Carrie-Ellen Briere

Carrie-Ellen Briere is a neonatal nurse who focuses on the biology of human milk and its involvement with infant health, growth, and development. The Briere Human Milk Research Laboratory analyzes many bioactive components of human milk and seeks to understand how these components interact from a biological systems perspective. Briere’s research is driven by the goal of improving infant health. To achieve this, her research aims to understand how to optimize milk delivery to preterm and ill neonates and to further investigate and determine the mechanisms by which human milk components protect infants and promote growth and development. Her research is currently supported by grants from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Briere is an associate professor in the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she teaches across the undergraduate and doctoral curricula. Her special focus in the doctoral program is increasing knowledge of genomics and other ‘omics and the use of biological research in nurse-driven research. Within her courses and student mentorship, she gives nursing students firsthand experience in a laboratory environment.

Research lab address: Morrill 1 North, Rooms N249A/253, 637 N Pleasant St.