Guido Moro
Italian Association of Human Milk Banks, Italy
Biography
Guido Moro has been Professor of Neonatology at the University of Milan, Italy and Director of the Department of Neonatal Pathology of Macedonio Melloni Hospital in Milan.
His main field of research is infant nutrition, with particular interest to very low birth weight infants feeding, human milk and human milk banks. He has published more than 250 scientific papers in international journals. In 1985 he founded the Human Milk Bank of Milan, the most technologically advanced human milk bank in Italy. Presently he is the President of the Italian Association of Donated Human Milk Banks (AIBLUD), which coordinates the activity of the 37 existing banks in Italy. He has been the first President of the European Milk Bank Association (EMBA). In 2005 he received the “Gold Medal” from the City of Milan (the highest honor for people working in this city), for his scientific activity and his interest and involvement in social field.
Abstract
Abstract : The role of Mediterranean diet on human milk composition: The results of MediDiet study