ABOUT US

The Human Milk Science Institute and Biobank was founded from 2018 to 2019 to advance human milk science.

Meet our Board

Kelley Baumgartel, BSN, PhD

President

Assistant Professor, Duquesne University School of Nursing

Debra Bogen, MD, FAAP, FABM

Vice President

Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Jessica DeVido, PhD

Secretary

Assistant Professor, Duquesne University School of Nursing

Ariel Clatty, PhD

Medical Ethicist at UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital

Barb Klipa, MBA

Assistant Division Administrator at University of Pittsburgh

Jill DeMirci, PhD, RN, IBCLC

Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing

Timothy Hand, PhD

Assistant Professor, R.K. Mellon Institute for Pediatric Research, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Meet our Staff

Cyndy Verardi, BS, CLC

Co-Director

Denise O’Connor, BS, IBCLC

Co-Director

Sara Vins Bobish, JD

Business Manager