Interactive · Case-Based · Accredited
Enhance your clinical understanding of early-life nutrition and its impact on food allergy prevention with this 60-minute interactive e-learning course. Through engaging patient stories, you’ll explore how maternal diet, breastfeeding practices, and the timing of allergen introduction shape immune development and allergy risk in infants.
Earn 1 CME credit by completing the activity on the UNLOKall Portal.
Complete the modules at your own pace, then apply your learning to scenario-based cases featuring two young adults, Sarah and Michael, whose early-life nutritional experiences illustrate real-world implications for allergy risk and immune tolerance. Make clinical decisions, receive immediate feedback, and deepen your practical understanding.
✅ Learning Outcomes
By completing this course, you should be able to:
- Describe how early-life nutrition, including colostrum exposure and human milk feeding, influences gut microbiome development and early immune maturation.
- Differentiate the immunological and microbiome effects of common infant feeding practices, including direct breastfeeding, expressed mother’s own milk, donor human milk, and formula feeding.
- Apply practical guidance on early feeding choices, including breastfeeding and timing of solid food introduction, to support food allergy prevention in clinical practice.
Meet Your Instructors
A/Prof. Debbie Palmer
Associate Professor and dietitian, A/Prof Palmer leads the Nutrition in Early Life Research Team at The Kids Research Institute, Australia. She is co-chair of the Food Allergy Stream at the Australian National Allergy Centre of Excellence and is internationally recognised for her trials showing that early infant egg consumption reduces food allergy risk. Her current research focuses on maternal allergen intake during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Prof. Meghan Azad
Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health at the University of Manitoba, Dr. Azad studies how infant nutrition and the microbiome influence child development and long-term health. She directs the Manitoba Interdisciplinary Lactation Centre (MILC), leads the International Milk Composition (IMiC) Consortium, and serves as Knowledge Mobilization Chair for the CHILD Cohort Study. She also directs the THRiVE Discovery Lab and holds leadership roles in national and international breastfeeding and human milk research networks.
