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Dr. Fernando is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics with training in epidemiology. His community-based research is largely focused on the impact of health disparities in children and teens across various cultural, gender, and socioeconomic parameters. Dr. Fernando has extensively studied body types and other risk factors for children and teens with early-onset type 2 diabetes mellitus. Most recently, he initiated studies examining new ways to improve health literacy by delivering relevant and sound nutrition, asthma, and obesity prevention education to low-income disparate populations in Fort Worth through the use of the new Pediatric Mobile Clinic.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD in Epidemiology, UNT Health Science Center
BS in Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
MS in Epidemiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Projects
- 4 Finished
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Changes in Risk for Type 2 Diabetes among Mexican American Adolescents
Fulda, K., Franks, S., Ebert-Blackburn, D. & Fernando, S.
Texas Academy of Family Physicians Found
1/04/15 → 31/03/16
Project: Research
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Increasing Awareness of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Risk among High School Blood Donors
Fulda, K., Franks, S., Fernando, S. & Walters, S.
1/10/13 → 30/09/14
Project: Research
Research output
- 4 Article
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Correlation of Lipid Profile and Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in 10-14 Year Old Children
Habiba, N. M., Fulda, K. G., Basha, R., Shah, D., Fernando, S., Nguyen, B., Xiong, Y., Franks, S. F., Matches, S. J., Magie, R. D. & Bowman, W. P., 1 Nov 2016, In: Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry. 39, 5, p. 1695-1704 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How often parents make decisions with their children is associated with obesity
Rahman, A., Fulda, K. G., Franks, S. F., Fernando, S. I., Habiba, N. & Muzaffar, O., 25 Sep 2018, In: BMC Pediatrics. 18, 1, 311.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Uptake of cancer screenings among a multiethnic refugee population in North Texas, 2014-2018
Milenkov, A. R., Felini, M., Baker, E., Acharya, R., Diese, E. L., Onsa, S., Fernando, S. & Chor, H., 2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 3, e0230675.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Liver Biomarkers and Lipid Profiles in Mexican and Mexican-American 10- to 14-Year-Old Adolescents at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
Fernández-Gaxiola, A. C., Valdés-Ramos, R., Fulda, K. G., López, A. L. G., Martínez-Carrillo, B. E., Franks, S. F. & Fernando, S., 2017, In: Journal of Diabetes Research. 2017, 4262536.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review