GUIDO E. MORO, MD, has been Professor of Neonatology at the Postgraduate School of Paediatrics, University of Milan, Italy; he has been the Director of the Centre for Infant Nutrition to Prevent Illnesses in Adult Life and Director of the Department of Neonatal Pathology of the Macedonio Melloni Maternity Hospital in Milan till December 2010
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 and presents regularly on the subject at international meetings.
In 1985 he founded the Human Milk Bank of Milan, the most technologically advanced human milk bank in Italy. This bank has collected more than 15,000 litres of human milk in the last 10 years.
From October 2010 to October 2012 he has been the first President of the European Milk Bank Association (EMBA).
At present time he is President of the Italian Association of Donated Human Milk Banks (AIBLUD), which coordinates the activity of the 38 existing banks in Italy, and Treasurer of the European Milk Bank Association (EMBA).
Since 2013 he is cooperating with the Italian Ministry of Health as Scientific Advisor and member of the Working Group which prepared and published the Italian Regulations for the organization and management of Human Milk Banks.
He is also involved in social activities, and since 2004 he has been President of the Association “The Stair of the Life”, that utilizing a small theatre inside the hospital, organizes and promotes performances and activities for and with the hospitalized children.
In 2005 he received the “Gold Medal” from the City of Milan (the highest honour for people working in this city), due to his scientific activity and his interest and involvement in social field.