Cristina R. Fernández, MD, MPH

Pediatrician | prenatal+early life SDoH, nutrition, behavioral health effects on child health researcher | 🇵🇦 | she/ella | #Advocacy | 💖💚 | Tweets my own

[Cristina R. Fernández, MD, MPH @DrCFernandez]

Happy to share my verified achievement in Team Science Fundamentals from @ACTScience. https://t.co/vnb8pRarK3 via @credly

[Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH @efuentes1]

Consider applying for this impactful mentoring program!

[Cristina R. Fernández, MD, MPH @DrCFernandez]

Ecstatic to share that I received a 2024 @NIH_LRP Renewal Health Disparities Research Award from @NIMHD 🎉. Huge thank yous to @Monk_Lab and senior + peer mentors at @KidsAtColumbia and beyond for your support of me in continuing to advance research #NIHLRP #LatinasInMedicine

[Cristina R. Fernández, MD, MPH @DrCFernandez]

Day 3 @PASMeeting 🎉 winning a walking challenge prize, stimulating convos at #SDoH networking run by @ArvinGargMD @Es4Justice @DrBarrySolomon, inspiring #childhealth vision @AcademicPeds presidential plenary, & learning at breastfeeding, newborn themed sessions+posters #pas2024

[Cristina R. Fernández, MD, MPH @DrCFernandez]

Yay! Thanks @PASMeeting 👊🏾@KidsAtColumbia #walkwithPAS #PAS2024

[Pediatric Academic Societies @PASMeeting]

Congrats to our winners today for the walking challenge! #PAS2024 #walkwithpas @DrCFernandez @JenBenjaminMD @Game0fGroans @SamuelRNeal

[Cristina R. Fernández, MD, MPH @DrCFernandez]

Pediatricians, let’s gooooo! An inspiring call to action to advance a U.S. national unified vision for children from Drs. Moira and Peter Szilagyi during @AcademicPeds George Armstrong Award lecture @PASMeeting #PAS2024

[Cristina R. Fernández, MD, MPH @DrCFernandez]

@PASMeeting keeping it going with those steps!🏃🏾‍♀️#PAS2024 #walkwithPAS (really a New York-style power walk 😅)

[Cristina R. Fernández, MD, MPH @DrCFernandez]

Day 2 @PASMeeting 💪�� dissemination-implementation science 🗝️ concepts, breastfeeding/human milk research+networking ❤️ Casey Rosen-Carole @LauraKair @sarahntaylorneo @Es4Justice, and poster on prenatal discrimination & infant feeding by my mentee Charlee Manigat, MS 👏🏾👏🏾 #PAS2024

[Cristina R. Fernández, MD, MPH @DrCFernandez]

The pleasure was all mine and so fun to meet you too in person @morales_doctora @PASMeeting 🤗 @LatinasInMed

[DoctoraMorales @morales_doctora]

When you turn around and see @DrCFernandez, in person sitting next to you, at a session. So great to finally meet you!

[Cristina R. Fernández, MD, MPH @DrCFernandez]

And got in those steps! #walkwithPAS #PAS2024

[Cristina R. Fernández, MD, MPH @DrCFernandez]

Day 1 @PASMeeting 👌🏾Engaging @AcademicPeds BORN meeting, inspiring #PAS2024 Opening General Session, informative #Newborn SIG session on congenital syphilis, and cheering my mentee Michelle Rodriguez, MPH with her poster on emotional connection and infant feeding.

[Cristina R. Fernández, MD, MPH @DrCFernandez]

Ready to go! Day 1 @PASmeeting and looking forward to connecting with friends, mentors, & collaborators 📸#PAS2024 #PASfootwear

[Cristina R. Fernández, MD, MPH @DrCFernandez]

Feeling the ❤️ from my @KidsAtColumbia colleagues checking out my poster on physical activity behaviors of pregnant adolescents and infant birth anthropometry and breastfeeding practices @PASMeeting
#PAS2023 #first1000days @Monk_Lab

[Cristina R. Fernández, MD, MPH @DrCFernandez]

A joy to reconnect with my @AcademicPeds Research in Academic Pediatrics Initiative on Diversity (RAPID) Scholar alum colleague @JuanEspinozaMD and other RAPID alums, current scholars, mentors, and more! Inspiring research and advocacy from this group 💪🏾 @PASMeeting #PAS2023

[Cristina R. Fernández, MD, MPH @DrCFernandez]

FANTASTIC presentation by @ericapgun @PASMeeting on adverse pregnancy outcomes and lactation and long term #cardiovascular risk. It’s key to account for the pre-pregnancy, perinatal, and postpartum periods in a life purse approach to mother-infant health! #PAS2023

[Cristina R. Fernández, MD, MPH @DrCFernandez]

Always wonderful to catch up with old pediatric residency friends from #CHONY2014 😁 #PAS2023 @KidsAtColumbia #CHONYCheer

[Cristina R. Fernández, MD, MPH @DrCFernandez]

Congrats to my mentee Priya on her research poster at #PAS2023 on the association between T1D and diabetes distress and home zip code @PASmeeting @KidsAtColumbia

[Cristina R. Fernández, MD, MPH @DrCFernandez]

Thanks @NinaDadlezMD 🤩 and proud to have grown with you @KidsAtColumbia #CHONY2014 and to continue to grow with #WomenInMedicine #Trailblazers @doctweettweet @LynnPetukhova @DimitropoulouDr @grsoffer @slovinskydesir @RebeccaFHough @DrVSalcedo @DoctorDominique @theDOORlab

[Nina Dadlez, MD, MS @NinaDadlezMD]

#Trailblazers…@JanaLearyMD @trey_coffey_TO @sucharitakher @michellempena @DrCFernandez @mcatallozzimd @KarenFreundMD @AnnieAndrewsMD @alisakhan @SuzettePediMD

[Cristina R. Fernández, MD, MPH @DrCFernandez]

So impt for those who are #pregnant to have clear, well-structured info & resources from sources like Dr. Werner from @Monk_Lab and others to guide families during this critical earliest window of #childdevelopment & growth

[Dr. Catherine Monk, Perinatal Pathways Lab @Monk_Lab]

Dr. Werner,Columbia’s Perinatal Pathways Lab & Women's Mental Health @Ob/Gyn in Philips’s Pregnancy+ app https://t.co/Z6EgmlI75r — Forbes named the best pregnancy tracking app https://t.co/dWGVnX9caI. Novel videos on psychologically preparing for the transition to parenthood.

[Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir, MD, MS @slovinskydesir]

Excited to have the incredible @RBoyntonJarrett joining us today @KidsAtColumbia for our 7th Annual Celebration of Diversity Symposium