Dr Lisa Amir, MB BS Monash MMed Melb. PhD LaTrobe. IBCLC
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Background
Lisa Amir is a lecturer at the Key Centre for Women's Health in Society and a medical practitioner with a long-standing interest in women's health. She qualified as a lactation consultant in 1989 and continues to work in this area in private practice and at the Royal Women's Hospital. She completed a research masters degree at the Key Centre examining the role of Candida albicans in nipple and breast pain in lactating women. She received a NHMRC Public Health PhD scholarship and completed a PhD entitled "Prevalence and prevention of mastitis in lactating women" at Mother & Child Health Research, La Trobe University. As a NHMRC Health Professional Research Fellow she is continuing to research nipple and breast pain in breastfeeding women as well as initiating research into medications for breastfeeding women in collaboration with Dr Marie Pirotta from the Department of General Practice.
She in the Editor-in-Chief of a new online journal, International Breastfeeding Journal. Website: www.internationalbreastfeedingjournal.com
Research Interests
- Breastfeeding
- Nipple and breast pain
- Medicines and breastfeeding women
- Rates of breastfeeding
- Women's reproductive health
Publications
Cooklin AR, Donath SM, Amir LH. Maternal employment and breastfeeding: results from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Acta Paediatr 2008; 97(5): 620-23.
Chin LY, Amir LH. Survey of patient satisfaction with the Breastfeeding Education and Support Services of The Royal Women’s Hospital. BMC Health Serv Res (accepted 31/3/2008).
Donath SM, Amir LH. Maternal obesity and initiation and duration of breastfeeding: data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Matern Child Nutr (accepted 15/1/2008).
Panjaitan M, Amir LH, Tabrizi S. PCR in detection of Candida albicans for confirmation of clinical diagnosis of nipple thrush (Letter). Breastfeed Med (accepted 10/3/2008).
Amir LH, Donath SM. Socioeconomic status and rates of breastfeeding in Australia: evidence from the 1995, 2001 and 2004/5 National Health Surveys. Med J Aust (accepted 17/3/2008).
Donath SM, Amir LH. The effect of gestation on initiation and duration of breastfeeding. Arch Dis Child (accepted 4/4/2008).
Beasley A, Amir LH. Policy on infant formula industry funding, support or sponsorship of articles submitted for publication. Int Breastfeed J 2007; 2: 5 (Editorial).
Amir LH, Forster DA, Lumley J, McLachlan H. A descriptive study of mastitis in Australian breastfeeding women: incidence and determinants BMC Public Health 2007; 7:62.
Amir LH. Medicines and breastfeeding: information is available on safe use (Letter). Med J Aust 2007; 186(9):485. (Correction published 2007, 186 (11): 606).
Jordan HL, Bruinsma FJ, Thomson RJ, Amir LH, Werther GA, Venn AJ. Adolescent exposure to high-dose estrogens and subsequent effects on lactation. Reprod Toxicol 2007; 24(3-4): 397-402.
Amir LH, Donath S. A systematic review of maternal obesity and breastfeeding intention, initiation and duration. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2007; 7: 9.
Amir LH, Clements F, Walsh A. Breastfeeding. Check program, September 2007.
Beasley A, Amir LH. Infant feeding, poverty and human development. Int Breastfeed J 2007; 2: 14 (Editorial).
Hobbs M, Taft A, Amir LH. Emergency contraception. Aust Fam Physician. 2007; 36(12): 982 (Letter).
Amir LH, Lumley J. Women’s experience of lactational mastitis – ‘I have never felt worse’. Aust Fam Physician 2006; 35(9): 745-47.
Amir LH. Breastfeeding: managing ‘supply’ issues. Aust Fam Physician 2006; 35(9): 686-89.
Amir LH, Garland SM, Lumley J. A case-control study of mastitis: nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus. BMC Fam Pract 2006; 7: 57.AMIR, L.H., James, J.P. and Donath, S.M. (2006) Reliability of the Hazelbaker Assessment Tool for Lingual Frenulum Function. Int Breastfeed J; 1: 3.
Mahyuli E, Amir L. Breastfeeding – nipple vasospasm [Fact sheet]. The Royal Womens’ Hospital, Women’s Health Information. Website: http://www.rwh.org.au/womensinfo/factsheets.cfm?doc_id=9562
Amir LH, and Cwikel, J. (2005). Why do women stop breastfeeding? A closer look at “not enough milk” among Israeli women in the Negev Region. Breastfeed Rev; 13: 7-13.
Amir LH, James, J. and Beatty, J. (2005) Review of tongue-tie release at a tertiary maternity hospital. J Pediatr Child Health; 41:243-45.
Donath, S.M. and Amir LH. (2005). Breastfeeding and the introduction of solids in Australian infants: data from the 2001 National Health Survey. Aust N Z J Public Health; 29: 171-175.
Syahlul, D.E. and Amir LH. (2005) Emergency contraception: knowledge, attitudes and practices of medical practitioners in Indonesia. BMC Women’s Health; 5: 3.
Amir LH, Forster, D., McLachlan, H. and Lumley, J. (2004). Incidence of breast abscess in lactating women: Report from an Australian cohort. BJOG; 111(12): 1378-1381.
Amir LH, Lumley, J. and Garland, S. (2004) A failed RCT to determine if antibiotics prevent mastitis: Cracked nipples colonized with Staphylococcus aureus: A randomized treatment trial [ISRCTN65289389]. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth; 4: 19.
Donath, S.M., Amir LH and ALSPAC Study Team. (2004). The relationship between maternal smoking and breastfeeding duration after adjustment for maternal infant feeding intention. Acta Paediatr;93(11): 1514-18.
Forster, D., McLachlan, H., Lumley, J., Beanland, C., Waldenstr?m, U., Amir L, Harris, H,, Earl, D., Dyson, K. (2004) The effect of breastfeeding education in the middle of pregnancy on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding: a randomised controlled trial. Birth; 31: 176-182.
Amir LH (2003) Breast pain in lactating women – mastitis or something else? Aust Fam Physician; 32(3):141-145. (Invited article)
Amir L. (2003) Lactation and feeding, and Breastfeeding difficulties. In: Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Women’s Health. O’Connor V, Kovacs G, (eds). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 302-305, 379-381.
Donath, SM and Amir LH. (2003). The relationship between prenatal infant feeding intention and initiation and duration of breastfeeding: a cohort study. Acta Paediatr; 92: 352-56.