Maryanne Perrin, PhD, MBA, RDN
Dr. Maryanne Perrin is trained as a nutrition scientist, industrial engineer, and registered dietitian. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition Science at the University of North Carolina Greensboro where her research focuses on providing evidence-based guidelines for the processing, storage, and use of donor human milk. She served as the Principal Investigator on a National Institute of Health funded project to study the composition of donor human milk globally among low-, middle-, and high-income countries, with the ultimate goal of improving nutritional therapies for preterm infants. Dr. Perrin served on the Board of Directors for the Human Milk Banking Association of North America from 2016 to 2020 and as co-chair of the World Health Organization’s Guidelines Development Group for Donor Human Milk Banking. Currently, she is a member of the HMBANA Scientific Advisory Committee.
