Miriam Labbok

Miriam Labbok
Born	24 October 1949(1949-10-24) Trenton, New Jersey, United States of America
Residence	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Nationality	American
Fields	Breastfeeding advocacy
Institutions	Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Alma mater	Tulane University
Known for	Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM)

Miriam Labbok, MD (born 24 October 1949) is an internationally renowned breastfeeding advocate, lactation scientist, and women's and children's issues advocate.^[1]

Dr.Labbok is know for description of Lactational Amenorrhea Method as a method of birth spacing.^[2] She is the author of more than 300 research articles and book chapters in the areas of breastfeeding, women's and children's health, and birth spacing. She champions community health initiatives using operational and translational research approaches. Together with Paige Hall Smith, PhD, Dr. Labbok organizes yearly Breastfeeding and Feminism symposium - a scientific forum to look at breastfeeding as a social and a public health issue.^[3]

Biography

Miriam Labbok was born on 24 October 1949 in a Jewish family in Trenton, New Jersey.

She graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1975.

On January 1, 2006 Dr.Labbok accepted a position as a first director of Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute at the School of Public Health at the UNC Chapel Hill, the first center at the school of public health that is dedicated to research of infant and young child feeding and care.

References

1. ^ http://www.waba.org.my/pdf/mstfnl_V7N2_eng.pdf
2. ^ http://www.lalecheleague.org/ba/aug93.html
3. ^ http://www.sph.unc.edu/mch/symposium_on_breastfeeding__feminism_5130_4470.html

External links

• Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute
• How Dr.Labbok got involved in breastfeeding as a women's right issue

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Name	Labbok, Miriam
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Date of birth	24 October 1949
Place of birth	Trenton, New Jersey
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