I’m an African-American, cis-gender, mother and pediatrician who lives and works in Harlem. I am also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and a board-certified, practicing pediatrician at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC). My clinical and research interests include adolescent medicine, community-focused pediatric primary care, integration of behavioral health interventions in primary care settings, cultural competency in primary pediatric care, and culturally-informed primary medical services for Black and Latinx children and families. Since arriving at CUIMC over 20 years ago, my focus has been on teaching humanism, service learning, cultural competency, implicit bias, and anti-racism to improve care for the most vulnerable patients and populations. Over the past year, I have had the extraordinary opportunity to transition to systemic anti-racist faculty development across disciplines throughout CUIMC as Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons Inaugural Director of Equity and Justice in Curricular Affairs. More about Hetty Cunningham >>
Domingo Fortuna holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Hispanic Studies from Brandeis University. Subsequently, he earned a master's in Human Nutrition from the Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition. With previous contributions to research studies at institutions such as Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Columbia Irving Medical Center, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Domingo's research interest primarily focuses on child health and development, diabetes prevention, and neuroscience.
Kate Tadeo (she/her) is a recent graduate from Columbia University where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in public health and political science. Kate is passionate about public health, having been a CDC Public Health Summer Scholar at UCLA in 2022. There, she researched the importance of adolescent health and education and worked with A Community of Friends, a non-profit that houses mentally ill families and individuals. With this organization, Kate developed and implemented health classes for adults and children. Having also done research projects on diseases and the health effects of climate change, Kate hopes to continue learning and contributing to how to most effectively increase access to healthcare for all.
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