Associate Professor in Pediatrics at University of Milan, Department of Health Sciences. She has primary responsibility in Clinical Nutrition in Department of Pediatrics, Ospedale dei Bambini Vittore Buzzi Milan Italy. Main expertise in nutrition and metabolism, both in clinic and research aspect. Particularly involved in infant and child nutrition for the prevention of later non-communicable disease, in the management of vegetarian/vegan diet in children, in nutritional management of difficult circumstances (malnourished children, children affected by eating disorders or inborn errors of metabolism).From 2017 Member of Committee of Nutrition-European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN). From 2021 Secretary of ESPGHAN CoN. From 2021 Member of the Executive Committee of the Italian Society of Pediatrics. From 2002 she has been involved in the UMIL team in the several European Community Projects on prevention of childhood obesity. The scientific production of Elvira Verduci consists of 223 publications (H-index 37, citations 4823)