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Breastfeeding cuts moms' risk of breast cancer, study shows
San Francisco Gate's report of a Kaiser Permanente study of breastfeeding women in Northern California also included coverage of Healthy Horizons. According to the article "The research found that breastfeeding is not only good for babies but appears to be beneficial to mothers who are diagnosed with breast cancer later in life. Looking at the medical histories of more than 1,600 women diagnosed with breast cancer, researchers discovered that those who had breast-fed had a 30 percent ...
Cassi Janakos Among Society of Women Engineers' 2021 Award Recipients
Healthy Horizons COO Cassi Janakos was among the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) honorees, as one of its WE Local ELiTE (Emerging Leader in Technology & Engineering) Award recipients. This recognizes engineers who have been actively engaged in an engineering or technology profession and have ten (10) to fifteen (15) years of cumulative engineering experience. SWE strives to advance and honor the contributions of women at all stages of their educations and careers as well as recognize the...
SF State News: Sheila Dukas-Janakos Among Alums Heralded
Each year the San Francisco Business Times recognizes 100 influential Bay Area women from diverse fields who are leaders not only in their organizations but also in their communities. This year’s list includes San Francisco State University President Lynn Mahoney and three alumnae: Patricia Siguenza (B.S., ’87), Sheila Dukas Janakos (B.A., ’87) and Emily Kirsch (B.A., ’08). Honorees will be recognized at a virtual celebration on Friday, Oct. 9.
How Healthy Horizons Responded to COVID-19 and Won the Stevie Awards
We are proud to share that last month Healthy Horizons won the Stevie Award for most valuable corporate response to COVID-19. This was a part of the 17th Stevie Awards for Women in Business: "Most Valuable Corporate Response" to COVID-19. This award was created to honor the contributions of individual women and women-led organizations that have worked valiantly over the past months to keep our community safe, healthy, employed, and informed. “Necessity is the mother of invention” bec...
Detroit News features Ford Motor Co. and Healthy Horizons
Healthy Horizons CEO Sheila Dukas-Janakos is featured in a Detroit News report, "Mother's rooms make back-to-work transition easier for working moms," on Ford Motor Co. and mother's rooms. Below is an excerpt: "I still to this day have moms calling me with horror stories — how they’re pumping in the bathroom and not allowed to take breaks," Janakos said. But Janakos, who consulted with Ford on its rooms, says it's actually in a company's best interest — and it ...
Society of Women Engineers features Cassi Janakos among "Women Engineers You Should Know"
SWE Magazine, the magazine of the Society of Women Engineers, recognized healthy Horizons COO Cassi Janakos among its "Women Engineers You Should Know" with a spotlight on her achievements. Prior to co-founding Healthy Horizons, Cassi was a systems engineer with Lockheed Martin. She was named a SWE Distinguished New Engineer in 2017. SWE Magazine celebrates the accomplishments of women engineers past and present; explores career development topics; examines broad, cross-disciplinary ...
"Spotlight on Practice" with Sheila Dukas-Janakos
Medela featured Sheila Dukas-Janakos, MPH, IBCLC, LE, RLC, in the January 2019 issue of its Human Milk Insights newsletter. Sheila was nominated to appear in the newsletter's "Spotlight on Practice" column. The Human Milk Insights newsletter presents the latest breastfeeding topics and clinical practice solutions, addresses coding issues challenging the lactation community, features a lactation service, and announces upcoming webinars and conferences.
Top 5 Corporate Mother’s Room Standards to Implement Now
In this article for Next Concept HR Magazine, Healthy Horizons guides readers about five essentials for creating workplace mother's rooms that are compliant with lactation laws—while giving moms the safe, comfortable space they need.
