Predoctoral Fellows

Current Fellows

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Christina Pineda, MSN, FNP 

(2022-Present)

Christina is a Bay Area native born and raised in San Mateo. After completing a BS and MS in Nursing at Columbia University she returned to California to be close to family. She works as an adult-gerontology nurse practitioner providing primary care at a community clinic. This setting inspired her curiosity about reproductive health. She is interested in learning how new technologies can improve health care delivery of family planning services. 

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Daphne Scott-Henderson, MSN, BSN, RN-BC, CPHQ

2022-Present

Daphne is an experienced critical care nurse who transitioned into the Clinical Informatics field in 2015. She has a master's degree in healthcare informatics and an ANCC certification in nursing informatics. Her leadership style is transformational leadership, as assisting others to hone their leadership skills is the hallmark of a good leader. She is a PhD candidate at UCSF School of Nursing, and currently works as the Director of Health Equity Informatics in the HEPSO department at the University of Rochester. Her research focuses on how intersectionality and social determinants of health contribute to health disparities among Black lesbian women.