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Lisa Amir

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Research Professor at the Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne Editor-in-Chief, International Breastfeeding Journal

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Lisa Amir @lisahamir.bsky.social · 1h
Working on submission to Senate inquiry into women's health focusing on lactational breast absess Mx. New paper from India - I&D still standard care - "randomised" to I&D or percutaneous suction via "odd-even assignment". Surely surgeons could do a better job of randomisation? tinyurl.com/y38p9dt6
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Percutaneous Suction Drain Versus Conventional Incision and Drainage for the Management of Acute Breast Abscess: A Prospective Comparative Study
Background Acute breast abscess is a common surgical condition requiring prompt and effective drainage for optimal resolution. Conventional incision and drainage (I&D), although widely practiced,...
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Lisa Amir @lisahamir.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
3rd day of meeting at SAHMRI talking abt human milk! Thanks @CREHumanMilk4PretermInfants
Cheese grater building
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DrArchivalGenomics @ehekkala.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Lisa Amir @lisahamir.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Coming up this week!
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Only 13% of women have hands large enough to play fast octaves on a standard piano vs 76% of men. Smaller-handed pianists get injured more often & blame their bodies instead of the design. String instruments are made in graduated sizes yet the piano is fixed. news.stanford.edu/stories/2026...
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Research questions piano’s one-size-fits-all keyboard
Only 13 percent of women can comfortably span an octave on a standard piano. Few thought to ask whether the piano was the problem.
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Lisa Amir @lisahamir.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This report is from the UK, but likely to be similar worldwide.
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Finding sturt desert peas 😀
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Lisa Amir @lisahamir.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Adelaide event coming up for the CRE in Human Milk Nutrition for Preterm Infants on 30 Sept. I'm giving a keynote address, and lots of presentations by other researchers, and discussion about future work #breastmilk #preterm #NICU
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Babies. Photo from my collection - according to the back this is Lance and Fluffel in 1963.
Photo of a toddler with short, dark hair, crouching on a sunny lawn to gently pet a tuxedo tabby kitten.
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WHO @who.int · 01/09/2026
Are you a researcher, organization or government or otherwise interested working towards women's, children's and adolescents' health? Here is a chance to shape future discussions and identify priorities beyond SDG 2030. Join this new initiative by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA & PMNCH: bit.ly/4xhwkBU
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Happy Wattle Day! Wattle Day is a day of celebration in Australia on the first day of September each year, which is the start of spring. This is the time when many Acacia species (commonly called wattles in Australia) are in flower.
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Lisa Amir @lisahamir.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
As a teenager, my mother asked her mother to buy "Deo-Dorant". Yes, she'd only read the word.
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#WordsOfToday "Start the day with a review of the completed items from your ToDo list from yesterday to show yourself that you do get stuff done!" Alma Hami Qayimat, 1994 #GetStuffDone #QuotesToLiveBy #WordsToLiveBy #QuotesDaily
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 21/08/2026
Victoria has begun vaccinating about 5,000 little penguins at Phillip Island and St Kilda to protect them against the deadly H5 bird flu, in what is believed to be the world’s largest vaccination program involving wild birds.
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Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Spring fire risk outlook just released by AFAC, in collaboration with state and territory fire agencies and BoM. Red = above average, grey = normal, blue = below average www.afac.com.au/public-resou... Full text at: afacprodpublicstorage.blob.core.windows.net/afac-cdn/fil...
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The King Oak - Tullamore, Ireland Wonderful ancient oak, estimated as up to 800 years old Photo: Alan Holly
Ancient oak
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 11/08/2026
In the US and Sweden, there’s been a drop in the number of babies receiving the vitamin K injection. But Australia doesn’t collect national data.
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Vitamin K shots stop internal bleeding in newborns. So why are some parents refusing them?
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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
#CochraneDaily On World Lion Day (www.worldanimalprotection.org/our-campaign...), Cochrane CENTRAL in the Cochrane Library contains LION trials in ophthalmology, weight loss, mental health and cancer #Lion #Worldlionday #RCT #CochraneLibrary
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World Lion Day
Join us for World Lion Day on August 10th, find out our top lion facts and how the big cat at the top of the animal kingdom needs our help.
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Lisa Amir @lisahamir.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Day trip to Sydney last Friday for #WorldBreastfeedingWeek conference organised by @elaineburns.bsky.social @westernsydneyu.bsky.social Proud supervisor moment: Bianca Blanch won best oral presentation for her talk on realist approach to breastfeeding and the workplace
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National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit Clinical Trials Unit @npeu-ctu.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Designing Trials for and with Breastfeeding Mothers. Breast milk and breastfeeding benefit mother, child, economy and environment, yet breastfeeding rates remain suboptimal globally, and particularly in the UK. Read Sarah's full article here: bit.ly/4wICbjC #WBW2026
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Michelle Mischkulnig, contemporary Australian textile artist #WomensArt
Pictorial textile artwork featuring an image of different flowers in red pink and gold and various leaves in shades of green
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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
"don't cite what you haven't read" remains the basic entry level academic responsibility; & if your discpline "doesn't have that as a norm" then sorry, your discipline needs reforming for this new world. Citations are structural parts of trust and knowledge building, not trinkets or optional extras
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Lisa Amir @lisahamir.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
My publications on #Medicines and #Breastfeeding can be seen here: www.latrobe.edu.au/jlc/research...
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Medicines and breastfeeding
Medicine use for breastfeeding women
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Lisa Amir @lisahamir.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
My publications on #Medicines and #Breastfeeding can be seen here: www.latrobe.edu.au/jlc/research...
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Medicines and breastfeeding
Medicine use for breastfeeding women
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Lisa Amir @lisahamir.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Great to meet @catrionawaitt.bsky.social today and discuss research ideas about medications and breastfeeding. How can we improve the evidence and reduce maternal meds as a barrier to breastfeeding? #Melbourne
Two women with notebooks open sitting at table.
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Croakey Health Media @croakeynews.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
How to ensure urban design acts as a public health intervention – rather than threat www.croakey.org/how-to-ensur... #publichealth
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Lisa Amir @lisahamir.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Excited to share new evidence from NICUs in Australia. PDHM does make a difference! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Maija Isola (1927– 2001) Finnish designer of printed textiles who created over 500 patterns, including Unikko ("Poppy") #womensart
Fabric design with repeated simple red and pink flower motifs against a white background
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Lisa Amir @lisahamir.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Excited to share new evidence from NICUs in Australia. PDHM does make a difference! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Motherhood, 1893 by Finnish painter Elin Danielson-Gambogi #WomensArt
Painting featuring a white woman in an interior sitting on a bed feeding her baby
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Lisa Amir @lisahamir.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Here's another reason NOT to drink unpasteurized cow's milk: H5N1 can cause #mastitis in cattle with extremely high levels of virus in milk Receptor basis of unusual tissue tropism of avian influenza H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b virus in cattle | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Receptor basis of unusual tissue tropism of avian influenza H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b virus in cattle
Receptor-based insights explain necrotizing mastitis in cattle caused by H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b.
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Dr. Cecília Tomori @drtomori.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
We build on the amazing work of Emeritus EIC @lisahamir.bsky.social & hope that publications from IBJ advance the field further with rigorous, diverse submissions from across the globe anchored in systems thinking to help create equitable, enabling, sustainable environments for breastfeeding.
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Dr. Cecília Tomori @drtomori.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
📢 Updates from International Breastfeeding Journal! Aims & Scope situate breastfeeding "as a critical public health, social, and equity priority" Call for more structural/systems thinking approaches to create enabling environments for breastfeeding PLUS Q&A w/ EICs! link.springer.com/journal/1300...
Aims and scope text from link:https://link.springer.com/journal/13006/aims-and-scopeAims and scope text from link:https://link.springer.com/journal/13006/aims-and-scopeQ&A text from link:https://link.springer.com/journal/13006/updates/52827552
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WHO @who.int · 21/06/2026
Yoga is for everyone, everywhere. This #InternationalDayOfYoga, take 10 minutes to reconnect with your breath and body. No gear needed. Just you, your breath, and a little space. Start your journey today—download the WHO mYoga app now: bit.ly/4eQzOo6
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Cam Walker @camwalker.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Last night we launched our plan to gain listing of snow gums as threatened under federal enviro laws. Snow gum communities face ecological collapse due to uncontrolled dieback & more frequent fires. You can support the EPBC listing by adding your name here: www.melbournefoe.org.au/snowgum_nomi...
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Marianne Majerus, one of Europe's leading specialists in garden photography #WomensArt
Colour photograph featuring a garden with purple flowers, golden grasses and bushes with yellow blossoms
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Lisa Amir @lisahamir.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Another recall of infant formula. "...three confirmed or suspected infant botulism illnesses from three states: California, Pennsylvania, and Washington." This product is only sold in the USA, so no concerns in Australia. But infant botulism can be fatal. No risk of botulism with human milk.
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First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Proud of our latest policy report on infant food security and the cereulide toxin formula contamination and recall event, covered by the @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/393/...
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Early women pioneers of climbing such as Lucy Walker, the first woman to summit the notorious Matterhorn mountain in 1871 all wore skirts on their climbs..... #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring three women in Victorian style attire with walking.sticks standing on snow
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Lisa Amir @lisahamir.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
This article doesn't even advise readers to avoid drinking raw milk! The FDA has plenty of information about the dangers of drinking raw milk www.fda.gov/food/resourc...
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Raw Milk
This page contains links to content about both pasteurized and raw milk from across the Food section of FDA.gov.
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The Medical Journal of Australia @mja.com.au · 05/06/2026
This week in InSight+ Breastfeeding is a significant protective factor for mothers and babies in emergency situations, says Médecins Sans Frontières paediatrician Read more: buff.ly/B1omhHA
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Just as some journals are (rightfully) banning authors if clear, undeclared use of genAI is evident, so to should the same be for reviews. If someone uses genAI and it is shown to be demonstrably false, that review should automatically be stricken with the benefit of the doubt to the authors. 🧪⚒️
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Japanese artist Sakura Hanafusa made an artwork to interact with - her hand carved, high fiving cat sculpture 'High Seven' 2016 modelled on her family cats #womensart #FridayFeeling
Three images of a sculpture featuring a row of seven standing individual cats with right paw raised for a high 5
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Harry Saddler @harrysaddler.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The banksias are flowering in Kinglake National Park north of Melbourne and I’ve been looking for feathertailed gliders. It’s been largely fruitless until tonight when I hit the jackpot with this individual. They’re the world’s smallest gliding mammal with an average weight of only TWELVE GRAMS 🥺
A tiny greyish-brown mammal huddled in the leaves of a banksia bush. It has big round ears, a short conical snout and a little pink nose. The glider’s broad, flattened tail can just be seen curled around a twig.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Georgia O'Keeffe, Sunflower New Mexico, 1935 #WomensArt In folklore the sunflower is considered a flower of loyalty because each day it turns its head to loyally follow the sun, from east to west 🌞
Painting of the yellow blossom of a sunflower with feather-like petals and circular seedy centre, against a blue background
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I love this…. #BlueSky
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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Mentors & supervisors for #DECRA applicants: Make time in your schedule on Monday – it matters👇 Better yet, make time in your schedule *today* to go over what to expect with applicants you know. Show them your previous assessor reports, & how you responded. Before all the emotion hits on Monday!
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Lisa Amir @lisahamir.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Great to hear patient voices in this study. Many skin conditions appear grey or purplish in darker skin: not all rashes are red!
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Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
New on ScienceIntegrityDigest: My report from the 2026 World Conference on Research Integrity in Vancouver. If you could not make it, there are links to all my BlueSky live posts from the sessions I attended. #WCRI2026 Read the report here: scienceintegritydigest.com/2026/05/20/r...
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Reporting from the 2026 World Conference on Research Integrity
Early May, I attended the 2026 World Conference on Research Integrity (WCRI) in Vancouver, BC, Canada. This conference is held every two years. In 2024, I went to the WCRI in Athens, Greece, and in…
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