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The Science of Mother’s Milk with Dr. Katie Hinde

The Science of Mother’s Milk with Dr. Katie Hinde

Saturday, January 21, 2023
10:00AM - 12:00PM


Online: Free on Zoom. Reservations required.

  • Did you know mother’s milk is older than dinosaurs?
  • Or that milk composition is highly variable across mammalian species?
  • Or that the biological recipe of milk differs for sons and daughters?

Hinde is a well-known speaker, scientist and advocate investigating the hormones, food and medicine contained within mother’s milk. In 2011 Hinde began the popular science blog Mammals Suck ... Milk!, which has since had over one million views and sponsors the annual March Mammal Madness - a great way for kids and adults to get involved in science in a fun way. She is associate editor of Splash! Milk Science Update.

Here’s one of her short Ted Talks - What we don’t know about Mother’s Milk

She is recognized as a young researcher who has made outstanding, original scientific contributions to the study of human milk. Hinde is a member of the Executive Council of the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation. Her research has been featured in National Geographic, Slate Magazine, Science News, The Washington Times and The New York Times. She speaks regularly at international conferences.

Currently, Hinde is an Associate Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Senior Sustainability Scientist at Arizona State University, where she researches lactation.

Hinde attended Seattle Central College and was part of the Running Start and College Transfer programs. She earned a bachelor’s of arts in anthropology from the University of Washington in 1999. She joined University of California, Los Angeles for her doctoral studies, where she was awarded the Chancellor’s Dissertation Fellowship in 2007.  She completed her PhD at UCLA in 2008.

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