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  1. Improving resilience in human milk banking: workshop proceedings, 11th November, London UK

    Article • BMC Proceedings, August 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  2. Recovering viable bacteriophages from human milk: implications for sample storage and processing

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, May 2026, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  3. Development of lactation and breast/chestfeeding adverse event terminology (LaBAET) through a Delphi consensus approach

    Article • International Breastfeeding Journal, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ernest P. Kuchar, Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  4. DEVELOPING A CONCEPTUAL MODEL TO EVALUATE SHELF-LIFE EXTENSION AS A RESILLIENT STRATEGY IN HUMAN MILK BANKS

    Article • April 2025, The Operational Research Society

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  5. Microbiological analysis of donor human milk over seven years from the Hearts Milk Bank (United Kingdom)

    Article • Food Microbiology, March 2025, Elsevier

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  6. Freeze-drying donor human milk allows compositional stability for 12 months at ambient temperatures

    Article • Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  7. Mechanistic insight into human milk extracellular vesicle‐intestinal barrier interactions

    Article • Journal of Extracellular Biology, January 2025, Wiley

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  8. Understanding modifiable barriers to human milk donation in the United Kingdom

    Article • Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, December 2024, Wiley

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  9. Ensuring neonatal human milk provision: A framework for estimating potential demand for donor human milk

    Article • European Journal of Operational Research, October 2024, Elsevier

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  10. Cost of operating a human milk bank in the UK: a microcosting analysis

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, September 2024, BMJ

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  11. Correction: Response to “Repeating the errors of the past: the hazards of a commercial human milk industry” Modi (2024) from the Global Alliance of Milk Banks and Associations

    Article • Pediatric Research, July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  12. Disparities in being able to donate human milk impacts upon maternal wellbeing: Lessons for scaling up milk bank service provision

    Article • Maternal and Child Nutrition, July 2024, Wiley

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  13. Receiving screened donor human milk as part of a community‐based lactation support programme reduces parental symptoms of anxiety and depression

    Article • Maternal and Child Nutrition, June 2024, Wiley

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  14. Response to “Repeating the errors of the past: the hazards of a commercial human milk industry” Modi (2024) from the Global Alliance of Milk Banks and Associations

    Article • Pediatric Research, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  15. Donation barriers, enablers, patterns and predictors of milk bank donors in the United States and United Kingdom

    Article • Maternal and Child Nutrition, April 2024, Wiley

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  16. Nonprofit human milk banking: On a challenging path to global equity

    Article • Maternal and Child Nutrition, January 2024, Wiley

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  17. Conceptual Modeling for Perishable Inventory: A Case Study in Human Milk Banking

    Article • December 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  18. Comparison of Breastfeeding and Pumping Experiences of Milk Bank Donors in the United States and United Kingdom

    Article • Breastfeeding Medicine, November 2023, SAGE Publications

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  19. Comparison between the for‐profit human milk industry and nonprofit human milk banking: Time for regulation?

    Article • Maternal and Child Nutrition, October 2023, Wiley

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  20. Understanding the current and future usage of donor human milk in hospitals: An online survey of UK neonatal units

    Article • Maternal and Child Nutrition, July 2023, Wiley

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  21. Exploring Human Milk, Nutrition, Growth, and Breastfeeding Rates at Discharge(HUMMINGBIRD Study): a protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial

    Article • BMJ Paediatrics Open, March 2023, BMJ

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  22. An Organisational-Life Cycle Assessment Approach for Internet of Things Technologies Implementation in a Human Milk Bank

    Article • Sustainability, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  23. Understanding the current and future usage of donor human milk in hospitals: an online survey of UK neonatal units

    Article • December 2022, openRxiv

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  24. A Case Study of Human Milk Banking with Focus on the Role of IoT Sensor Technology

    Article • Sustainability, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  25. Human Milk from Tandem Feeding Dyads Does Not Differ in Metabolite and Metataxonomic Features When Compared to Single Nursling Dyads under Six Months of Age

    Article • Metabolites, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  26. Diversity and trends of human milk banking: a scoping review from 1946 to 2021

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, October 2022, BMJ

    Prof. Dr. med. Jon Genuneit, Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  27. Comparative Profiles of SARS-CoV-2 Spike-Specific Human Milk Antibodies Elicited by mRNA- and Adenovirus-Based COVID-19 Vaccines

    Article • Breastfeeding Medicine, August 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  28. Receiving screened donor human milk for their infant supports parental wellbeing: a mixed-methods study

    Article • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  29. Establishing a novel community-focussed lactation support service: a descriptive case series

    Article • International Breastfeeding Journal, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  30. Antiviral Properties of Human Milk

    Article • Microorganisms, March 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  31. Maintaining human milk bank services throughout the COVID‐19 pandemic: A global response

    Article • Maternal and Child Nutrition, January 2021, Wiley

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  32. Use of donor human milk in nonhospitalized infants: An infant growth study

    Article • Maternal and Child Nutrition, January 2021, Wiley

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  33. Breastfeeding and the origins of health: Interdisciplinary perspectives and priorities

    Article • Maternal and Child Nutrition, November 2020, Wiley

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  34. Metabolomic and Metataxonomic Fingerprinting of Human Milk Suggests Compositional Stability over a Natural Term of Breastfeeding to 24 Months

    Article • Nutrients, November 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  35. Undermining breastfeeding will not alleviate the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • The Lancet, October 2020, Elsevier

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  36. Experiences of breastfeeding during COVID‐19: Lessons for future practical and emotional support

    Article • Maternal and Child Nutrition, September 2020, Wiley

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  37. Are the doctors of the future ready to support breastfeeding? A cross-sectional study in the UK

    Article • International Breastfeeding Journal, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  38. Maintaining safety and service provision in human milk banking: a call to action in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, May 2020, Elsevier

    Roger Mathisen, Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  39. Support for breastfeeding is an environmental imperative

    Article • BMJ, October 2019, BMJ

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  40. Abstracts from The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine 24 th Annual International Meeting Blackburn, United Kingdom October 16–19, 2019

    Article • Breastfeeding Medicine, October 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  41. Using donor human milk to feed vulnerable term infants: a case series in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

    Article • International Breastfeeding Journal, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  42. The resurgent influence of big formula

    Article • BMJ, August 2018, BMJ

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  43. The resurgent influence of big formula

    Article • BMJ, August 2018, BMJ

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  44. DNA methylation profiling to assess pathogenicity of BRCA1 unclassified variants in breast cancer

    Article • Epigenetics, December 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  45. Abstract 1063: Transcriptional implications of intragenic DNA methylation in the estrogen receptor alpha gene in breast cancer cells and tissues

    Article • Cancer Research, August 2015, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  46. Transcriptional implications of intragenic DNA methylation in the oestrogen receptor alpha gene in breast cancer cells and tissues

    Article • BMC Cancer, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  47. High aortic pulse wave velocity is associated with poor quality of life in surgical aortic valve stenosis patients

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, May 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  48. DNA Methylation as a Long-term Biomarker of Exposure to Tobacco Smoke

    Article • Epidemiology, September 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  49. Contemporary management and outcomes for infants born with oesophageal atresia

    Article • BJS, January 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  50. Epigenome-wide association study in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-Turin) identifies novel genetic loci associated with smoking

    Article • Human Molecular Genetics, November 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  51. 525 Epigenome-wide Association Study in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-Turin) Identifies Novel Genes Associated With Smoking

    Article • European Journal of Cancer, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  52. Intragenic DNA methylation: implications of this epigenetic mechanism for cancer research

    Article • British Journal of Cancer, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  53. Neonatal survival of prenatally diagnosed exomphalos

    Article • Pediatric Surgery International, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  54. The anatomy of the cremaster muscle during inguinoscrotal testicular descent in the rat

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Surgery, December 2007, Elsevier

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  55. John Hilton (1805–78): anatomist and surgeon

    Article • Journal of Medical Biography, November 2007, SAGE Publications

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  56. Crohn's Disease

    Article • Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, May 2007, Royal College of Surgeons of England

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  57. Signalling molecules: clues from development of the limb bud for cryptorchidism?

    Article • Pediatric Surgery International, April 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  58. A new role for androgen in testicular descent: permitting gubernacular cell proliferation in response to the neuropeptide, calcitonin gene–related peptide

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Surgery, February 2006, Elsevier

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  59. The impact of endothelial nitric oxide synthase polymorphisms on long-term renal allograft outcome

    Article • Transplant International, June 2003, Frontiers

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  60. The impact of endothelial nitric oxide synthase polymorphisms on long-term renal allograft outcome

    Article • Transplant International, June 2003, Wiley

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  61. Extensive intraalveolar pulmonary hemorrhage in infants dying after surfactant therapy

    Article • The Journal of Pediatrics, April 1994, Elsevier

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  62. Pathology of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis: A ten-year experience

    Article • The Journal of Pediatrics, July 1990, Elsevier

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  63. Dosage of intravenously administered immune globulin and dosing interval required to maintain target levels of immunoglobulin G in low birth weight infants

    Article • The Journal of Pediatrics, December 1989, Elsevier

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  64. Use of intravenously administered immune globulin to prevent nosocomial sepsis in low birth weight infants: Report of a pilot study

    Article • The Journal of Pediatrics, December 1989, Elsevier

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER

  65. Biochemical evidence of asymptomatic vitamin B12 deficiency in children after ileal resection for necrotizing enterocolitis

    Article • The Journal of Pediatrics, July 1989, Elsevier

    Dr NATALIE S SHENKER