Christina J. Valentine MD, MS, RDN, FAAP, FASPEN is a board-certified physician in Pediatrics and Neonatology, a registered dietitian, and a scientist focused on nutrition interventions to improve lifelong health and create health economic value by optimizing food as medicine. She is a Professor and Neonatologist at Banner University Medical Center at the University of Arizona in both the Pediatrics and Nutrition Sciences Departments and has been practicing clinically for more than 20 years.