Angelina V Bernier, M.D.
Associate Professor & Fellowship Director
About Angelina V Bernier
Hi, I’m Dr. Angelina Bernier, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of Florida. I focus my time on establishing clinical expertise and innovation in the care of children with obesity and diabetes. I was drawn to medicine when I was 13 years old and allowed to assist in the delivery of my youngest brother. No other life calling for me could compare. Then before medical school, I was invited to volunteer at Florida Diabetes Camp which happily steered my training course towards Pediatric Endocrinology.
I am grateful to have received funding from private foundations and local grants to support clinical studies of advanced diabetes technology and educational multimedia programs to improve the care and education of children with diabetes. I aim to guide and support healing for children and families who struggle with endocrine conditions especially those related to obesity with particular focus on comorbidities such as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and prediabetes leading to diabetes.
I serve as the Medical Director of the Metabolic & Obesity clinic and bring together a multidisciplinary team to provide contemporary, comprehensive care in the form of genetic screening, metabolic and physical fitness assessments along with use of new pharmacotherapies . I am the Pediatric Medical Advisor of the UF Health Bariatric Surgery Center,member of the UF Diabetes Institute and Program Director of the Pediatric Endocrine Fellowship. My goal as a physician is to care for individuals as a whole and focus on heart health outcomes as they may relate to their underlying endocrine condition.
In my free time, I love playing volleyball, cooking healthy delicious meals for my family and exploring the world around me.
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Accomplishments
Exemplary Teacher Award
2016-2021
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University of Florida
Golden Apple Award for Pediatric Endocrinology
2016-2018
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University of Florida
Brillante Award
2007
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National Hispanic Scholarship Foundation Hall of Fame Inductee
Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
2018
MDC7400 Pediatric Clerkship
2022-2025
BMS4905 Medical Sciences Senior Research
2024
BMS6751 Nutrition and Health
Board Certifications
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Pediatric EndocrinologyAmerican Board of Pediatrics
Clinical Profile
Specialties
- Pediatrics
Subspecialties
- Pediatric Endocrinology
Areas of Interest
- Diabetes
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Obesity in Children
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Research Profile
Areas of Interest
- Improving screening for osteoporosis
- Pediatric obesity
- Type 1 Diabetes Treatment
- Type 2 Diabetes
Publications
Academic Articles
2025
Food Rx: Integrating horticulture research to improve nutrition and health.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
122(21)
[DOI] 10.1073/pnas.2501723122.
[PMID] 40388615.
2025
Pilot Study: Improving Glycemic Control Among Children and Adolescents With Obesity and Prediabetes With Real-Time Feedback Via Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Diabetes Spectrum.
[DOI] 10.2337/ds24-0051.
2025
Project ECHO Diabetes Trial Improves Outcomes for Medically Underserved People
Diabetes Care.
48(2):243-250
[DOI] 10.2337/dc24-2100.
[PMID] 39688288.
2025
Stakeholder Perceptions of Digital Nutrition Education Modules on Infant Feeding in Home Visiting Programs
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
57(4):326-337
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jneb.2024.12.008.
2025
The Impact of Artificially Sweetened Drinks on Metformin Efficacy
Nutrients.
17(5)
[DOI] 10.3390/nu17050797.
[PMID] 40077667.
2024
Adolescent Bariatric Surgery: The Need for Tailored Educational Materials.
Childhood obesity (Print).
20(4):221-226
[DOI] 10.1089/chi.2023.0048.
[PMID] 37676982.
2024
Multisite Quality Improvement Program Within the Project ECHO Diabetes Remote Network.
Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety.
50(1):66-74
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jcjq.2023.08.001.
[PMID] 37718146.
2024
Not all healthcare inequities in diabetes are equal: a comparison of two medically underserved cohorts.
BMJ open diabetes research & care.
12(4)
[DOI] 10.1136/bmjdrc-2024-004229.
[PMID] 39242122.
2024
Telehealth Use in a National Pediatric Weight Management Sample During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Childhood obesity (Print).
20(5):309-320
[DOI] 10.1089/chi.2023.0041.
[PMID] 37440173.
2023
Delayed Care and Diagnosis in a 10-Year-Old With Chronic Polydipsia, Polyuria, and Rapidly Progressive Puberty.
Clinical pediatrics.
62(6):658-663
[DOI] 10.1177/00099228221139334.
[PMID] 36419213.
2023
Home Visitation Program Staff Attitudes and Intentions Towards Using Digital Technology to Educate Families About Preventing Early Childhood Obesity: A Qualitative Study.
Maternal and child health journal.
27(11):1905-1913
[DOI] 10.1007/s10995-023-03731-3.
[PMID] 37273139.
2023
Non-Nutritive Sweetened Beverages Impair Therapeutic Benefits of Metformin in Prediabetic Diet-Induced Obese Mice
Nutrients.
15(11)
[DOI] 10.3390/nu15112472.
[PMID] 37299435.
2023
Short-Term Impact of Exercise Fitness Testing in a Pediatric Metabolic and Obesity Clinic: Initiative to Improve Health Care Quality.
Clinical pediatrics.
62(12):1551-1561
[DOI] 10.1177/00099228231165580.
[PMID] 37029649.
2023
The Promising Success of Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Diabetes: Case Series
JMIR Diabetes.
8
[DOI] 10.2196/46050.
[PMID] 37535407.
2022
A narrative review: polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and type 1 diabetes (T1D)
Pediatric Medicine.
[DOI] 10.21037/pm-22-3.
2022
Misconceptions About Youth Weight Lifting-Reply.
JAMA pediatrics.
176(10)
[DOI] 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.3066.
[PMID] 36036904.
2022
Physical Activity in Children.
JAMA pediatrics.
176(6)
[DOI] 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.0477.
[PMID] 35467714.
2022
Type 1 diabetes knowledge assessment: The KAT-1 validation study.
Pediatric diabetes.
23(8):1687-1694
[DOI] 10.1111/pedi.13414.
[PMID] 36089647.
2022
Using Peer Power to Reduce Health Disparities: Implementation of a Diabetes Support Coach Program in Federally Qualified Health Centers
Diabetes Spectrum.
35(3):295-303
[DOI] 10.2337/dsi22-0004.
[PMID] 36082018.
2021
Absence of relationship between serum cortisol and critical illness in premature infants.
Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition.
106(4):408-412
[DOI] 10.1136/archdischild-2020-319970.
[PMID] 33541918.
2021
Democratizing type 1 diabetes specialty care in the primary care setting to reduce health disparities: project extension for community healthcare outcomes (ECHO) T1D.
BMJ open diabetes research & care.
9(1)
[DOI] 10.1136/bmjdrc-2021-002262.
[PMID] 34244218.
2021
Feasibility/acceptability of an acceptance-based therapy intervention for diverse adolescent girls with overweight/obesity.
Obesity science & practice.
7(3):291-301
[DOI] 10.1002/osp4.483.
[PMID] 34123396.
2021
Hirsutism and Menstrual Irregularity in a 16-year-old Girl.
Pediatrics in review.
42(8):449-452
[DOI] 10.1542/pir.2020-002089.
[PMID] 34341086.
2020
IL-27: An endogenous constitutive repressor of human monocytes.
Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.).
217
[DOI] 10.1016/j.clim.2020.108498.
[PMID] 32531345.
2020
Perceived barriers/facilitators to a healthy lifestyle among diverse adolescents with overweight/obesity: A qualitative study.
Obesity science & practice.
6(6):638-648
[DOI] 10.1002/osp4.448.
[PMID] 33354342.
2020
Primary Care Providers in California and Florida Report Low Confidence in Providing Type 1 Diabetes Care.
Clinical diabetes : a publication of the American Diabetes Association.
38(2):159-165
[DOI] 10.2337/cd19-0060.
[PMID] 32327888.
2020
Simple tests of cardiorespiratory fitness in a pediatric population.
PloS one.
15(9)
[DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0238863.
[PMID] 32886730.
2020
Testing Usability and Feasibility of a Mobile Educator Tool for Pediatric Diabetes Self-Management: Mixed Methods Pilot Study
JMIR Formative Research.
4(5)
[DOI] 10.2196/16262.
[PMID] 32356773.
2019
Designing Online and Mobile Diabetes Education for Fathers of Children With Type 1 Diabetes: Mixed Methods Study
JMIR Diabetes.
4(3)
[DOI] 10.2196/13724.
[PMID] 31389338.
2019
Leveraging the Project ECHO model for Type 1 Diabetes (TID) in California and Florida: Democratizing Knowledge in Underserved T1D communities
Diabetes.
68(Supplement_1)
[DOI] 10.2337/db19-338-OR.
2019
The Paradox of Care Delivery for Type 1 Diabetes in Primary Care Settings: A Call for Interventions to Reduce Health Disparities
Diabetes.
68(1)
2018
Incidence of and risk factors for adrenal suppression following ultrasound-guided intra-articular corticosteroid injection with triamcinolone acetonide in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Arthritis & Rheumatology.
70(10)
2018
New-Onset Diabetes Educator to Educate Children and Their Caregivers About Diabetes at the Time of Diagnosis: Usability Study
JMIR Diabetes.
3(2)
[DOI] 10.2196/diabetes.9202.
[PMID] 30291069.
2017
Apathy in adolescents with Tourette syndrome (TS), more than a teenager attitude
Movement Disorders.
32(2)
2017
Mobile Apps for the Management of Diabetes.
Diabetes care.
40(10):e145-e146
[DOI] 10.2337/dc17-0853.
[PMID] 28774944.
2014
Interindividual variation in human T regulatory cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
111(12):E1111-20
[DOI] 10.1073/pnas.1401343111.
[PMID] 24610777.
2009
Vascular dysfunction in glycogen storage disease type I.
The Journal of pediatrics.
154(4):588-91
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.10.048.
[PMID] 19101686.
2008
Hyperlipidemia in glycogen storage disease type III: effect of age and metabolic control.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease.
31(6):729-32
[DOI] 10.1007/s10545-008-0919-5.
[PMID] 18709545.
2007
Nutrition in Pediatrics: Basic Science and Clinical Applications
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2006
Arterial thrombosis resulting in amputation in a child with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes and heterozygous Factor V Leiden mutation.
Pediatric diabetes.
7(4):229-31
[PMID] 16911011.
New-Onset Diabetes Educator to Educate Children and Their Caregivers About Diabetes at the Time of Diagnosis: Usability Study (Preprint)
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[DOI] 10.2196/preprints.9202.
Grants
Jul 2025
ACTIVE
Obesity Medicine Fellowship Council
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: OBESITY MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP COUNCIL
via NOVO NORDISK
Oct 2024
ACTIVE
A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial: Multiple Independent Sub-studies of Setmelanotide in Patients with POMC/PCSK1, LEPR, NCOA1 (SRC1), or SH2B1 Gene Variants in the Melanocortin-4 Receptor Pathway
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS
Aug 2023
ACTIVE
A pilot feasibility study of digitally delivered modules focused on preventing the development of obesity during the first year of life within an existing statewide home visitation program
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NHLBI
Jul 2023
– Jun 2024
Project ECHO Teleclinics for Rural Providers
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: FL DEPT OF HLTH
Jun 2023
– May 2025
The presentation and medical course of PCOS in adolescents across the United States
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF COLORADO DENVER & ANSCHUTZ MED
via NATL INST OF HLTH NICHD
Oct 2021
– Sep 2022
Can sweetened drugs impair the effects of metformin?
Role: Other
Funding: UF HEALTH SHANDS HOSPITAL
Sep 2021
ACTIVE
MR Biomarkers of Bone Quality in DMD
Role: Project Manager
Funding: US ARMY MED RES ACQUISITION
Apr 2017
– Jun 2024
HSC COM Matching Commitment
Role: Project Manager
Funding: UNIV OF FLORIDA
Education
Fellowship – Endocrinology
2008
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University of Florida Health
Residency – Pediatrics
2005
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University of Florida Health
Medical Degree
2002
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University of Florida
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 265-7337
Emails:
- Business:
- angelina@ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
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PO Box 100296
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
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1699 SW 16TH AVE BLDG A
GAINESVILLE FL 32608