Breastfeeding: Challenge your thinking - Seminar Series - Program 1 Live

Dr Hazelbaker has been in private practice for nearly 40 years. She has been cross trained in several modalities to best assist her clients. She is a licensed massage therapist, a craniosacral therapist, a pre and perinatal educator, a certified Rhythmic Movement practitioner, and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. She teaches the series of classes that comprise the Certified Independent Lactation Therapist Diploma program that features craniosacral therapy as the foundational skill.

Dr Todd is Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University Medical School, and CMO in the Department of Neonatology at the Centenary Hospital for Women and Babies in Canberra, Australia. He has been working in Neonatology for 34 years - first as a scientist obtaining a MSc and PhD in Neonatal respiratory physiology and pathology and then studying medicine to qualify in 1999. His main areas of interests are 1) infant ventilation and the development of the newborn lung, 2) retinopathy of prematurity and 3) infant nutrition including breastfeeding and the treatment of tongue tie in problematic breastfeeding. He was first trained to divide tongue ties in Southampton UK in 1999 and then on returning to Westmead Hospital in Sydney in 2002 started up the practice of tongue tie division there. He moved to Canberra in 2006 and has been treating babies with tongue tie and breastfeeding difficulties since that time.

Renee is public health professional with a diverse background in research, clinical care, and health communication. She currently works as a research fellow with an established team on a research program that investigates how maternity care models influence maternal and infant health and wellbeing. Her experience spans physiotherapy, lactation consulting, scientific information, and public health, including a frontline COVID-19 response role. She has contributed extensively to breastfeeding research and education, including publishing in peer-reviewed journals and presenting at conferences. Recognised with multiple academic and professional awards, including a top doctoral thesis honour, she brings strong research and clinical skills to advancing maternal and child health.