Daphne C. Hernandez, PhD, MSEd, FAAHB, FSBM, is a developmental psychologist whose research focuses on health differences with an emphasis on food insecurity, housing instability and homelessness, and Latino health. Her research has been funded by NIH (NCI, NICHD, NINR), William T. Grant Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, USDA, and Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research. She has served as a senior mentor for the American Academy of Health Behavior's Research Scholars Mentoring Program, the American Psychological Association's Leadership and Education Advancement Program for Diverse Scholars Program, the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s Early Career Researcher Mentoring Program, and the Robert Wood Johnson New Connections Mentoring Program. She is currently the PI of a USDA-funded undergraduate training program called HOUSTON Academy 2.0, and a previous recipient of a research and professional development mentoring grant designed to support a junior researcher from the William T. Grant Foundation. She has received mentoring awards from the American Academy of Health Behavior, National Council on Family Relations, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She serves as the Chair of the Families and Health Section for the National Council on Family Relations and President-elect of the American Academy of Health Behavior.

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