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Dr. Fleary’s specific research training and expertise are in preventive health, mental health, health literacy, pediatric obesity, adolescent health behaviors, and secondary data analysis. Her clinical training and practice with families in both hospital and community settings have contributed to the importance of context and disparities to her research agenda. As a result, Dr. Fleary established and currently directs the Child Health Equity Research Lab (CHER Lab) at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy. Dr. Fleary’s primary goals are (1) to develop interventions and programs sensitive to social determinants of health to empower children, adolescents, and families who are underserved to engage in preventive health behaviors and advocate for themselves and their communities and (2) to contribute to building research evidence to affect policy and systemic change. Ultimately, Dr. Fleary hopes to reduce child and adult chronic disease risk and health disparities among minoritized communities.