Karen SimmerAOFAHMS is an Australian paediatrician and professor of Newborn Medicine at the
University of Western Australia and is director of two neonatal intensive care units at hospitals in Perth.[1] She also runs the WA Human Milk Bank and is team leader, neonatal gut health, nutrition and development at the
Telethon Kids Institute.[2]
Makrides M, Neumann MA, Byard RW, Simmer K, Gibson RA. Fatty acid composition of brain, retina, and erythrocytes in breast- and formula-fed infants. Am J Clin Nutr. 1994 Aug;60(2):189-94. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/60.2.189. PMID: 7913291.[6]
Makrides M, Neumann M, Simmer K, Pater J, Gibson R. Are long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids essential nutrients in infancy? Lancet. 1995 Jun 10;345(8963):1463-8. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(95)91035-2. PMID: 7769900.[7]
Jasani B, Simmer K, Patole SK, Rao SC. Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in infants born at term. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Mar 10;3(3):CD000376. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000376.pub4. PMID: 28281303; PMCID: PMC6464574.[9]
Hartmann BT, Pang WW, Keil AD, Hartmann PE, Simmer K; Australian Neonatal Clinical Care Unit. Best practice guidelines for the operation of a donor human milk bank in an Australian NICU. Early Hum Dev. 2007 Oct;83(10):667-73. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2007.07.012. Epub 2007 Oct 3. PMID: 17913402.[10]
Karen SimmerAOFAHMS is an Australian paediatrician and professor of Newborn Medicine at the
University of Western Australia and is director of two neonatal intensive care units at hospitals in Perth.[1] She also runs the WA Human Milk Bank and is team leader, neonatal gut health, nutrition and development at the
Telethon Kids Institute.[2]
Makrides M, Neumann MA, Byard RW, Simmer K, Gibson RA. Fatty acid composition of brain, retina, and erythrocytes in breast- and formula-fed infants. Am J Clin Nutr. 1994 Aug;60(2):189-94. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/60.2.189. PMID: 7913291.[6]
Makrides M, Neumann M, Simmer K, Pater J, Gibson R. Are long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids essential nutrients in infancy? Lancet. 1995 Jun 10;345(8963):1463-8. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(95)91035-2. PMID: 7769900.[7]
Jasani B, Simmer K, Patole SK, Rao SC. Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in infants born at term. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Mar 10;3(3):CD000376. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000376.pub4. PMID: 28281303; PMCID: PMC6464574.[9]
Hartmann BT, Pang WW, Keil AD, Hartmann PE, Simmer K; Australian Neonatal Clinical Care Unit. Best practice guidelines for the operation of a donor human milk bank in an Australian NICU. Early Hum Dev. 2007 Oct;83(10):667-73. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2007.07.012. Epub 2007 Oct 3. PMID: 17913402.[10]