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Expert Spotlight: Beth Reverri, PhD, MS, RD

Publication Date: 10 June 2025

A conversation with Abbott Senior Research Scientist Beth Reverri:

Q: Tell us about yourself.

I started my nutrition career as a Registered Dietitian and went back to school for a PhD in Nutrition to learn more about the clinical research that informs nutrition guidelines. Today, I enjoy working on clinical nutrition studies and have been presenting internationally and medical writing. 

Q: What are you working on lately?

My current areas of research include infant nutrition, toddler nutrition, and human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). HMOs make up the third most abundant solid component in breastmilk and recent technology has made it possible to detect more individual HMOs in breastmilk and to add them to infant formula. 

I scientifically lead the largest (enrolled 607 healthy, term infants) and longest (out to 24 months of age) clinical study on an infant formula with 5 specific HMOs (2′-FL, 3-FL, LNT, 3′-SL, and 6′-SL) in the United States.  

So far there have been benefits in the areas of growth, gastrointestinal tolerance, parent-reported immune health, gut microbiome, and cognitive development – and the clinical study is ongoing, so more is to come. 

Q: Where can we find more information about your study?

ANHI has a quick video overview – Randomized Clinical Trial in Infants Fed a Formula Supplemented with 5 HMOs  – of the study. Simply click "Watch Video" below.

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Expert Bio(s):

Elizabeth J Reverri, PhD, MS, RD

Senior Research Scientist
Abbott Nutrition
Columbus, OH, USA

Beth is a Nutrition Scientist and Registered Dietitian. Since 2017, she has worked at Abbott Nutrition in the Pediatric Nutrition Science and Innovation group, focusing on science, clinical research, and innovation in infant and toddler nutrition, with a particular emphasis on human milk oligosaccharides. She has 11 peer-reviewed publications and has presented 16 of the 26 abstracts she has co-authored at both national and international conferences. She has also given numerous presentations to healthcare professionals and guest lectures to undergraduate and graduate students on various nutrition topics. Beth has served on the leadership teams with the American Society for Nutrition and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 

Before Abbott Nutrition, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University and The Ohio State University and, before that, a clinical dietitian at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford and Newton-Wellesley Hospital, a member of Mass General Brigham. Beth earned a PhD in Nutritional Biology from the University of California, Davis, and completed her Dietetic Internship, an MS in Clinical Nutrition, and a BS in Dietetics from Boston University. Ultimately, she aspires for her work in the nutrition field to contribute to the nutrition education of healthcare professionals and consumers.

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Neonatal Prenatal & Neonatal