Maria Elisabeth Street graduated in medicine and surgery at the University of Parma, qualified as paediatrcian and earned a PhD in Pediatric Gastro-Endocrinology. She is currently Associate Professor of paediatrics at the University of Parma and head of Paediatric Endocrinology. She has participated in and supervised national and international research projects; among these, she is Partner of the LIFE-MILCH project. She has presented at many national and international meetings, is an author of many research papers in international peer-reviewed journals, has an active role in the Italian Societies for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (ISPED), for Paediatrics(ISP), and Research in Paediatrics, in ESPE as member of the Science Committee and former Research Unit Convenor and currently as member of the Clinical Practice Committee and coordinator of the EDC Interest Group. She is co-Chair of the Permanent Monitoring Panel for Children Welfare and Sustainability, Ettore Majorana Foundation, Erice and ISPED representative in the Alliance for an environment for Children (AMBO-ISP).