Events
About our Guest Speaker Program
The NDC Institute is excited to launch our guest speaker program for 2024 and 2025.
We will bring you monthly presentations by and discussions with highly qualified experts on a range of topics relevant to the care of parents with infants. The presentations will be of interest to
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Health professionals and providers who are current members of The NDC Institute, for whom attendance is free of charge, and
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Health professionals and providers from the public who are welcome to join us live online for a small fee.
2024 Guest Speaker Program
| Date | Time | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tues 8 Oct 24 | 7.00-8.30pm (AEST) | Dr Kate Rassie | Diabetes, PCOS, breastfeeding |
| Tues 29 Oct 24 | 7.00-8.00pm (AEST) | Dr Adam Ofri | Lactation-related breast complications (galactoceles, abscesses and fistulas) |
| Tues 26 Nov 24 | 7.00pm (AEST) | Prof Donna Geddes | A research update on the composition of human milk |
We are delighted to announce that our first guest speaker is Dr Kate Rassie, an endocrinologist with special interest in the endocrinology of breastfeeding and lactation.
Dr Rassie's presentation will be the first in a three-part series of presentations. Dr Rassie's second presentation, Obesity and Breastfeeding, will be held on Tuesday 11 March 2025 and her third presentation, Estrogen, Bones and Breastfeeding will be held on Tuesday 13 May 2025.
The full 2025 program will be published in coming months.
Dr Kate Rassie
Tuesday 8 October 2024, 7.00-8.30pm, Diabetes, PCOS, Breastfeeding
Dr Kate Rassie is a consultant endocrinologist at Monash Health and at Jean Hailes for Women’s Health, Melbourne. She is also a final-year PhD candidate at Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, Monash University. Her doctoral thesis focuses on the relationships between maternal metabolic health and breastfeeding, with a focus on insulin-resistant conditions such as PCOS and diabetes. Clinically, she works in diabetes, obesity and metabolism; and is across all aspects of female hormonal health including menopause, PCOS and menstrual disorders.
Details on Dr Rassie's research group at Monash University, Melbourne can be found here.
Dr Adam Ofri
Tuesday 29 October 2024, 7.00-8.00pm, Lactation-related breast complications (galactoceles, abscesses and fistulas)
Dr Adam Ofri is a Breast Surgeon with Northern Breast Care in North Sydney, Goals in Bondi Junction and is a VMO at Bega South-East Regional Hospital. He has interests in preventative breast care (including tailored breast screening and risk assessment), benign and malignant breast disease. He also has a passion for academia being a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, and a Clinical Research Fellow at the RPA Institute of Academic Surgery. He is the recipient of the 2023 and 2024 Clinical Research Fellowships for Breast Cancer Trials and was awarded the 2023 John Collins Medal. His research is focussed on evaluating targeted axillary dissection in Australia and New Zealand, as well as designing a national RCT to evaluate DCISionRT.
Professor Donna Geddes
Tuesday 26 November 2024, 7.00-8.00pm, A research update on the composition of human milk
Professor Donna Geddes is Director, School of Molecular Sciences, Centre for Human Lactation Research and Translation and Senior Principal Research Fellow, School of Molecular Sciences. Donna has dedicated her career to advancing our understanding of human lactation and maternal-infant health. She has had several leadership roles including, Head of the Geddes Hartmann Human Lactation Research Group, Director of the Australian Breastfeeding Research + Lactation Research and Science Translation Network, and Milk Sensor Lead and ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Next-Gen Technologies in Biomedical Analysis.
Registration Open
All NDC Institute Masterclass, Accreditation Pathway and Maintenance, and NDC Providers + Educators registrants are welcome to join this "live" online presentation at no additional cost. The zoom link for the presentation can be found in Module 3 of the NDC Accreditation program in the Education Hub. For Masterclass registrants the zoom link can be found in Module 1 and for Provider+Educator registrants in the evaluation section.
Registered health professionals who are not members of the NDC Accreditation and Pathway programs can join by registering and paying via the Eventbrite links below:
Dr Kate Rassie, Tuesday 8 October 2024 Diabetes, PCOS, breastfeeding - Registration
Dr Adam Ofri, Tuesday 29 October 2024 Lactation-related breast complications (galactoceles, abscesses and fistulas) - Registration
Prof Donna Geddes, Tuesday 26 November 2024 A research update on the composition of human milk - Registration
Presentations will not be available by recording (other than in specific sections of the NDC Lactation Felllowship).
Further details on our guest speaker program are coming soon - please watch this space!