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A Review of the Multifunctional Benefits of Prevalent HMOs and the Implication for Infant Health

Publication Date: 31 May 2022

Continuing Education Credits: Non-accredited

Presenter(s): David R. Hill, PhD

Breastfeeding is the best source of nutrition during infancy and is associated with a broad range of health benefits. Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) may support three primary benefits for developing infants: digestive health, immune support, and cognitive development. The addition of HMOs to infant formulas represents the most significant innovation in infant nutrition in recent years.                                    

In this 19-minute podcast, David R. Hill, PhD, provides a summary of the full article “Multifunctional Benefits of Prevalent HMOs: Implications for Infant Health,” available in the September 2021 issue of Nutrients (authors: David R. Hill, Jo May Chow, and Rachael H. Buck).                       

View the full article here.

Presenter Bio(s):

David R Hill, PhD

Senior Research Scientist, Gut & Immunity
Abbott Nutrition
Columbus, OH, USA

David Hill is a Senior Research Scientist for the Gut and Immunity Platform within the Nutrition Division at Abbott. He conducts early-stage discovery research to develop nutrition solutions to improve health and wellness in both children and adults and contributes to the translation of these discoveries into innovative new products.

Dr Hill earned a BS in Biological Sciences at Kent State University and completed a PhD in Molecular Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. He studied the role of human milk oligosaccharides in immunity at Boston College.

Prior to joining Abbott in 2019, he was a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, where he developed stem cell-derived models of host-microbial interactions in infant gastrointestinal development. He has published more than 30 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts and book chapters. He has taught Immunology, Evolutionary Biology, and Statistics at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and has mentored dozens of MS, PhD, and MD students in biomedical research. He also leads collaborative teams in basic science R&D aimed at developing next-generation innovations that deliver impactful benefits for consumers of Similac, Ensure, Pedialyte, and other Abbott Nutrition products.

 

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Neonatal Prenatal & Neonatal