Natalie S Shenker

Sep 26, 2024 | fn.bmj.com | Hema Mistry |Gillian Weaver |Natalie S Shenker

DiscussionThis paper reports a recent cost data collection template completed by 10 HMBs in the UK. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first national HMB infrastructure costing survey. Of the 10 out of 14 HMBs that provided costing information, the average cost per litre of DHM ranged from £95.94 to £274.88 (average, £173.49). Staffing costs contributed the majority of the cost per litre.

Aug 1, 2024 | blogs.imperial.ac.uk | Natalie S Shenker

This week marks World Breastfeeding Week, a global campaign dedicated to informing, engaging, and galvanising action on breastfeeding and related issues. Dr Natalie Shenker MBE from the Department of Surgery and Cancer reflects on the progress made in related maternal health research in 2024, and explores how milk banks can help in the much-needed transformation of perinatal healthcare in the UK. 2024 has already been a remarkable year for human milk and lactation science.

Oct 13, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Natalie S Shenker |Herts Harpenden |Jonathan Linden |Betty Wang

1 INTRODUCTION As the creation of profit-making ventures from another individual's body is prohibited under international law, regulations have developed over decades to limit trade in human-derived products and the resulting harms. Frameworks now exist in national and regional law, produced by regulatory bodies, for the collection, production and distribution of a wide range of human-derived products, including notably blood, tissues, organs and cells.