A fond goodbye to study coordinator Laurie Foster...
All of our Minnesota participants have interacted with study coordinator Laurie Foster, who was with the MILk Study from the very beginning. In 2020, Laurie moved to Boston and onto another research position. She leaves this message for all of our participants:
I will not be seeing you all at the follow up MILK study visits when they start up as I have moved to Boston to be closer to family. I was extremely lucky to be a part of the MILK study for more than 4 years and I am so grateful for the opportunity to have met you and your babies. Thank you for sharing those moments in your lives with me and the study. Happy 2021 to you all!
Fondly, Laurie
...and a "hello" to Tipper Gallagher!
Our new study coordinator, Tipper Gallagher, has been working behind the scenes to help launch the second phase of the MILk Study. With five years of experience working as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) at Hennepin Healthcare, she's eager to lend her breastfeeding expertise to the families participating in this study. Tipper is also a PhD student in the School of Nursing at the University of Minnesota, which gives her a foundation in research methods and data collection that will keep the MILk Study scientifically rigorous.
We look forward to seeing your five-year-olds—and new babies!—in 2021!