The Alberta BLOOM Study

Clinical study of the microbiome of mothers and babies during pregnancy and childhood

[Prof. Meghan Azad, PhD @MeghanAzad]

New longitudinal study of preterm infants:
higher #humanmilk consumption associated with better lung function across the first 2 years of life, in a dose-dependent manner 🤱🏽🫁🤓
https://t.co/pXU7p4l1b6

[Marie-Claire Arrieta @ArrietaLab]

Holly and her family's story was previously featured here too https://t.co/jjnr3Ump4a

[Marie-Claire Arrieta @ArrietaLab]

Thanks to @UCalgary for featuring our work's most important reason. Holly is one of our @bloomstudy participants and this work is only possible because of her and her family, who continue to graciously contribute to patient-oriented research. BIG thanks 🙏🙏🙏

[Prof. Meghan Azad, PhD @MeghanAzad]

Spoke with @nytimes about #breastfeeding & the infant #microbiome re. our findings from the @CHILDSTUDY, policy implications and the many unknowns in this exciting field of research. Thanks @apoorva_nyc! https://t.co/AWL5yJwC5c cc @bykriscampbell