Fabíola Isabel Suano de Souza

She holds a medical degree (2000) and completed her residency in paediatrics (2002) at the Faculty of Medicine of ABC (FMABC). She obtained her Masters degree (2006) and PhD (2011) from the Paulista School of Medicine Federal University of São Paulo (EPM-UNIFESP). She was awarded the title of Specialist in Paediatrics (2003), with areas of expertise in Paediatric Nutrition (2005) and Parenteral and Enteral Nutritional Therapy (2006) by the Brazilian Society of Paediatrics. She is currently an Adjunct Professor in General and Community Paediatrics at the Department of Paediatrics at EPM-UNIFESP, and an Associate Professor in Clinical Paediatrics at the Department of Paediatrics at FMABC. She supervises students in the Postgraduate Programme in Paediatrics and Applied Paediatric Sciences and coordinates the Undergraduate Education Committee at EPM-UNIFESP. She has taken part in working groups of the Ministry of Health regarding the Food Guide for Children under Two Years of Age and Childhood Obesity. She was appointed Research and Scientific Excellence Coordinator for the Latin American Chapter of the DOHaD Society (International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease) for the 20232025 term, and currently serves as President of the Department of Paediatric Nutrition of the Brazilian Society of Paediatrics (20222025). She is also a member of the Brazilian Observatory on Conflicts of Interest in Food and Nutrition, and of the PENSSAN Network (Brazilian Research Network on Food and Nutrition Sovereignty and Security).Her research interests include breastfeeding (human milk composition), complementary feeding, growth and development of preterm infants, and micronutrient deficiencies. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)