Leon is the Global Director of Medical Research Maternity Care & NICU, at Medela AG and an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia.
Leon undertook his postgraduate doctoral studies under the supervision of Prof. Peter Hartmann at The University of Western Australia. During this time his research focused on the lipids in human milk and their variation over the short- and long-term. Since joining Medela in 2004, Leon has been responsible for coordinating and building the breastfeeding research team and portfolio at Medela AG with a focus on basic, applied and clinical research. This involves liaising with research sites worldwide and the developing of strategies to communicate the findings of these studies to both internal (within Medela) and external (medical and research community) partners.
At present Leon and the research team at Medela are focused on exploring and understanding more about milk synthesis and removal, both by the infant and the breast pump as well as research exploring milk composition and the benefits to the infant as well as the translation of these outcomes to better support mothers and their babies.
