Cynthia A. Danford, PhD, CRNP, PPCNP-BC, CPNP-PC, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing in the Department of Health Promotion and Development. She studies obesity in families with young children with the aim of reducing obesity and cardiovascular risk and promoting child health. Dr. Danford employs novel data-gathering techniques with pre-school children who serve as the primary data source. Recently, Dr. Danford was awarded NIH R21 funding to conduct a randomized control trial focusing on self-regulating lifestyle behaviors (e.g., eating, physical activity, and sleep) through a goal-setting intervention based on event history calendar (EHC) retrieval of lifestyle patterns for low-income parent-preschool child dyads.
She currently serves the co-chair of the International Research Subcommittee of the IFNA Research Committee. For more information contact IFNA member, Cindy Danford.