Dr. Teri Hernandez is the Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship in the College of Nursing and a Professor of Nursing and Medicine at the University of Colorado. Over 20 years at CU, she has conducted controlled clinical studies in pregnancy focused on nutrition, glucose and lipid metabolism, infant growth, and early life exposures. A cardiac nurse by training, and a Pediatric Nurse Scientist at Children’s Hospital Colorado, she has a dedicated commitment to understanding insulin resistance as both an adaptation and as pathology. She completed her undergraduate training at Northern Illinois University, and Master’s and PhD at the University of Colorado, USA. She is an educator in the Graduate School, is Chair of the Anschutz Medical Campus Perinatal Research Advisory and Facilitation Committee, is an elected member of the Perinatal Research Society, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.   Dr. Teri Hernandez is the Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship in the College of Nursing and a Professor of Nursing and Medicine at the University of Colorado. Over 20 years at CU, she has conducted controlled clinical studies in pregnancy focused on nutrition, glucose and lipid metabolism, infant growth, and early life exposures. A cardiac nurse by training, and a Pediatric Nurse Scientist at Children’s Hospital Colorado, she has a dedicated commitment to understanding insulin resistance as both an adaptation and as pathology. She completed her undergraduate training at Northern Illinois University, and Master’s and PhD at the University of Colorado, USA. She is an educator in the Graduate School, is Chair of the Anschutz Medical Campus Perinatal Research Advisory and Facilitation Committee, is an elected member of the Perinatal Research Society, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.