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.
Monica Cerniglia is the Project Coordinator for the Primary Connections for Youth and Families study on behalf of the FACTS (Family and Adolescent Clinical Technology and Science) team, working on family-based recovery supports for adolescents in primary care. Monica is a graduate of The New School with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and received her Master of Arts degree in criminal justice with a specialization in terrorism studies from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Her previous work includes research on retrieval induced forgetting and facilitation amongst juror deliberation funded by the Department of Justice, and research on the built environment of public mass shootings funded by the National Institute of Justice. More about Monica Cerniglia >>
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