Victoria Bertacchi

Education:

MPhil, Yale University, Biological Anthropology, 2020 

MSc, Child Public Health, Swansea University, 2015

MSc, Medical Anthropology, Oxford University, 2013

BSc, Health and Human Sciences, Durham University, 2012

Research Interests: 

My research interests are in maternal-infant interactions and health, with a particular emphasis on breastfeeding practices and human milk composition. My dissertation topic examines the impact of maternal weight status on metabolic hormone transfer to infants through breastfeeding and implications for infant growth and satiety development in Samoa.

Recent Publications:

Maternal weight status and the composition of the human milk microbiome: A scoping review. 

Replicability of leptin associations with testosterone, estradiol, follicle-stimulating hormone, and luteinizing hormone in healthy Ache men of Paraguay: A multiple daily assessment. 

Attitudes about infant feeding in Samoa reveal a culture of breastfeeding protection and promotion: a cross-sectional, qualitative analysis among Samoan women.

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9869-3225(link is external)

CV: Link to CV is here