Post-doctoral Associate
University of Miami
Ph.D. Health Behavior and Health Education
Alejandra Fernandez received her PhD in Health Behavior and Health Education from UT-Austin in 2017. She is currently working as a Post-doctoral Associate at the University of Miami, School of Nursing and Health Studies, where she does research on the healthy development of Hispanic adolescents, the influence of parental behaviors on adolescent development, and the beneficial interactive behaviors between parent and adolescent. Alejandra’s post-doctoral position was awarded through a diversity supplement funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institute of Health.