Background
A Research Fellow at the Hartmann Human Lactation Research Group (HHLRG). Dr Lai graduated from his Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 1996 at UWA, where he went on to complete his Post Graduate Diploma (1997), Masters (2002) and PhD (2007) at UWA. During his postgraduate years, he was involved in research projects that determined the relationship between the immune proteins in human milk and the atopic outcome of breastfeed infants; and the impact of expression regime on the milk production and composition of preterm milk during the first two months of lactation. He is leading the biochemical research at the HHLRG, with the aim to understand the changes in human milk components in relation to breast physiology as well as the growth and development of infant.
Research Interests
Dr Lai’s current research focuses on redefine and develop analytical methodologies that utilises other bioactive components of human milk to address many other issues relate to the feeding of human milk.