Professor in the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Professor Kathy McCoy obtained her PhD in Immunology from the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Otago University, Wellington, New Zealand. She performed her postdoctoral studies and was a junior group leader at the Institute of Experimental Immunology in Zürich, Switzerland. In 2006 she joined McMaster University as an Assistant Professor where she held a Canada Research Chair in Mucosal Immunology. From 2010 – 2016 Kathy McCoy was an Assistant Professor in Mucosal Immunology in the Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern in Switzerland. In Sept. 2016 she returned to Canada and is now a Professor in the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary where she continues her research on host-microbial interactions with a focus on early life.
What is 'vaginal seeding' and will it help your C-section baby?
Dec 01, 2019 03:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Should every baby born by caesarean section (C-section) be given a smear of microbes to the mouth, nose or skin from the moms vagina soon after birth? This controversial pregnancy trend is called vaginal seeding or...
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