Rate My Professor Mariana Muelbert

Muelbert's career includes significant contributions to perinatal and neonatal nutrition research. She has published key papers such as 'Factors associated with the maintenance of breastfeeding for very preterm infants' in BMC Public Health (2018), 'Olfactory Cues in Infant Feeds: Volatile Profiles of Different Milks Fed to Preterm Infants' in Frontiers in Nutrition (2021), 'Cortical Oxygenation Changes during Gastric Tube Feeding in Moderate- and Late-Preterm Babies: A NIRS Study' in Nutrients (2021), 'Glucocorticoids in preterm human milk' in Frontiers in Nutrition (2022), and 'Formal and informal human milk donation in New Zealand' (2024). Her publications have accumulated over 448 citations, reflecting her influence in the field. She has secured major awards including the Maurice Paykel Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biomedical Science and support from the Health Research Council of New Zealand. Muelbert advocates for establishing a national network of breast milk banks in New Zealand to improve access to donor milk, reduce infections, and lower healthcare costs. She has presented public lectures, such as on donor milk facilities, and participates in postgraduate teaching and supervision in nutrition and metabolism at the Liggins Institute.