ABA2019 speakers

	Prof Yvonne Hauck BScN, MSc, PhD Australia Yvonne Hauck is a Professor of Midwifery and holds a joint appointment between Curtin University and King Edward Memorial Hospital. Professor Yvonne Hauck is a registered nurse and midwife with 40 years’ experience spanning three countries (Canada, Australia and Britain). Originally from Canada, Yvonne has been in Australia for 30 years. Her recent research has focused upon the promotion and support of breastfeeding; homebirth; immersion in water for labour and birth; and perinatal mental health.

	Dr Elizabeth Quinn MPH, PhD USA Elizabeth (EA) Quinn is a biological anthropologist who studies human milk as a part of human biological variation. In her early research, she looked at the role of maternal health from birth to adulthood impacted her health during lactation in a longitudinal study of women from Cebu, Philippines. Currently, she researches the impact of living at high altitude on maternal health, milk composition, and infant growth among ethnic Tibetans living in rural village in the Himalayas of Nepal. In addition to her field research, she teaches at the undergraduate level, blogs on milk science, and directs the Biomarker and Milk Laboratory at Washington University in St. Louis. She shares her life with her husband Brad and her 15 year old cat Audrey.

	Dr Natalie Shenker BM BCh, MSc, PhD, MRCS (Eng) UK Natalie is qualified as a doctor from Oxford University and initially trained as a surgeon with a specialist interest in paediatrics. After an MSc in Developmental Biology, she did a PhD in epigenetics and breast cancer risk at Imperial College, which led to a successful collaboration with the milk bank formerly managed by Gillian. Natalie is now passionate about establishing a wide range of ethically-funded research into the optimal uses of milk banking and how breastfeeding affects the health of both mothers and babies.

	Dr Alison Stuebe MD, MSc, FACOG, FABM USA Dr. Stuebe completed her Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She completed fellowship training in Maternal Fetal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s, and she earned a Masters in Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. She has published more than 120 peer-reviewed articles. She is currently an Associate Professor and Board-Certified Maternal-Fetal Medicine subspecialist at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and Distinguished Scholar of Infant and Young Child Feeding at the Gillings School of Global Public Health. In the clinical arena, she is Medical Director of Lactation Services at UNC Health Care, and she works with an interdisciplinary team of faculty and staff to enable women to achieve their infant feeding goals. Her current research focuses on developing models for integrated care of families during the 4th Trimester. She is a member of the Steering Committee for Moms Rising North Carolina, and she is actively engaged in professional organizations. She is chair of the Communications Committee and president-elect of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. At the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, she is a member of the board of directors and of the SMFM Health Policy and Advocacy Committee. At the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, she is a member of both the Breastfeeding Expert Work Group and the Maternal Mental Health Expert Work Group, and she chaired the Task Force on Reinventing Postpartum Care.