Faculty
Chantal Lau, Ph.D.
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics—Neonatology
- Adjunct Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Professional History
- Ph.D., Physiology, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 1970
- Visiting Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Cambridge MA, 1973–1974
Academic Interests
- Development of sucking, swallowing, respiration, and their coordination in the preterm infant
- Development of interventions to enhance oral feeding skills in preterm infants
- Study of maternal stress, e.g., depression, anxiety, and its effect on lactation and maternal-infant interaction
- Development of sucking, swallowing, respiration, and oesophageal motility in preterm piglet
Recent Publications
- Fucile S, Gisel E, Lau C. Effect of an oral stimulation program on the maturation of sucking skills of preterm infants. Dev Med Child Neurol, 2005; 47: 158-62.
- Scheel CE, Schanler RJ, Lau C. Does the choice of bottle nipple affect the oral feeding performance of very-low-brith-weight (VLBW) infants? Acta Physiologica, 2005; 94: 1266-72.
- Lau C, Hurst NM, Smith EO, Schanler RJ. Ethnic/racial diversity, maternal stress, lactation, and very low birthweight (VLBW) infants. J. Perinatol 2007; 27: 399-408.
- Amaizu N, Shulman RJ, Schanler RJ, Lau C. Maturation of oral feeding skills in very low birth weight infants. Acta Paediatr 2008, 97: 61-7.
- Fucile S, Gisel E, Schanler RJ; Lau C. A vacuum-free bottle enhances preterm infants’ nutritive sucking skills. Dysphagia, In Press.
