Science Advisory Board

Members of the LMSF Science Advisory Board are experienced clinicians and/or lactation professionals, many of whom have themselves experienced chronic low milk supply. They are a critical part of providing evidence-based guidance and clinical expertise in the development of our educational materials as well as to determining the broader scientific goals of the LMSF.

If you are a lactation and/or medical professional with an interest in joining our Science Advisory Board, please contact us — we’d love to speak with you.

Bianca Karschti, RN, IBCLC

Bianca Karschti, RN, IBCLC, has worked as nurse in the Emergency Department for the past 10 years, and also has experience working in the Neuro/Trauma ICU. She is also an instructor for aspiring nurses at McMaster University as well as at the Mohawk College Breastfeeding Program. She also teaches CPR and Basic Life Support.

She is most passionate about helping families through a supportive and non-judgmental approach. She has had personal experience and gained clinical expertise in feeding multiples, as well as the difficulties of chronic low milk supply. She strongly believes that breastfeeding does not have to be an all or nothing approach and that meeting individual feeding goals through supportive guidance is essential.

Elizabeth Moreno, MD
University of Utah

Dr. Moreno was born and raised in Guadalajara, Mexico. She received her medical degree from Universidad de Guadalajara and then completed a preliminary surgery internship at Northwestern University in Chicago followed by a Family Medicine residency in Renton, WA in the Valley Family Medicine. She served as chief resident during her last year and embarked on a faculty development fellowship.

Dr. Moreno’s clinical interests are women's health, obstetrics, Hispanic population health, pediatrics, diabetes and in-office procedures. She is passionate about medical education and research, including peer mentoring, faculty development, as well as medical student and resident education. She completed Teaching Scholars Programs at Georgetown University, the University of Washington and a BNGAP research fellowship.

Laurie Nommsen-Rivers, PhD, RD, IBCLC

Laurie Nommsen-Rivers, PhD, RD, IBCLC, is an Associate Professor of Nutrition and the Ruth Rosevear Endowed Chair of Maternal and Child Nutrition, at the University of Cincinnati. A former associate editor of the Journal of Human Lactation, Dr. Nommsen-Rivers spent 18 years working with hundreds of parents and their infants as a senior research associate at UC Davis. Motivated by a desire to accelerate the evidence base for improving clinical lactation practice, she obtained a PhD in epidemiology. She has co-authored over 100 research publications related to the breastfeeding dyad with a focus on barriers that impede lactation success. Her current work focuses on physiologic factors that influence milk production during lactation. She has also served on expert committees for the USDA, NIH, and National Academies of Sciences.