Dr Lisa Amir

Principal Research Fellow

Faculty of Health Sciences

Mother and Child Health Research Centre

Level 3, Melbourne (City)

 

• T: +61 3 8341 8577
• F: +61 0 8341 8555
• E: l.amir@latrobe.edu.au
• W: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/mchr/html/staff/amir.html

Qualifications

MBBS (Monash), MMed (Melb), PhD (La Trobe), IBCLC, FABM

Brief Profile

Lisa Amir is a medical practitioner with a long-standing interest in women's health. Having qualified as a lactation consultant in 1989, Lisa continues to work in breastfeeding medicine at the Royal Women's Hospital and as a private practitioner at Medical One at QV in the city. She is conducting research in the area of breastfeeding – from rates and determinants of breastfeeding, to nipple and breast pain in breastfeeding women, to GPs’ knowledge and attitudes towards the use of medicines for breastfeeding women. Lisa is Editor-in-Chief of the online journal, International Breastfeeding Journal. Website: www.internationalbreastfeedingjournal.com

Research interests

Women's Health

- Breastfeeding

Recent Publications

Research projects