Veronica Barcelona is a public health nurse, perinatal epidemiologist, and Assistant Professor at Columbia University School of Nursing. Dr. Barcelona earned degrees from the University of Michigan (BSN), Johns Hopkins University (MSN/MPH), and Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (PhD). She completed postdoctoral studies in epigenomics and a K01 project funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research at Yale University School of Nursing. Dr. Barcelona’s research centers on understanding mechanisms and risk factors underlying adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes, with the goal of achieving healthy and safe birth outcomes for all. Her research is funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD110429-01) the Betty Irene Moore Nurse Leader Fellowship, and the Data Science Institute at Columbia University. Dr. Barcelona has published in multidisciplinary journals including Health Equity, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Epigenetics. She has been recognized for her excellence in research by the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Dean’s Award, International Society for Nurses in Genetics Founders Award, and the friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research Protege Award.