Dr. Miljana Z. Jovandaric, neonatologist and researcher, graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, with pediatric specialization completed in 1999 at the University Children's Hospital Belgrade and neonatal specialization in 2003. She earned a Master’s degree in 2006 with a thesis on lipid infants in gestational diabetes and a PhD in 2018 with a dissertation on the effects of hypoxia on electrolytes and lipids in term newborns at the University of Belgrade. Since 2020 she has been a Research Associate at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade. Jovandaric serves as Head of the Department of Sick Newborns at the Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics, Department of Neonatology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade. She sits on the editorial boards of multiple journals, including Maternal and Pediatric Nutrition Journal and Journal of Neonatal Research and Pediatrics Care, and has authored scientific papers presented at national and international venues. Her research interests span across neonatology, metabolism, perinatology, microbiology, and neurology.

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• 1: Microbiota and food2: Breastfeeding—Fetal programming of disease3: Preconception nutrition of the father—A factor in the child’s health4: Nutrition to health5: Vegan Diet—Health6: Mediterranean diet7: Fast food and disease