Prof. Dr. Pawel Pludowski is an Associate Professor at the Department of Clinical Biochemistry, The Children’s Memorial Health Institute in Warsaw, Poland. He is also the chairman of the European Vitamin D Association (EVIDAS). His research work was devoted primarily to densitometry (DXA and pQCT) as a non-invasive method for assessing bone mass and body composition during growth and maturation. Another area of interest is the metabolism of vitamin D and the importance of vitamin D for human health. He is the author of Central European and Polish Guidelines focused on preventing and treating vitamin D deficiency. He co-authored Global Guidelines, which focused on nutritional rickets.