Mary S. Fewtrell MD, BMBCh, FRCPCH, DCH, MA

Mary Fewtrell is Professor of Pediatric Nutrition and Honorary Consultant Paediatrician at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK. Following her training in Medicine and Paediatrics, she has worked in Infant & Child Nutrition research for 23 years. Her research interests include the programming of health outcomes by early nutrition and growth, investigated in randomised nutritional intervention trials in both term and preterm infants, with long-term follow-up, and practical aspects of infant nutrition, with studies on breastfeeding, breast milk expression and complementary feeding. She is the Clinical Lead for Nutrition at the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health, Chairs the Committee on Nutrition of the European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition (ESPGHAN) and co-Chairs the Nutrition Group of the European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI), which is currently developing European Standards for nutrition in neonatal care.