Research Bio
Research: The epidemiology of growth and nutrition in children, particularly malnutrition and obesity in children and adolescents, assessment of nutritional status, and societal determinants of nutritional conditions. Dr. Fernandez is a nutritional epidemiologist interested in the two ends of the nutritional status continuum. She has examined the determinants of wasting and stunting in children in developing countries using data from the World Health Organization. Dr. Fernandez is currently focusing in weight gain prevention and obesity in the United States. In particular, Dr. Fernandez is interested in the synergism between individual nutrition and physical activity behaviors and the environment.
She is currently conducting a group-randomized trial testing environmental interventions for worksite weight gain prevention and qualitative research on how the everyday life of low income families with school-age children influence the ability to make healthy nutrition and physical activity choices.
| Student Research Award | Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN |
1998 |
| Indirect Recovery Funds Award | Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN |
1993 |
| Predissertation Fieldwork Grant, MacArthur Interdisciplinary Program on Peace & International Cooperation | University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN |
1992 |
| Alumni Association Fellowship | School of Public Health, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN |
1992 |
| XIV Latin-American Pediatrics Congress Fellowship | Cuban Government | Havana, Cuba |
1984 |
| Honors Diploma | Medical School, National University of Buenos Aires | Argentina |
1981 |
2015 May
Rueckman, EA; Shah, MN; Adler, D; Harris, L; Fernandez, ID; Dozier, AM; Chin, N. "Understanding Low Rates of Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Urban Neighborhoods: A Qualitative Study." Submitted to Annals of Emergency Medicine (May 2015). 2015; . |
2015
Sprod, LK; Fernandez, ID; Janelsins, MC; Peppone, LJ; Atkins, JN; Giguere, J; Block, R; Mustian, KM. "(in press). Effects of Yoga on Cancer-Related Fatigue and Global Side-Effect Burden in Older Cancer Survivors." Journal of Geriatric Oncology. 2015; : 6(1):8–14. |
2015
Fernandez, ID; Chin, NP; Devine, CM; Dozier, AM; Martina, CA; McIntosh, S; Thevenet-Morrison, K; Yang, H. "Images of a Healthy Worksite: A Group-Randomized Trial of Worksite Multiple-Component Interventions for Weight Gain Prevention with Employee Participation in Intervention Design." American Journal of Public Health. Published online ahead of print March 19, 2015. 2015; : e1–e8. doi:10.2105/ AJPH.2014.302397 NIHMSID: NIHMS646361. |
2015
Fernandez, ID; Groth, S; Reschke, J; Graham, M; Strawderman, M; Olson, CM. "eMOMS: Electronically-Mediated Weight Interventions for Pregnant and Postpartum Women. Study Design and Baseline Characteristics." Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2015; : 2015;43: 63-74 .DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2015.04.013 NIHMS ID: NIHMS. |
2015
Groth, Susan; Ossip, D; Stewart, P; Wixom, N; Block, R; Fernandez, ID. "Adequacy of micronutrient intake in pregnant AA women." Revise and resubmit to the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (first submission January 2015). 2015; . |
