Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute

Lack of optimal breastfeeding may cause alarming disparities in infant deaths, study finds

Lack of optimal breastfeeding led to more than twice the number of deaths among African-American infants than white infants in computer models. This finding was published in a recent study co-authored by Dr. Alison Stuebe, Distinguished Scholar of Infant and Young Child Feeding in the Department of Maternal and Child Health.

Parry represents CGBI at WABA conference in Malaysia

November 15, 2016 Kathy Parry, project director at Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute, was an invited panelist at the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) Global Breastfeeding Partners' Forum, held Oct. 2-5 in Penang, Malysia.

Sullivan appointed director of Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute

Catherine Sullivan, clinical assistant professor of maternal and child health at the Gillings School, has been named director of the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (CGBI). She succeeds the late Dr. Miriam Labbok, CGBI’s founding director. CGBI was established in 2006, through the gift of an anonymous donor, to increase quality of care for women and children and to promote breastfeeding and breastfeeding research.

Tully and colleagues receive NC TraCS award for infant side-car bassinet project

August 30, 2016 Kristin Tully, PhD, of the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (CGBI), has been recognized with the Improving Human Health Award, presented by the North Carolina Translational & Clinical... Read more »

Miriam Labbok, champion of women’s and infants’ health, dies Aug. 13

August 13, 2016 Miriam Harriet Labbok, MD, MPH, IBCLC, staunch crusader for the health of women and infants and longtime advocate for the health benefits of breastfeeding, passed away during... Read more »

Labbok chosen for international association’s award for excellence in breastfeeding research

July 27, 2016 Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH, IBCLC, was selected for the 2016 Journal of Human Lactation Patricia Martens Award for Excellence in Breastfeeding Research, presented by the International Lactation... Read more »

Sullivan elected to US Breastfeeding Committee’s board of directors

July 20, 2016 Catherine Sullivan, MPH, RD, LDN, acting director of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health’s Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute and the Institute’s director of training, has... Read more »

4th Trimester Project, co-led by Gillings researchers, to define unmet health care needs following birth

January 20, 2016 An interdisciplinary team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been approved for a Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research... Read more »