Our Team
The iPOP Consortium is a growing network of more than 100 collaborators spanning over 42 countries and bridging the fields of obstetrics, neonatology, epidemiology, DOHaD, pediatrics, infectious disease, statistics, global health, intersectoral feminism, participant engagement, data science and artificial intelligence.
Co-Lead Investigators
Meghan Azad, PhD | @MeghanAzad | Google Scholar
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Canada
Dr. Azad holds the Canada Research Chair in Developmental Origins of Chronic Disease and co-Directs the Manitoba Interdisciplinary Lactation Centre. Her research program is focused on the role of infant nutrition and the microbiome in child growth, development and resilience.
David Burgner, MD PhD | @BurgnerDave | Google Scholar
Senior Research Fellow, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Australia
Dr. Burgner is a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician at the Royal Children’s Hospital and Professorial Fellow of Paediatrics at Melbourne University. He is leading several large international data linkage studies relating to prematurity, birth outcomes, and infant and child health.
Merilee Brockway, RN PhD | @MBrockwa | Google Scholar
Molly Towell Perinatal Research Fellow, University of Manitoba, Canada
Dr. Brockway specializes in maternal-child health and translating biomedical information to clinical practice. Currently, she is leading a clinical trial to evaluate a new method for matching donor breast milk given to very premature infants.
Sarah Stock, MBChB, PhD | @sarahjestock | Google Scholar
Reader and Honorary Consultant Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Edinburgh Usher Institute, UK
Dr. Stock is an Obstetrician and subspecialist in Maternal and Fetal Medicine at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, and a Wellcome Trust Clinical Career Development Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. She leads research studies into stillbirth and preterm birth, including a large international consortium studying medicines in pregnancy.
Helga Zoega, MA, PhD | @HelgaZoega | Google Scholar
Scientist Fellow, University of New South Wales Centre for Big Data Research in Health, Australia
Professor of Public Health, University of Iceland
Dr. Zoega is a pharmacoepidemiologist with expertise in utilisation and safety of medicines among vulnerable populations (e.g. pregnant women, children). Her research is primarily based on using large-scale electronic health and social data linked across sources within the five Nordic countries, recently also combined with US and Australian data sources.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Canada
Dr. Azad holds the Canada Research Chair in Developmental Origins of Chronic Disease and co-Directs the Manitoba Interdisciplinary Lactation Centre. Her research program is focused on the role of infant nutrition and the microbiome in child growth, development and resilience.
David Burgner, MD PhD | @BurgnerDave | Google Scholar
Senior Research Fellow, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Australia
Dr. Burgner is a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician at the Royal Children’s Hospital and Professorial Fellow of Paediatrics at Melbourne University. He is leading several large international data linkage studies relating to prematurity, birth outcomes, and infant and child health.
Merilee Brockway, RN PhD | @MBrockwa | Google Scholar
Molly Towell Perinatal Research Fellow, University of Manitoba, Canada
Dr. Brockway specializes in maternal-child health and translating biomedical information to clinical practice. Currently, she is leading a clinical trial to evaluate a new method for matching donor breast milk given to very premature infants.
Sarah Stock, MBChB, PhD | @sarahjestock | Google Scholar
Reader and Honorary Consultant Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Edinburgh Usher Institute, UK
Dr. Stock is an Obstetrician and subspecialist in Maternal and Fetal Medicine at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, and a Wellcome Trust Clinical Career Development Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. She leads research studies into stillbirth and preterm birth, including a large international consortium studying medicines in pregnancy.
Helga Zoega, MA, PhD | @HelgaZoega | Google Scholar
Scientist Fellow, University of New South Wales Centre for Big Data Research in Health, Australia
Professor of Public Health, University of Iceland
Dr. Zoega is a pharmacoepidemiologist with expertise in utilisation and safety of medicines among vulnerable populations (e.g. pregnant women, children). Her research is primarily based on using large-scale electronic health and social data linked across sources within the five Nordic countries, recently also combined with US and Australian data sources.
Project Manager
Natalie Rodriguez, MBA
Program Director, Azad Lab, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba & University of Manitoba, Canada
Natalie is an Associate Certified Coach and EQ-1 2.0 Certified Practitioner. She specilaizes in management, operations, capacity building, international collaboration and strategic development in translational research environments. Her current projects focus on global health, maternal nutrition, infant growth and human milk composition.
Program Director, Azad Lab, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba & University of Manitoba, Canada
Natalie is an Associate Certified Coach and EQ-1 2.0 Certified Practitioner. She specilaizes in management, operations, capacity building, international collaboration and strategic development in translational research environments. Her current projects focus on global health, maternal nutrition, infant growth and human milk composition.
More info coming soon on the rest of the iPOP Team!
