EDUCATION
DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING SCIENCE (PhD)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Nursing PhD Program (May 2018)
Dissertation: “Fat and Caloric Content of Breast Milk of Mothers of Premature Infants:
Comparison of High vs Average to Low Volume Producers and Impact of Intervals Between
Pumping Sessions”
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin (May 1992)
Specialty Training: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program with emphasis on primary health
care delivery of children, and Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist Program with focus on the
care of chronically ill children.
Master's Thesis: "A Qualitative Study of Mothers' First Feeding Experiences in the Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit with Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia."
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING (Magna cum Laude)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (1987)
CURRENT ACTIVE LICENSES
Nationally Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (1992-present)
Internationally Certified Lactation Consultant (1999-present)
Advanced Practice Nursing License (WI and IL) (1992-2004)
Advanced Practice Nursing License 2103 (State of South Carolina, 2004-present)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor of Nursing (Tenure Track)
August 2020-present
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Clinical researcher and instructor of in-person and online/blended nursing courses
ADVANCED PRACTICE LACTATION CONSULTANT
May 2004-present, 40 hours/week
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, SC
Assessment and management of lactation problems for postpartum, Levels 1-3 nurseries,
and lactation outpatient clinic
Responsible for development of lactation protocols, staff and physician education, as well
as community and conference lectures
Lecturer for the MUSC College of Medicine human lactation course, nursing high risk
lactation program, neonatal dietician program and advanced neonatal nutrition course
Active in multiple committees, including high risk lactation, discharge nutrition planning,
multidisciplinary feeding team, and Best Fed Beginnings Project (which led to current Baby-
Friendly designation) and MUSC Nutrition Management Center. Special interest in preterm
infants and infants with complex medical needs
Actively participates in research studies related to high risk lactation topics. Current
research responsibilities include study of domperidone use for treatment of mothers with
premature hospitalized infants, breast milk fat and calories study, and management of low
breast milk supply in mothers of hospitalized infants
INDEPENDENT LACTATION CONSULTANT
September 2000-2004
Belgium, Europe
Independent breastfeeding consultations, education, and support in home settings in
Belgium, Europe
Provided education and breastfeeding resources to professionals involved in the care of
breastfeeding mothers
Consultant lecturer for Belgian Department of Children’s Public Health. Assisted first group
of IBCLC candidates to take the first IBCLE examination offered in this country
PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER, LACTATION CONSULTANT AND CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR
Jan. 1993-May 2000, 32-40 hours/week
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Chicago, Illinois
Management of a 300+ pediatric practice serving their primary health care needs, including
well child visits, routine sick visits (diagnosis and treatment of common illnesses), referrals
to specialty physicians and case management of complex cases
Breastfeeding consultation for the patient needs of physicians, residents, medical and
nursing students, and nursing staff. Referral source for mothers with routine and complex
breastfeeding problems
Newborn nursery responsibilities included admission and discharge examinations of
newborns, breastfeeding consultations, and training of nursing, midwifery, and medical
students and nursing staff in physical assessment, medical management, and lactation of
the newborn
Clinical instructor duties included training of graduate and undergraduate nursing students,
lecturing at the university on topics such as breastfeeding, physical assessment, child
development, and child abuse
Member of the UIC multidisciplinary breastfeeding task force which developed policies,
training programs, conferences, and educational materials for all breastfeeding related
areas
RESEARCH TEAM LEADER
1990-1992
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Chief Investigator: Karen Pridham, RN, PhD.
Collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative research data for a large, longitudinal
study looking at premature infant feeding experiences
PEDIATRIC HOME HEALTH CARE NURSE/EDUCATOR
New Horizons Home Health Care 1989-1992
Case management and nursing care of chronically ill children and training of home health
care nurses.
Development of lectures and training videos for the care of medically complex children in
the home setting.
PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND MEDICAL NURSING DIRECTOR
Holiday Home Camp
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin 1989-1991
Direction and development of programs and nursing care for underprivileged children in a
summer camp setting.
Devised the camp's health policies and trained international nurses each summer session.
Developed educational parenting and health programs for neglectful and abusive mothers,
and adolescent mothers and their children.
PEDIATRIC NURSE
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1987-1989
Nursing care of acute and chronically ill children with emphasis on the care and education
of children and their families experiencing metabolic diseases and renal failure and renal
transplant
AWARDS AND HONORS
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor’s Award (2013-2016)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing Dean’s Scholarship: PhD
Program (2013-2016)
South Carolina Palmetto Gold Nursing Award (2013): Selected as one of top 100 nurses
in South Carolina for nursing excellence for promoting and advancing nursing care of
mothers and infants
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing Graduate Fellowship for Full Time
Study (1990-1992)
University of Wisconsin School of Nursing Fellowship for Graduate Study of Rural and
Native American Health
AHEC PROJECT/Ashland, Wisconsin (1992)
Doctorate of Philosophy of Nursing Science (2018): Cumulative GPA 3.98
Master of Science in Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, High Academic Honors
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Magna cum Laude
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Haase, B., Barreira, J., Murphy, P., Mueller, M. & Rhodes, J. (2009). The development of an
accurate test weighing technique for preterm and high-risk hospitalized infants. Journal of
Breastfeeding Medicine, 4(3), 151-156.
Haase, B., Taylor, S.N., Mauldin, J., Johnson, T. & Wagner, C.L. (2016). Domperidone for
treatment of low milk supply in breast pump-dependent mothers of hospitalized premature
infants. Journal of Human Lactation. 32(2), 373-381
Haase, B., Johnson, T.S & Wagner, C.L. (2018). Facilitating colostrum collection by
hospitalized women in the early postpartum period for infant trophic feeding and oral
immune therapy. JOGGN, 47, 654-660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2018.05.003.
Haase, B., Brennan, E. & Wagner, C.L. (2019). Efficacy of the International Board Certified
Lactation Consultant (IBCLC): Have we made an impact on breastfeeding families in the last
decade? Journal of Human Lactation, August Special Issue: State of the Science, 35(3), 441-
452.
Wagner, C.L, Taylor, S.N. & Haase, B. (2019). Designing longitudinal clinical studies involving
lactating women. Journal of Human Lactation, 35(1), 32-36. doi:10.1777/0890334418812362.
ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS
Haase, B., Taylor, S.N & Johnson, T.S. (2018). Fat and caloric content of breast milk of
hospitalized premature infants: comparison of high vs. average to low volume producers,
the impact of volume in the breast at single pumping sessions and the interval between
pumping sessions. Journal of Breastfeeding Medicine: Abstracts of the Academy of
Breastfeeding Medicine Conference, San Francisco, CA. doi:
10.10891/bfm.2018.29106.abstracts.
Haase, B., Taylor, S.N, Morella, K., Johnson, T. & Wagner, C.L. (2016) Abstract P-11:
Domperidone for the treatment of low milk supply in mothers of hospitalized premature
infants: a multidisciplinary development of safe prescribing practices and a retrospective
chart review (2010-2014) of maternal response to treatment. Journal of Breastfeeding
Medicine, Abstracts of the International Society of Researchers of Human Milk and
Lactation, Stellenbosch, South Africa. Also presented at the MUSC Women’s Health
Research Conference (2017)
Taylor, S., Finch, C., Haase, B., Barreira, J. & Annibale, D. (2013). Are very low birth weight
infants able to avoid growth failure with predominantly human milk feedings? Annual
International Meeting of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, 2013.
Wagner, C.L., Murphy, P.K., Haase, B. & Barreira, J. Domperidone in the treatment of low
milk supply in mothers of critically ill infants. Annual International Meeting of the Academy
of Breastfeeding Medicine, 2011.
Taylor, S., Barreira, J., Haase, B., Murphy, P., Mauldin, J., Browning, D., Hulsey, T., Ebeling, M.
& Wagner, C.L. Multidisciplinary improvement of hospital lactation support process: impact
on mother’s milk delivery to infants. Annual International Meeting of the Academy of
Breastfeeding Medicine, 2011
White, K., West, D., Sharpe, M., Murphy, P, Haase, B., Barreira, J. BRAVO! Breastfeeding: An
education performance, Medical University of South Carolina, Vermont Oxford Fall
Conference, 2008.
LECTURES, EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND
PROJECTS
LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL INVITED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
AND PROJECTS, 2000-present:
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES FOR THE SUPPORT OF BREASTFEEDING OF PREMATURE
AND MEDICALLY COMPLEX INFANTS, MUSC, 2019
MANAGEMENT OF COMMON LACTATION PROBLEMS IN THE OB OUTPATIENT SETTING,
MUSC OB Grand Rounds Presentation, February 2017
TREATMENT OF LOW MILK SUPPLY IN MOTHERS OF PREMATURE INFANTS:
BENEFITS/RISKS OF DOMPERIDONE AND SAFE PRESCRIBING PRACTICES, October 6,
2016. Department of MUSC OB/GYN, Grand Rounds Presentation
HINDMILK INTERVENTION IN THE HIGH RISK NURSERY: OPTIMIZING WEIGHT GAIN OF
AT RISK INFANTS: delivered at “The Lactation Conference”, April and September, 2012
LACTATION SUPPORT OF A DIABETIC MOTHER, MUSC Perinatal Update, 2011 (also
delivered as a webinar in February 2012 for the International Lactation Consultant
Association)
SUPPORTING BREASTFEEDING IN THE HIGH RISK NURSERY: Neonatal Nutrition
Conference, University of Minneapolis Children’s Hospital (October 2008)
TRANSITIONING PRETERM INFANTS TO THE BREAST AND CUE BASED FEEDINGS:
University of Minnesota Neonatal Nutrition Conference (October 2008)
IMPLEMENTATION OF EVIDENCE-BASED BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES FOR HOSPITALIZED
INFANTS IN A HIGH RISK NURSERY: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM APPROACH, 2006-
2007, presented at the ILCA conference 2007 and the Wolf and Glass Sucking and
Swallowing Disorders Conference, Columbia, SC. This lecture was elected by ILCA to be a
CEU module.
BREASTFEEDING TEAM LEADER PROGRAM (2004-2008) (MUSC): development and
implementation of an in-depth training program for bedside nursing leaders in evidence
based breastfeeding practices for high risk nurseries
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN TRAINING PROGRAM ( MUSC): development of lectures for
resident physicians in breastfeeding practices including anatomy/physiology and
management of breastfeeding problems
BREASTFEEDING IN HIGH RISK NURSERIES, member of expert panel discussion with Paula
Meier, PhD at SC Breastfeeding Coalition Conference 2005
INTERNATIONAL EVIDENCE BASED GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF
BREASTFEEDING IN THE FIRST 14 DAYS: presented at three Belgian Child and Family
Health (Kind en Gezin) conferences (2000-2004)
PROJECT LEADER:
HINDMILK INTERVENTION PROJECT: included comprehensive review of literature,
development of protocol for high risk infants with inadequate growth, and presentation to
MUSC Evidence and Values Committee, and staff education (2006-2019)
MUSC BRAVO BREASTFEEDING COURSE: Developed and implemented large scale
breastfeeding education program for perinatal nursing division in consort with MUSC
Nursing Education team (4 hour course with one hour didactic demonstration module)
(2009-present)
HIGH RISK LACTATION (BRAVO) COURSE: Developed and implemented a lactation
education program for all high risk neonatal nurses at MUSC (7 hour course) (2011-2015)
TRANSITIONING THE PRETERM INFANT TO THE BREAST PROTOCOL-comprehensive
review of literature, development of protocol, and implementation and education for high
risk nurseries at MUSC (2004-present)
DEVELOPMENT OF ACCURATE TEST WEIGHT METHOD FOR HIGH RISK BREASTFED
INFANTS WITH LEADS –written and developed this instructional video based upon our
2009 research results on test weights for hospitalized high risk breastfeeding infants (Video
available in ILCA Bookstore and on the MUSC Intranet for staff education) (2007-2019)
LACTATION POSITION STATEMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CLEFT LIP AND CLEFT LIP
AND PALATE INFANTS- developed with MUSC Department of Speech and Language
Pathology, presented to MUSC pediatric attending physicians, neonatologists and nursing
staff (2007-2017)
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois (1992-
2000)
LECTURES GIVEN FOR MASTERS AND BACHELORS NURSING STUDENTS AT UIC
CHILD ABUSE: An Overview: Comprehensive lecture covering the identification and
treatment of victims of child abuse
BREASTFEEDING MANAGEMENT IN THE POST PARTUM PATIENT: Included a variety of
lectures on assessment, practice, and pumping and storage
NEONATAL PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT: Comprehensive overview of physical assessment of
the term newborn
PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT: Overview of the examination of the pediatric patient
LECTURES GIVEN FOR MASTERS AND BACHELORS NURSING STUDENTS AT UIC
BREASTFEEDING ASSESSMENT, MANAGEMENT, PUMPING AND STORAGE: Ongoing
education of nursing and medical staff, as well as university students
NEONATAL PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT AND WELL BABY MANAGEMENT: Education of
midwifery, medical, and advanced practice nursing students in the examination and
management of the newborn, including medical management of neonatal jaundice,
hypoglycemia, and referrals to specialist physicians.
CLINICAL NURSING INSTRUTOR: ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING EDUCATOR: Preceptor
and mentor to advanced nursing students in the newborn nursing and pediatric clinical
settings. Included all aspects of clinical education
COMMUNITY BASED LECTURES
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE INFANT AND TODDLER: Lecture prepared and
given to public health workers in Chicago. Audience included public health nurses and
aides, social workers, and case managers
BREASTFEEDING: ASSESSMENT OF APPROPRIATE FEEDING and BREASTFEEDING AND
THE WORKING MOTHER: These workshops were prepared and given at the UIC Annual
Breastfeeding Conference for nurses, physicians, and students.
CARE OF THE INFANT WITH A BLIND PARENT: Developed in consort with blind parents of
infants for the Chicago Center for the Blind
HOME HEALTH CARE BASED EDUCATION/LECTURES (1989-1992)
CARE OF THE CHRONICALLY ILL HOME CARE PATIENT:
Development of workshops and a video for care of the medically complex pediatric patient.
This included training of pediatric home care nurses
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON SCHOOL OF NURSING,
MADISON, WISCONSIN (1990-1992)
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITIVE DATA COLLECTION: Training of staff members in research
data collection for a large, longitudinal neonatal research study
WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN NUTRITION PROJECT (WIC), (THE
US NATIONAL PUBLIC MATERNAL/CHILD SUPPLEMENTAL
NUTRITION PROGRAM), MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (1988-1990)
INFANT AND CHILDHOOD NUTRITION EDUCATION: Development of education related to
the feeding and nutrition of infants and children for a large minority impoverished
population. Also included development of written educational materials
COORDINATOR OF WIC BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION PROGRAM: Coordination of verbal
and written materials promoting breastfeeding in the WIC project. Included training of
mother breastfeeding supporters and WIC staff members.
PRENATAL EDUCATION COORDINATOR: Developed the project’s prenatal verbal and
written education, including prenatal nutrition and health and preparation for childbirth.
PARENTING CHILDREN FROM INFANCY TO AGE 5: Staff and parent training of parenting
and discipline in young children. Included principles of positive reinforcement, alternatives
to physical punishment, time-ins and time-outs, and daily reading with children
HOLIDAY HOME CAMP (CHILDREN’S CAMP SPECIALIZING IN THE
MINORITY UNDERPRIVILEGED POPULATION OF CHICAGO, IL), LAKE
GENEVA, WISCONSIN (1988-1992)
ADOLESCENT MOTHERS EDUCATION COORDINATOR: Development of a 6 day program
for adolescent mothers and their children, including nutrition, growth and development
and parenting education
ABUSIVE MOTHERS PROGRAM EDUCATION COORDINATOR Development of educational
materials and workshops for mothers who were re-establishing custody of their children
after child abuse or neglect. Education program included understanding of growth and
development of children and parenting principles. Also included education of staff
members as mentors to mothers.
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
(1987-1989)
PEDIATRIC JUVENILE DIABETES EDUCATOR: Education of staff members, children and
families affected by Type 1 diabetes. Included management of the disease, nutrition, and
insulin administration
PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANT EDUCATOR: Education of staff members and parents and
families with renal or liver transplants. Included pre- and post-operative care,
administration of medications, and signs and symptoms of transplant rejection
MEMBERSHIPS
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Associates (1992-present)
European Board of Internationally Certified Lactation Consultants (2000-2004)
South Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition (2004-present)
Barbara Haase, PhD, MSN, APRN, CPNP, IBCLC
PhD-Prepared Advanced Practice Nurse
Certified Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Practitioner
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant