Marion M Bendixen

Marion M Bendixen, PhD, MSN, RN, IBCLC

Assistant Professor

Department: Family, Community and Health Systems Science
Business Phone: (352) 273-6400
Business Email: mmbendixen@ufl.edu

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About Marion M Bendixen

PhD, MSN, RN, IBCLC

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

  1. NGR7970L – Adv Nursing Project

    College of Nursing

  2. NUR4108 – Lead and Inspire 3: Policy and Change in Nursing Practice

    College of Nursing

  3. NUR3106 – Lead and Inspire 1: Professional Nursing Practice

    College of Nursing

  4. NGR7835 – Nurse Scientist and Scholar II

    College of Nursing

Board Certifications

  • International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
    IBCLE

Research Profile

Dr. Bendixen ‘s translational research focuses on the clinically and scientifically important topic of infant nutrition and human milk components. This area intersects maternal/infant healthcare with the biological and physiological mechanisms of insufficient mothers’ own milk (MOM) volume among mothers who deliver an infant(s) admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Areas of Interest

  • Human Lactation
  • Lactation Physiology
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • Microbiome
  • Ruminant Lactation Physiology

Publications

Academic Articles

Grants

  1. The influence of maternal health on human milk biomarkers of secretory activation in pump-dependent mothers of critically ill infants

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    INTL SOC FOR RES IN HUMAN MILK & LACTATI
  2. The effect of gestational age at delivery on lactation outcomes in pump-dependent mothers of critically ill infants

    Active

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    NATL INST OF HLTH NINR

Education

  1. PhD Nursing Science/ Clinical and Translational Science

    University of Florida

  2. MSN Nursing Education

    University of Central Florida

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 273-6400
Emails:
Business:
mmbendixen@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100197
GAINESVILLE FL 32610