Rate My Professor Deborah O’Connor

O’Connor has received the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Human Milk and Infant Nutrition in 2022, Fellow of the Canadian Nutrition Society in 2023, Earle W. McHenry Award for Distinguished Service in Nutrition in 2020, Earle W. McHenry Chair in 2020, Faith Elizabeth Winifred Bayley Nutrition Lectureship in 2016, and Khursheed Jeejeebhoy Award in 2015. She has served on expert panels for the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada Nutrition Practice Guidelines, US-Canada Joint Dietary Reference Intake Working Group on Chronic Disease Endpoints, US National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation, and World Health Organization on human milk banking. A leading scholar with over 330 publications, her highly cited works include “Effect of supplemental donor human milk compared with preterm formula on neurodevelopment of very low-birth-weight infants at 18 months: a randomized clinical trial” (JAMA, 2016), “Pre-conception folic acid and multivitamin supplementation for the primary and secondary prevention of neural tube defects and other folic acid-sensitive congenital anomalies” (Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2015), “Folate status of the population in the Canadian Health Measures Survey” (CMAJ, 2011), and “Growth and nutrient intakes of human milk–fed preterm infants provided with extra energy and nutrients after hospital discharge” (Pediatrics, 2008). Her contributions advance clinical practices and policies in neonatal nutrition.