Dr. Denise M. Harmenin is an accomplished and experienced educator, researcher, administrator, and author. Currently, Dr. Denise is President of D.H. Publishing & Consulting, Inc. She is also the Director of Curriculum of the SBB/MS program in Clinical Laboratory Management, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Clinical Laboratory Science at Rush University. She is a well-known author and national/ international speaker. Her publications are many and include her major book titles: Clinical Hematology and Fundamentals of Hemostasis, Laboratory Management Principles and Processes, and Modern Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices (7th edition).

Denise is the founding Chair of two departments: Clinical Laboratory Science at Thomas Jefferson University and the Department of Medical & Research Technology at the University of Maryland. She was professor, Chair, and Assistant Dean during her tenure at the University of Maryland. In 1999 she received the “Excellence in Education Award” a national recognition given by the American Society for Clinical Pathology. In 2003 and 2001 she was named one of “Maryland’s Top 100 Women” by the Daily Record in recognition for her contributions to communities in the state of Maryland. In 2008 she received the American Association of Blood Banks “Sally Frank Memorial Award and Lectureship” and the Massachusetts Association of Blood Banks “Karen Tiegerman Memorial Lectureship Award.”

Dr. Denise Harmening also held the position of Director of Instruction and Customer Learning, Heritage Division, the American Red Cross in 2009 and 2008. In this role, Denise developed an online continuing education program for laboratory professionals and physicians called SUCCESS, a Series of Unique Consistent Continuing Education Self-Study programs She has been the principal investigator for seven grants from Health and Human Services and has completed over fifteen clinical trials. Dr. Harmening has served on numerous national, statewide, and local committees and advisory boards. Currently, she is a member of the ASCP Editorial Advisory Board: Medscape Pathology and Laboratory Medicine but has served as Chair of the Research and Development Committee of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists Board of Registry from 1995 to 1998. Dr. Harmening was a member of the National Commission on Allied Health Implementation Task Force of the Department of Health and Human Services from 1996 to 1998.

She has been in the field of Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine for over twenty-five years. Her research in red cell and platelet preservation has led to 7 patents. Dr. Harmening’s original research dealt with the use of solid time-released buffering systems for the storage of red cells and platelets. Her current research focuses on CD34+ stem cells isolated from cord blood, and she was the first to investigate the effect of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 on untreated and CD34-selected umbilical cord blood.