Karleen Gribble is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University. She is also the author of more than 80 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on infant feeding, child protection, and child rights, and is a world-leading researcher on infants and young children in emergencies.
In her career, Karleen has provided advice on protecting infants and young children in emergencies to UN organisations, INGOs, health professionals, emergency responders and government bodies in many countries. She was Project Lead for the Australian Breastfeeding Association’s Community Protection for Infants and Young Children in Bushfires Project, which worked to improve emergency preparedness and response in Australian emergencies.
Karleen advocates for recognition of the importance of mothers to their infants and works to create environments that support the mother-infant relationship.