Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba

2000 BSc Nursing, University of Western Ontario
1991 PhD (Cell Biology), University of Manitoba
1987 MSc (Zoology), University of Manitoba
1981 BSc (Specialist), Brandon University

Neonatal intestinal Physiology
Oxidative stress and gene expression
Diseases of Prematurity
Nutrigenomics

Opening for one MSc student and one summer student

Elisia I, Kitts DD, Friel JK, Tsopmo A, O’Brien PJ, Diehl-Jones WL. 2009. Bioactivity of tryptophan recovered from mother’s milk. J Nutr (Submitted)

Yao L, Friel JK, Suh M, Diehl-Jones WL. 2009. Antioxidant properties of breast milk in an enterocyte cell culture Model. Pedtr Res (In Press)

Friel JK, Diehl-Jones WL, Chiu A, Davies SS, Roberts LJ. 2009 Evidence of Oxidative Stress during Early Life in Premature Infants. Pedr Res (Submitted)

Diehl-Jones WL, Fraser Askin D, Friel JK. (2007). Microlipid-induced oxidative stress in human breast milk: In vivo effects on intestinal epithelial cells. Breastfeeding Medicine 2(4): 209-217

Friel JK, Diehl-Jones WL, Suh M, Tsopmo A, Shirwadkar VP. (2007). Impact of Iron and Vitamin C-Containing Supplements on Preterm Human Milk In Vitro. Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine