Dr. Nina Agrawal is a pediatrician, with expertise in child abuse pediatrics. She has over 25 years of experience in providing trauma-informed pediatric care. She is a thought leader in children’s exposure to community gun violence, family violence, and other adversities. Throughout her career, she has been a steadfast advocate for minoritized children and families. She was formerly an assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia Medical Center, where she conducted child abuse medical evaluations in collaboration with special victims’ detectives and child protective services. She provides expert testimony in criminal and family court in the New York metropolitan area. Agrawal holds leadership positions in several medical organizations. On a national level, she chairs the Gun Violence Solutions committee for the American Medical Women’s Association and the Child Abuse Prevention Committee of the Helfer Society. At the state level, in New York, she chairs the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Gun Safety Committee and the Community Access to Children’s Health Grant Program. On a local level, she chairs the NYS-AAP, Injury and Violence Prevention Committee and the Child Sex Trafficking Action Team. She is a writer and has authored OpEds in the New York Times, the NY Daily News, and STAT. She has been covered in print and broadcast outlets around the world, including CNN, BBC, and the Washington Post. Agrawal holds a medical degree from Rutgers University. She completed residency in pediatrics at Cornell University and a fellowship in Academic Pediatrics at New York University. She is currently an MS Candidate in the Health Communications for Social Change Program at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy.