EMJ Podcast | Quickfire & Deep Dive
In this series, host Catherine Glass speaks with Meghan Azad about how early-life nutrition influences immune development from birth and beyond. From the biological complexity of human milk to microbiome-driven disease risk and real-world barriers to optimal feeding, this series explores how infant nutrition can shift health trajectories at both individual and population levels.
Speaker Bio:
Meghan Azad is Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Manitoba and Director of the THRiVE Discovery Lab. She is a leading expert in infant nutrition, human milk biology, and the microbiome, and co-leads the CHILD Cohort Study investigating early-life determinants of chronic disease.
