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Impact of maternal breast development, diet and diabetes on milk production and composition. Video presentation by Professor Donna Geddes 26 November 2024

Dr Pamela Douglas26th of Nov 202420th of Mar 2025

A research update on the composition of human milk

Professor Donna Geddes is Director, School of Molecular Sciences, Centre for Human Lactation Research and Translation and Senior Principal Research Fellow, School of Molecular Sciences. Donna has dedicated her career to advancing our understanding of human lactation and maternal-infant health. She has had several leadership roles including, Head of the Geddes Hartmann Human Lactation Research Group, Director of the Australian Breastfeeding Research + Lactation Research and Science Translation Network, and Milk Sensor Lead and ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Next-Gen Technologies in Biomedical Analysis.

Topic Pdf slide number Time stamp in video
Breast development, lactation cycle, factors which impact 1-9 3:40mins
About milk production 10-13 20:33mins
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus GDM 14-16 24:04mins
Gut & milk microbiomes, diet + allergy 17-41 39:51mins

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Exploring the role of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in perinatal mental health. 18 November 2025, Dr Rob Purssey 2025

Exploring the role of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors in perinatal mental health

Dr Purssey refers to multiple citations in his talk.

Below is the reference to a new publication which shows that in Australia between 2014 and 2023, not only has the number of people taking antidepressants increased, but patients are staying on them for longer, and much longer than is recommended in the guidelines. The authors note that deprescribing efforts appear stagnant.

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Ranwala R, Roughead EE, Calabretto J-P. Increasing prevalence of long-term antidepressant use in Australia: a retrospective observational study. Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety. 2025;34:e70267.

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