Dr. (MD, MSc, PhD), Independent Expert in Pediatric Nutrition
Claude Billeaud

Claude Billeaud received his MD degree from the Medical University of Bordeaux 
(France) in 1979 after a graduation in human cytogenetics (1976). He then studied pediatrics and has been the Clinical Assistant Director of Bordeaux University in the Departments of Pediatrics, Neonatology and Intensive Care since 1983. He currently serves as a pediatrician in the neonatal unit at the Children’s Hospital of Bordeaux, as a scientific manager of Bordeaux-Marmande human milk bank, as a lecturer and head of research (HDR: Habilitation to direct research) in neonatal nutrition at the Medical University of Bordeaux.
His particular interest in research led him to graduate in Biology and Health (1988, Bordeaux). He was awarded a master in statistics applied to clinical research (1991, Montreal) and completed his PhD in nutrition and food science (2000, Bordeaux).
Along his career, he has often been invited as a guest professor specialised in nutrition and neonatology in various universities abroad (Montreal, Corrientes in Argentina). Over the last 35 years, he has been an active member of different scientific organisations, either French, European or American, specialized in perinatal medicine (neonatology, pediatrics and nutrition). For more than 10 years, he was involved in the French human milk banking association (ADLF), sharing his academic knowledge focused in nutrition and his long clinical experience in neonatology. He currently performs research on the composition of human milk.
Throughout his career, Dr. Billeaud has been actively involved in pediatric education across Europe. He currently serves as President of the European Association for Pediatric Education (AEEP/EAPE) and, on behalf of AEEP/EAPE, he is a member of the European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP). More information about the association can be found at www.aeep.asso.fr.
Dr. Billeaud holds editorial responsibilities as both Associate and Guest Editor for several prominent journals, including Healthcare MDPI, Nutrients, and Frontiers in Nutrition.