Jeanette Tyler Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2016

Jeanette Tyler

Jeanette Tyler is a Clinical Nurse Consultant, Midwife and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. Her current position is Service Improvement Officer within Women’s and Newborn Services at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH). Jeanette established the RBWH Lactation Service in 2003 and concurrently established a successful private lactation consultancy practice. During this time she presented at and had papers published for both international and national breastfeeding conferences. She is a member of the International Lactation Consultants Association (ILCA) and the Lactation Consultants of Australia and New Zealand (LCANZ). More recently in 2015/16 Jeanette coordinated a successful Baby Friendly Health Initiative (BFHI) reaccreditation for the RBWH and worked with the Queensland Clinical Guidelines Program to lead the review of the statewide maternity and neonatal clinical guideline: Establishing breastfeeding Jeanette is passionate about supporting women to achieve their infant feeding goals. In recognition of her dedication to the care of woman and babies, this year Jeanette was awarded the RBWH Sir Ian McFarlane Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice, and plans to use the proceeds of this award to further develop her leadership skills in order to maximise the impact of her experience and knowledge.