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Program Date: 02 June 2020
Program Date: 02 June 2020
Publication Date: 24 March 2021
Continuing Education Credits: Nurse Contact 1.0 CE; Dietitian 1.0 CPEU
In this course, Christine Loscher, PhD, and Evelyn Jantscher-Krenn, PhD, will describe normal immune development and differences between breastfed and bottle-fed infants; discuss the immune system dysregulation that results in allergic responses; define the role of Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOs) in breast milk; and evaluate the current state of evidence for the role of HMOs in diseases and disorders related to infancy and beyond. Originally presented as a live webinar on 03 June 2020.
Performance Indicators: 4.2.6, 8.1.5, 8.2.1
Activity Code: 182647
Associate Dean for Research
Faculty of Science & Health
Dublin City University
Dublin, Ireland
Professor Christine Loscher is currently the Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Science & Health. She completed her PhD in Immunology at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, in 2000 and was awarded a Health Research Board Fellowship to pursue her postdoctoral studies at Trinity College Dublin. In 2003 she moved to the Institute of Molecular Medicine at St James Hospital to continue her research and then was appointed to a permanent academic position at DCU in 2005. Since then, she has established the Immunomodulation Research Group. She currently holds a number of other strategically important positions within the University. She is the Director of the BioAT Programme, a multi-disciplinary training and research programme spanning 6 academic institutions. She led this initiative for DCU on behalf of 6 institutions and has designed, developed, and implemented the programme. She is also the Director of the Nano-Bioanalytical Research Facility, a facility currently being built at DCU which is designed to provide a significant infrastructural enhancement to DCU to facilitate new developments in emerging areas at the interface of the science, engineering, and technology disciplines.
Research Fellow
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Medical University of Graz
Graz, Austria
A research fellow at the Medical University of Graz with a background in glycobiology and neonatology/perinatology. She received a PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Graz, studying glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis in inflammation. During her post-doctoral she studied Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOs) and their roles in breastfed infants, receiving a Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship in 2014 from the European Commission to study HMOs in the novel context of pregnancy.
Global Science Lead, Pediatric Specialty Nutrition
Abbott Nutrition
Columbus, OH, USA
Barbara Marriage is the Global Science Lead for Pediatric Specialty Nutrition and a Senior Associate Research Fellow at Abbott Nutrition. She was previously an Associate Director in Global Regulatory Science and Innovation and Manager of the Pediatric Clinical Nutrition group in Scientific and Medical Affairs. In her present role, she is responsible for clinical research and scientific support for pediatric specialty products globally. Barbara received a BSc in applied human nutrition from the University of Guelph and an MSc in nutrition and a PhD in medical sciences from the University of Alberta. Before joining Abbott in 2002, she worked for over 20 years as a Clinical Research Dietitian with extensive experience in pediatric nutrition and the management of patients and families with inborn errors of metabolism. Her research interests include early programming, childhood obesity, maternal health, allergy, and inborn errors of metabolism. Dr Marriage has published over 35 articles in peer-reviewed journals, written book chapters and newsletters, and has given many presentations on nutrition related topics.
Abbott Nutrition’s Provider Statement for Nursing CEs:
Abbott Nutrition Health Institute is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider #CEP 11213.
Abbott Nutrition’s Statement for Dietitian CPEUs:
This educational activity has been prior-approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR credentialed practitioners will receive the specified continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for completion of this program/material.
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