammatory Markers in Mother's Own Milk and Infant Stool of Very Low Birthweight Infants. J Hum Lact. 2023 Nov;39(4):656-665.

 

Gharbi N, Stone D, Fittipaldi N, Unger S, O'Connor DL, Pouliot Y, Doyen A. Characterization of protein aggregates in cream and skimmed human milk after heat and high-pressure pasteurization treatments. Food Chem. 2023 Dec 15;429:136749.

 

Yeung T, Rolnitsky A, Bando N, Trang S, Geer A, Kiss A, O'Connor DL, Unger S. A comparison of tertiary level NICU costs for infants born <1250 g supplemented with human versus bovine milk-based fortifiers. J Perinatol. 2023 Sep;43(9):1113-1118.

 

Mildon A, Francis J, Stewart S, Underhill B, Ng YM, Rousseau C, Tarasuk V, Di Ruggiero E, Dennis CL, O'Connor DL, Sellen DW. Household food insecurity is prevalent in a cohort of postpartum women who registered in the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program in Toronto. Public Health Nutr. 2023 Jul;26(7):1468-1477.

 

Pitino MA, Beggs MR, O'Connor DL, Doyen A, Pouliot Y, Sergius-Ronot M, Unger S. Donor human milk processing and its impact on infant digestion: A systematic scoping review of in vitro and in vivo studies. Adv Nutr. 2023 Jan;14(1):173-189.

 

Sergius-Ronot M, Suwal S, Pitino MA, Shama S, Unger S, O'Connor DL, Pouliot Y, Doyen A. Development of a human milk protein concentrate from donor milk: Impact of the pasteurization method on static in vitro digestion in a preterm newborn model. Food Res Int. 2023 Feb;164:112385.

 

Pitino MA, Unger S, Doyen A, Pouliot Y, Kothari A, Sergius-Ronot M, Bazinet RP, Stone D, O'Connor DL. Digestion of human milk processed by high pressure processing and Holder pasteurization using a dynamic in vitro model of the preterm infant. Food Chem. 2023 Jun 15;411:135477.

 

Bando N, Walton K, O'Connor DL, Janus M, Unger SL. Examination of school readiness and factors related to developmental vulnerability in children born very low birth weight. Child Care Health Dev. 2023 May;49(3):444-455.

 

Asbury MR, Shama S, Sa JY, Bando N, Butcher J, Comelli EM, Copeland JK, Forte V, Kiss A, Sherman PM, Stintzi A, Taibi A, Tomlinson C, Unger S, Wang PW, O'Connor DL; OptiMoM Feeding Group. Human milk nutrient fortifiers alter the developing gastrointestinal microbiota of very-low-birth-weight infants. Cell

Host Microbe. 2022 Sep 14;30(9):1328-1339.e5.

 

Xu J, Shin J, McGee M, Unger S, Bando N, Sato J, Vandewouw M, Patel Y, Branson HM, Paus T, Pausova Z, O'Connor DL. Intake of mother's milk by very-low-birth-weight infants and variation in DNA methylation of genes involved in neurodevelopment at 5.5 years of age. Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 Oct 6;116(4):1038-1048.

 

Sato J, McGee M, Bando N, Law N, Unger S, O'Connor DL. Diet Quality and Cognitive Performance in Children Born Very Low Birth Weight. Front Nutr. 2022 Jul 19;9:874118.

 

Mildon A, Francis J, Stewart S, Underhill B, Ng YM, Rousseau C, Di Ruggiero E, Dennis CL, Kiss A, O'Connor DL, Sellen DW. Associations between use of expressed human milk at 2 weeks postpartum and human milk feeding practices to 6 months: a prospective cohort study with vulnerable women in Toronto, Canada. BMJ

Open. 2022 Jun 8;12(6):e055830.

 

Kothari A, Pitino MA, Unger S, Perreault V, Doyen A, Pouliot Y, McGeer AJ, Stone D, O'Connor DL. Preservation of Anti-cytomegalovirus Activity in Human Milk Following High-Pressure Processing Compared to Holder Pasteurization. Front Nutr. 2022 May 19;9:918814.

 

Sato J, Vandewouw MM, Safar K, Ng DVY, Bando N, O'Connor DL, Unger SL, Pang E, Taylor MJ. Social-Cognitive Network Connectivity in Preterm Children and Relations With Early Nutrition and Developmental Outcomes. Front Syst Neurosci. 2022 Apr 7;16:812111.

 

Walton K, McGee M, Sato J, Law N, Hopperton KE, Bando N, Kiss A, Unger SL, O'Connor DL. Social-emotional functioning and dietary intake among children born with a very low birth weight. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2022 Jul 1;47(7):737-748.

 

Hopperton KE, Pitino MA, Walton K, Kiss A, Unger SL, O'Connor DL, Bazinet RP. Docosahexaenoic acid and arachidonic acid levels are correlated in human milk: Implications for new European infant formula regulations. Lipids. 2022 May;57(3):197-202.

 

Walton K, Daniel AI, Mahood Q, Vaz S, Law N, Unger SL, O'Connor DL. Eating Behaviors, Caregiver Feeding Interactions, and Dietary Patterns of Children Born Preterm: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Adv Nutr. 2022 Jun 1;13(3):875-912.

 

Beggs MR, Bando N, Unger S, O'Connor DL. State of the evidence from clinical trials on human milk fortification for preterm infants. Acta Paediatr. 2022 Jun;111(6):1115-1120.

 

Sergius-Ronot M, Pitino MA, Suwal S, Shama S, Unger S, O'Connor DL, Pouliot Y, Doyen A. Impact of holder, high temperature short time and high hydrostatic pressure pasteurization methods on protein structure and aggregation in a human milk protein concentrate. Food Chem. 2022 Apr 16;374:131808.

 

Mildon A, Francis J, Stewart S, Underhill B, Ng YM, Rousseau C, Di Ruggiero E, Dennis CL, O'Connor DL, Sellen DW. High levels of breastmilk feeding despite a low rate of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months in a cohort of vulnerable women in Toronto, Canada. Matern Child Nutr. 2022 Jan;18(1):e13260.

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Francis J, Ismail S, Mildon A, Stewart S, Underhill B, Tarasuk V, Di Ruggiero E, Kiss A, Sellen DW, O'Connor DL. Characteristics of vulnerable women and their association with participation in a Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program site in Toronto, Canada. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2021 Dec;41(12):413-422.

 

Sato J, Vandewouw MM, Bando N, Branson HM, O'Connor DL, Unger SL, Taylor MJ. White matter alterations and cognitive outcomes in children born very low birth weight. Neuroimage Clin. 2021;32:102843.

 

LeMay-Nedjelski L, Yonemitsu C, Asbury MR, Butcher J, Ley SH, Hanley AJ, Kiss A, Unger S, Copeland JK, Wang PW, Stintzi A, Bode L, O'Connor DL. Oligosaccharides and Microbiota in Human Milk Are Interrelated at 3 Months Postpartum in a Cohort of Women with a High Prevalence of Gestational Impaired Glucose Tolerance. J Nutr. 2021 Nov 2;151(11):3431-3441.

 

Hopperton KE, Pitino MA, Chouinard-Watkins R, Shama S, Sammut N, Bando N, Williams BA, Walton K, Kiss A, Unger SL, Bazinet RP, O'Connor DL. Determinants of fatty acid content and composition of human milk fed to infants born weighing <1250 g. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Oct 4;114(4):1523-1534.

 

Mildon A, Francis J, Stewart S, Underhill B, Ng YM, Richards E, Rousseau C, Di Ruggiero E, Dennis CL, O'Connor DL, Sellen DW. Effect on breastfeeding practices of providing in-home lactation support to vulnerable women through the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program: protocol for a pre/post intervention study. Int Breastfeed J. 2021 Jul 2;16(1):49.

 

Sato J, Safar K, Vandewouw MM, Bando N, O'Connor DL, Unger SL, Taylor MJ. Altered functional connectivity during face processing in children born with very low birth weight. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2021 Nov 16;16(11):1182-1190.

 

Sato J, Vandewouw MM, Bando N, Ng DVY, Branson HM, O'Connor DL, Unger SL, Taylor MJ. Early nutrition and white matter microstructure in children born very low birth weight. Brain Commun. 2021 Apr 1;3(2):fcab066.

 

Wong RK, Pitino MA, Mahmood R, Zhu IY, Stone D, O'Connor DL, Unger S, Chan TCY. Predicting Protein and Fat Content in Human Donor Milk Using Machine Learning. J Nutr. 2021 Jul 1;151(7):2075-2083.

 

Bishara R, Asbury MR, Ng DVY, Bando N, Ng E, Unger S, O'Connor DL; GTA-DoMINO Feeding Group. Higher Energy, Lipid, and Carbohydrate Provision to Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants Is Differentially Associated With Neurodevelopment at 18 Months, Despite Consistent Improvements in Weight Gain. JPEN J Parenter

Enteral Nutr. 2021 Nov;45(8):1762-1773.

 

Shama S, Unger S, Pouliot Y, Doyen A, Suwal S, Pencharz P, Pitino MA, Sergius M, Aufreiter S, Stone D, O'Connor DL. A Human Milk-Based Protein Concentrate Developed for Preterm Infants Retains Bioactive Proteins and Supports Growth of Weanling Rats. J Nutr. 2021 Apr 8;151(4):840-847.

 

Daniel AI, Shama S, Ismail S, Bourdon C, Kiss A, Mwangome M, Bandsma RHJ, O'Connor DL. Maternal BMI is positively associated with human milk fat: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Apr 6;113(4):1009-1022.

 

Francis J, Mildon A, Stewart S, Underhill B, Ismail S, Di Ruggiero E, Tarasuk V, Sellen DW, O'Connor DL. Breastfeeding rates are high in a prenatal community support program targeting vulnerable women and offering enhanced postnatal lactation support: a prospective cohort study. Int J Equity Health. 2021 Mar 3;20(1):71.

 

Sergius-Ronot M, Suwal S, Shama S, Chamberland J, Unger S, O'Connor DL, Pouliot Y, Doyen A. The ultrafiltration molecular weight cut-off has a limited effect on the concentration and protein profile during preparation of human milk protein concentrates. J Dairy Sci. 2021 Apr;104(4):3820-3831.

 

Castro M, Pitino MA, Bando N, Aufreiter S, Stone D, O'Connor DL, Unger S. Term Infants Fed Exclusively With Donor Milk May Require Vitamin C Supplementation. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2021 Nov;45(8):1785-1787.

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LeMay-Nedjelski L, Asbury MR, Butcher J, Ley SH, Hanley AJ, Kiss A, Unger S, Copeland JK, Wang PW, Stintzi A, O'Connor DL. Maternal Diet and Infant Feeding Practices Are Associated with Variation in the Human Milk Microbiota at 3 Months Postpartum in a Cohort of Women with High Rates of Gestational Glucose Intolerance. J Nutr. 2021 Feb 1;151(2):320-329.

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Pitino MA, O'Connor DL, McGeer AJ, Unger S. The impact of thermal pasteurization on viral load and detectable live viruses in human milk and other matrices: a rapid review. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2021 Jan;46(1):10-26.

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McGee M, Unger S, Hamilton J, Birken CS, Pausova Z, Kiss A, Bando N, O'Connor DL. Associations between Diet Quality and Body Composition in Young Children Born with Very Low Body Weight. J Nutr. 2020 Nov 19;150(11):2961-2968.

 

Asbury MR, Butcher J, Copeland JK, Unger S, Bando N, Comelli EM, Forte V, Kiss A, LeMay-Nedjelski L, Sherman PM, Stintzi A, Tomlinson C, Wang PW, O'Connor DL. Mothers of Preterm Infants Have Individualized Breast Milk Microbiota that Changes Temporally Based on Maternal Characteristics. Cell Host Microbe. 2020

Nov 11;28(5):669-682.e4.

 

DiLauro S, Russell J, McCrindle BW, Tomlinson C, Unger S, O'Connor DL. Growth of cardiac infants with post-surgical chylothorax can be supported using modified fat breast milk with proactive nutrient-enrichment and advancement feeding protocols; an open-label trial. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2020 Aug;38:19-27.

 

LeMay-Nedjelski L, Butcher J, Ley SH, Asbury MR, Hanley AJ, Kiss A, Unger S, Copeland JK, Wang PW, Zinman B, Stintzi A, O'Connor DL. Examining the relationship between maternal body size, gestational glucose tolerance status, mode of delivery and ethnicity on human milk microbiota at three months post-

partum. BMC Microbiol. 2020 Jul 20;20(1):219.

 

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 Aug 4;192(31):E871-E874.

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Francis J, Mildon A, Stewart S, Underhill B, Tarasuk V, Di Ruggiero E, Sellen D, O'Connor DL. Vulnerable mothers' experiences breastfeeding with an enhanced community lactation support program. Matern Child Nutr. 2020 Jul;16(3):e12957.

 

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 May;15(5):e12610.

 

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. 2020 Feb 1;150(2):331-339.

 

Hopperton KE, O'Connor DL, Bando N, Conway AM, Ng DVY, Kiss A, Jackson J, Ly L; OptiMoM Feeding Group; Unger SL. Nutrient Enrichment of Human Milk with Human and Bovine Milk-Based Fortifiers for Infants Born <1250 g: 18-Month Neurodevelopment Follow-Up of a Randomized Clinical Trial. Curr Dev Nutr. 2019

Nov 12;3(12):nzz129.

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Unger SL, Fenton TR, Jetty R, Critch JN, O'Connor DL. Iron requirements in the first 2 years of life. Paediatr Child Health. 2019 Dec;24(8):555-556.

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Asbury MR, Unger S, Kiss A, Ng DVY, Luk Y, Bando N, Bishara R, Tomlinson C, O'Connor DL; GTA-DoMINO Feeding Group. Optimizing the growth of very-low-birth-weight infants requires targeting both nutritional and nonnutritional modifiable factors specific to stage of hospitalization. Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 Dec

1;110(6):1384-1394.

 

Pitino MA, Alashmali SM, Hopperton KE, Unger S, Pouliot Y, Doyen A, O'Connor DL, Bazinet RP. Oxylipin concentration, but not fatty acid composition, is altered in human donor milk pasteurised using both thermal and non-thermal techniques. Br J Nutr. 2019 Jul 14;122(1):47-55.

 

Pitino MA, Stone D, O'Connor DL, Unger S. Is Frozen Human Milk That Is Refused by Mother's Own Infant Suitable for Human Milk Bank Donation? Breastfeed Med. 2019 May;14(4):271-275.

 

Pitino MA, Unger S, Doyen A, Pouliot Y, Aufreiter S, Stone D, Kiss A, O'Connor DL. High Hydrostatic Pressure Processing Better Preserves the Nutrient and Bioactive Compound Composition of Human Donor Milk. J Nutr. 2019 Mar 1;149(3):497-504.

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Castro M, Asbury M, Shama S, Stone D, Yoon EW, O'Connor DL, Unger S. Energy and Fat Intake for Preterm Infants Fed Donor Milk Is Significantly Impacted by Enteral Feeding Method. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2019 Jan;43(1):162-165.

 

Chan YM, Aufreiter S, O'Keefe SJ, O'Connor DL. Switching to a fibre-rich and low-fat diet increases colonic folate contents among African Americans. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2019 Feb;44(2):127-132.

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LeMay-Nedjelski L, Copeland J, Wang PW, Butcher J, Unger S, Stintzi A, O'Connor DL. Methods and Strategies to Examine the Human Breastmilk Microbiome. Methods Mol Biol. 2018;1849:63-86.

 

Francis J, Unger S, Bando N, Vance A, Gibbins S, Kiss A, Church P, Sellen D, O'Connor DL; GTA-DoMINO Feeding Group. Postdischarge Feeding of Very-low-birth-weight Infants: Adherence to Nutrition Guidelines. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2018 Sep;67(3):401-408.

 

O'Connor DL, Kiss A, Tomlinson C, Bando N, Bayliss A, Campbell DM, Daneman A, Francis J, Kotsopoulos K, Shah PS, Vaz S, Williams B, Unger S; OptiMoM Feeding Group. Nutrient enrichment of human milk with human and bovine milk-based fortifiers for infants born weighing <1250 g: a randomized clinical trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2018 Jul 1;108(1):108-116.

 

Elmekkawi A, O'Connor DL, Stone D, Yoon EW, Larocque M, McGeer A, Unger S. Impact of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Admission on Bacterial Colonization of Donated Human Milk. J Hum Lact. 2018 May;34(2):350-354.

 

Butcher J, Unger S, Li J, Bando N, Romain G, Francis J, Mottawea W, Mack D, Stintzi A, O'Connor DL. Independent of Birth Mode or Gestational Age, Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants Fed Their Mothers' Milk Rapidly Develop Personalized Microbiotas Low in Bifidobacterium. J Nutr. 2018 Mar 1;148(3):326-335.

 

Trang S, Zupancic JAF, Unger S, Kiss A, Bando N, Wong S, Gibbins S, O'Connor DL; GTA DoMINO Feeding Group. Cost-Effectiveness of Supplemental Donor Milk Versus Formula for Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Pediatrics. 2018 Mar;141(3):e20170737.

 

Ng DVY, Unger S, Asbury M, Kiss A, Bishara R, Bando N, Tomlinson C, Gibbins S, O'Connor DL; GTA-DoMINO Feeding Group. Neonatal Morbidity Count Is Associated With a Reduced Likelihood of Achieving Recommendations for Protein, Lipid, and Energy in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: A Prospective Cohort Study. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2018 Mar;42(3):623-632.

 

Ng DV, Brennan-Donnan J, Unger S, Bando N, Gibbins S, Nash A, Kiss A, O'Connor DL. How Close Are We to Achieving Energy and Nutrient Goals for Very Low Birth Weight Infants in the First Week? JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2017 Mar;41(3):500-506.

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O'Connor DL, Gibbins S, Kiss A, Bando N, Brennan-Donnan J, Ng E, Campbell DM, Vaz S, Fusch C, Asztalos E, Church P, Kelly E, Ly L, Daneman A, Unger S; GTA DoMINO Feeding Group. Effect of Supplemental Donor Human Milk Compared With Preterm Formula on Neurodevelopment of Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants at 18

Months: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2016 Nov 8;316(18):1897-1905.

 

Visentin CE, Masih SP, Plumptre L, Schroder TH, Sohn KJ, Ly A, Lausman AY, Berger H, Croxford R, Lamers Y, Kim YI, O'Connor DL. Low Serum Vitamin B-12 Concentrations Are Prevalent in a Cohort of Pregnant Canadian Women. J Nutr. 2016 May;146(5):1035-42.

 

DiLauro S, Unger S, Stone D, O'Connor DL. Human Milk for Ill and Medically Compromised Infants: Strategies and Ongoing Innovation. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2016 Aug;40(6):768-82.

 

Colapinto CK, O'Connor DL, Sampson M, Williams B, Tremblay MS. Systematic review of adverse health outcomes associated with high serum or red blood cell folate concentrations. J Public Health (Oxf). 2016 Jun;38(2):e84-97.

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Kocel SL, Russell J, O'Connor DL. Fat-Modified Breast Milk Resolves Chylous Pleural Effusion in Infants With Postsurgical Chylothorax but Is Associated With Slow Growth. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2016 May;40(4):543-51.

 

Panczuk JK, Unger S, Francis J, Bando N, Kiss A, O'Connor DL. Introduction of Bovine-Based Nutrient Fortifier and Gastrointestinal Inflammation in Very Low Birth Weight Infants as Measured by Fecal Calprotectin. Breastfeed Med. 2016 Jan-Feb;11(1):2-5.

 

Chan YM, MacFarlane AJ, O'Connor DL. Modeling Demonstrates That Folic Acid Fortification of Whole-Wheat Flour Could Reduce the Prevalence of Folate Inadequacy in Canadian Whole-Wheat Consumers. J Nutr. 2015 Nov;145(11):2622-9.

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Colapinto CK, O'Connor DL, Dubois L, Tremblay MS. Prevalence and correlates of high red blood cell folate concentrations in the Canadian population using 3 proposed cut-offs. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2015 Oct;40(10):1025-30.

 

Plumptre L, Masih SP, Ly A, Aufreiter S, Sohn KJ, Croxford R, Lausman AY, Berger H, O'Connor DL, Kim YI. High concentrations of folate and unmetabolized folic acid in a cohort of pregnant Canadian women and umbilical cord blood. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015 Oct;102(4):848-57.

 

Masih SP, Plumptre L, Ly A, Berger H, Lausman AY, Croxford R, Kim YI, O'Connor DL. Pregnant Canadian Women Achieve Recommended Intakes of One-Carbon Nutrients through Prenatal Supplementation but the Supplement Composition, Including Choline, Requires Reconsideration. J Nutr. 2015 Aug;145(8):1824-34.

 

Visentin CE, Masih S, Plumptre L, Malysheva O, Nielsen DE, Sohn KJ, Ly A, Lausman AY, Berger H, Croxford R, El-Sohemy A, Caudill MA, O'Connor DL, Kim YI. Maternal Choline Status, but Not Fetal Genotype, Influences Cord Plasma Choline Metabolite Concentrations. J Nutr. 2015 Jul;145(7):1491-7.

 

O'Connor DL, Ewaschuk JB, Unger S. Human milk pasteurization: benefits and risks. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2015 May;18(3):269-75.

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Unger S, Stintzi A, Shah P, Mack D, O'Connor DL. Gut microbiota of the very-low-birth-weight infant. Pediatr Res. 2015 Jan;77(1-2):205-13.

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Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning

686 Bay Street

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

M5G 0A4

Department of Nutritional Sciences

University of Toronto

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

M5S 1A8

© 2026 MaxiMoM Research

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