selected publications
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abstract
- Leptin, body fat and duration of postpartum amenorrhea in lactating women. FASEB Journal. A662-A662. 2002
- Milk fat, suckling and duration of postpartum amenorrhea in lactating women 2002
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academic article
- Investigating the Impact of Moringa oleifera Supplemented to Kenyan Breastfeeding Mothers on Maternal and Infant Health: A Cluster Randomized Single-Blinded Controlled Pilot Trial Protocol. JPGN Reports. 3:e237. 2022
- Nutrient-Dense Moringa oleifera Leaf Supplementation Increases Human Milk Output in Western Kenyan Mothers . Current Developments in Nutrition. 6:620. 2022
- Breastfeeding frequency is associated with differential abundance of bacteria in human milk. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 17. 2022
- Milk From Women Diagnosed With COVID-19 Does Not Contain SARS-CoV-2 RNA but Has Persistent Levels of SARS-CoV-2-Specific IgA Antibodies. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 2021
- Breastfeeding Beyond 12 Months: Is There Evidence for Health Impacts?. Annual Review of Nutrition. 2021
- Variation in Human Milk Composition Is Related to Differences in Milk and Infant Fecal Microbial Communities. Microorganisms. 9:1153. 2021
- Key genetic variants associated with variation of milk oligosaccharides from diverse human populations. Genomics. 113:1867-1875. 2021
- Breastfeeding and the Origins of Health: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Priorities. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 17:e13109. 2021
- Comparison of Two Approaches for the Metataxonomic Analysis of the Human Milk Microbiome. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 11:622550. 2021
- Multipathogen Analysis of IgA and IgG Antigen Specificity for Selected Pathogens in Milk Produced by Women From Diverse Geographical Regions: The INSPIRE Study. Frontiers in Immunology. 11:614372. 2021
- Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 RNA, Antibodies, and Neutralizing Capacity in Milk Produced by Women with COVID-19. MBio. 12:e03192-20. 2021
- Mapping the Human Milk Microbiome: Impetus for a Long-Awaited Renaissance in Maternal and Infant Nutrition Research?. Journal of Nutrition. 151:270-280. 2021
- Breastfeeding Beyond 12 Months: Is There Evidence for Health Impacts?. Annual Review of Nutrition. 41.0:283-308. 2021
- Pumping supplies alter the microbiome of pumped human milk: An in-home, randomized, crossover trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2021
- Best Practices for Human Milk Collection for COVID-19 Research. Breastfeeding Medicine. 2020
- Mapping the Human Milk Microbiome: Impetus for a Long-Awaited Renaissance in Maternal and Infant Nutrition Research?. Journal of Nutrition. 2020
- Maternal and Perinatal Factors Associated with the Human Milk Microbiome. Current Developments in Nutrition. 4:nzaa027. 2020
- What's Normal? Microbiomes in Human Milk and Infant Feces Are Related to Each Other but Vary Geographically: The INSPIRE Study. Frontiers in Nutrition. 7. 2020
- SARS-CoV-2 and human milk: What is the evidence?. Maternal and Child Nutrition. e13032. 2020
- NIH workshop on human milk composition: summary and visions. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 110:769-779. 2019
- Strong Multivariate Relations Exist Among Milk, Oral, and Fecal Microbiomes in Mother-Infant Dyads During the First Six Months Postpartum. Journal of Nutrition. 149:902-914. 2019
- Household Composition and the Infant Fecal Microbiome: The INSPIRE Study. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 169:526-539. 2019
- Assessing the Safety of Pesticides in Food: How Current Regulations Protect Human Health. Advances in Nutrition. 2019
- Moms, milk, and Monsanto: The precise conditions for a perfect storm. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society. 256. 2018
- Social networks, cooperative breeding, and the human milk microbiome. American Journal of Human Biology. e23131. 2018
- Comparison of commercially-available preservatives for maintaining the integrity of bacterial DNA in human milk. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 141:73-81. 2017
- Human Milk Microbial Community Structure Is Relatively Stable and Related to Variations in Macronutrient and Micronutrient Intakes in Healthy Lactating Women. Journal of Nutrition. 147.0:1739.0-1748.0. 2017
- Relationships Among Microbial Communities, Maternal Cells, Oligosaccharides, and Macronutrients in Human Milk. Journal of Human Lactation. 33.0:540.0-551.0. 2017
- What's Normal? Immune Profiling of Human Milk from Healthy Women Living in Different Geographical and Socioeconomic Settings. Frontiers in Immunology. 8.0. 2017
- What's normal? Oligosaccharide concentrations and profiles in milk produced by healthy women vary geographically. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 105.0:1086.0-1100.0. 2017
- Got bacteria? The astounding, yet not-so-surprising, microbiome of human milk.. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 44:63-68. 2017
- Glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid are not detectable in human milk. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 103:1285-1290. 2016
- Validation of reliable and selective methods for direct determination of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid in milk and urine using LC-MS/MS. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B - Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes. 51:254-259. 2016
- Fecal Microbial Community Structure Is Stable over Time and Related to Variation in Macronutrient and Micronutrient Intakes in Lactating Women. Journal of Nutrition. 145:2379-2388. 2015
- Loss of Body Fat and Associated Decrease in Leptin in Early Lactation Are Related to Shorter Duration of Postpartum Anovulation in Healthy US Women. Journal of Human Lactation. 31:282-293. 2015
- Elevated dairy fat intake in lactating women alters milk lipid and fatty acids without detectible changes in expression of genes related to lipid uptake or synthesis. Nutrition Research. 35:221-228. 2015
- Human Milk: Mother Nature's Prototypical Probiotic Food?. Advances in Nutrition. 6:112-123. 2015
- It's Alive: Microbes and Cells in Human Milk and Their Potential Benefits to Mother and Infant. Advances in Nutrition. 5:571-573. 2014
- Mastitis Is Associated with Increased Free Fatty Acids, Somatic Cell Count, and Interleukin-8 Concentrations in Human Milk. Breastfeeding Medicine. 8:105-110. 2013
- Dietary Intake of c9,t11-Conjugated Linoleic Acid Correlates with Its Concentration in Plasma Lipid Fractions of Men but Not Women. Journal of Nutrition. 142:1645-1651. 2012
- Human Milk Oligosaccharides Promote the Growth of Staphylococci. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78:4763-4770. 2012
- Characterization of the diversity and temporal stability of bacterial communities in human milk. PLOS One. 6:e21313. 2011
- The human milk microbiome: a potential influence on mammary health and bacterial colonization of the infant gut. FASEB Journal. 24. 2010
- Consumption of c9,t11-18 : 2 or t10,c12-18 : 2 enriched dietary supplements does not influence milk macronutrients in healthy, lactating women. Lipids. 42:835-843. 2007
- Supplemental conjugated linoleic acid consumption does not influence milk macronutrient contents in all healthy lactating women. Lipids. 42:723-729. 2007
- Effects of margarine and butter consumption on distribution of trans-1 8 : 1 fatty acid isomers and conjugated linoleic acid in major serum lipid classes in lactating women. Lipids. 41:141-147. 2006
- Cis-9, trans-11 conjugated linoleic acid is synthesized from vaccenic acid in lactating women. Journal of Nutrition. 136:2297-2301. 2006
- Trans fatty acids in milk produced by women in the United States. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 82:1292-1297. 2005
- Consumption of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) from CLA-enriched cheese does not alter milk fat or immunity in lactating women. Journal of Nutrition. 135:422-430. 2005
- Dietary fat type influences total milk fat content in lean women. Journal of Nutrition. 135:416-421. 2005
- Determination of c9,t11-CLA in major human plasma lipid classes using a combination of methylating methodologies. Lipids. 38:793-800. 2003
- Maternal supplementation with CLA decreases milk fat in humans. Lipids. 37:133-138. 2002
- Estimation of conjugated linoleic acid intake by written dietary assessment methodologies underestimates actual intake evaluated by food duplicate methodology. Journal of Nutrition. 131:1548-1554. 2001
- Relationships among human milk and plasma leptin concentrations and simple anthropometric measurements in lactating women. Nutrition Research. 20:1697-1706. 2000
- Trans fatty acids in human milk. European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology. 102:640-642. 2000
- High-fat dairy product consumption increases Delta 9c,11t-18 : 2 (rumenic acid) and total lipid concentrations of human milk. Lipids. 34:543-549. 1999
- Safflower oil consumption does not increase plasma conjugated linoleic acid concentrations in humans. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 67:332-337. 1998
- Leptin is present in human milk and is related to maternal plasma leptin concentration and adiposity. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 240:742-747. 1997
- Conjugated linoleic acid concentrations of human milk and infant formula. Nutrition Research. 17:1277-1283. 1997
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book
- Nutritional Sciences: From Fundamentals to Food. Cengage. 2022
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chapter
- Isn't Milk Sterile? A Historical Perspective on Microbes in Milk. Prebiotics and Probiotics in Human Milk: Origins and Functions of Milk-borne Oligosaccharides and Bacteria. Academic Press. 297-313. 2017
- An Evolutionary, Biosocial Perspective on Variation in Human Milk Microbes and Oligosaccharides: An Example of Eco-Homeorhesis?. Prebiotics and Probiotics in Human Milk: Origins and Functions of Milk-borne Oligosaccharides and Bacteria. Academic Press. 367-399. 2017
- Human Milk Microbes - Summary and Research Gaps. Prebiotics and Probiotics in Human Milk: Origins and Functions of Milk-borne Oligosaccharides and Bacteria. Academic Press. 463-468. 2017
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conference paper
- Designer milk? Signatures of selection in human milk oligosaccharides. BEACON Congress. 2016