Amber Hromi-Fiedler, Ph.D., M.P.H., is currently the Research Core Assistant Director for the Connecticut Center for Eliminating Health Disparities among Latinos. Dr. Hromi-Fiedler obtained her B.A. in Psychobiology from Wheaton College in Norton , Massachusetts , in 1994. In 2002, she obtained her M.P.H. from the University of Connecticut and in 2007 she obtained her Ph.D. from the same university. Dr. Hromi-Fiedler specializes in community nutrition with emphasis in maternal and child health (MCH) both domestically and internationally. She has worked in Uganda and Ghana on different projects. In Uganda , she participated in the implementation of an MCH project with Save the Children. In Ghana , with funding from the NIH, she developed and taught an intensive course to build the capacity of local Ghanaian health professional by enhancing their knowledge and skill of analyzing nutritional data using a public domain software available through the Centers for Disease Control. In Ghana , she also collaborated in the training of nutrition staff and the development of nutrition education materials for Liberian refugee caretakers at Buduburam Refugee Camp. The nutrition education materials focused on child nutrition as well as food safety and are currently being used and distributed to caretakers to improve nutritional outcomes among Liberian refugee children. Her current research emphasizes food security during pregnancy. She has taken the lead on the adaptation of the U.S. Food Security Scale, a national instrument to measure food insecurity, among pregnant Latina women. Dr. Hromi-Fiedler recently finished implementing one of the first longitudinal studies examining the association between food insecurity during pregnancy and infant outcomes among Latinas. Dr. Hromi-Fiedler has presented her work at national and international conferences. Dr. Hromi-Fiedler has authored or co-authored several research articles in the fields of interest.