Dr. Leslie Parker is a Professor in the College of Nursing and an adjunct Professor in the College of Medicine. She has had an active practice as a nurse practitioner in the neonatal intensive care unit for the last 30 years where she cares for critically ill infants and their families. Leslie’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Gerber Foundation and focuses on optimal delivery of nutrition and increasing infant consumption of mother’s own milk by improving lactation success in their mothers.