Cynthia A DanfordDr. Danford is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) who has extensive experience in pediatric primary care and family nursing. She is currently a Nurse Scientist II at Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio and an Assistant Professor at Universty of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. She has worked in academia and practiced as a certified PNP for more than 30 years. She has taught at graduate and undergraduate nursing levels and worked with supporting preceptors for more than 20 years. Dr. Danford earned a PhD from the University of California, San Francisco, an MSN from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, and a BS from St. Mary's College, Notre Dame. She currently serves as co-chair of the International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) Research Committee and is the Association of Faculties of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (AFPNP) liaison to the Research Committee of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP). She is past president of AFPNP and past chair of the IFNA research collaboration subcommittee. She was selected as a Top 25 pediatric nursing professor in 2014 and received the AFPNP Excellence in Nursing Research Award in 2012 & 2019. She conducts research with families with young children in an effort to instill healthy lifestyle habits and minimize obesity and cardiovascular risk. She has presented her research locally, nationally, and internationally (Spain, Denmark, Japan, Canada, Russia, Ireland) and authored and co-authored several peer-reviewed journal publications. She has received funding for her innovative research with event history calendars, most recently from the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Read More Read Less