Professor Fernandez’s research interests are in two fields. The first is in clinical trials in Wilms tumor (a pediatric kidney cancer). The second is in research ethics in particular the return of summary and incidental findings to research participants, particularly as they pertain to genomic research.

Fernandez CV, Strahlendorf C, Avard D, Knoppers K, O’Connell C, Malkin D, Jabado N, Boycott K, Sorenson P. Attitudes of Researchers to the Return to Participants of Incidental and Targeted Genomic Findings Obtained in a Research Setting. Genetics in Medicine. 2013 In Press. On line 31 Jan 2013.http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/gim.2012.183. PMID 23370450. Fernandez CV, Ruccione K, Wells R, Long JB, Pelletier W, Hooke MC, Pentz RD, Noll RB, Baker J, O’Leary M, Reaman G, Adamson PC, Joffe S. Recommendations for the return of research results to study participants and guardians: A report from the Children’s Oncology Group. J Clinical Oncology 2012;30:4573-4579. (E pub 2012 Oct 29). PMID 23109703 Angelski CL, Fernandez CV, Weijer C and Gao J. The Publication of Ethically Uncertain Research: Attitudes and Practices of Journal Editors. BMC Medical Ethics. 2012 (Apr);13:4. PMID 22494972. McMurter B, Parker L, Fraser RB, Magee JF, Kozancyzn C, Fernandez CV. Parental Views on Tissue Banking in pediatric Oncology patients. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 (Dec)15;57(7):1217-21 (epub Jan 2010). PMID 21254370. Fernandez CV, Gao J, Strahlendorf, C, Moghrabi A, Pentz RD, Barfield RC, Baker JN, Santor D, Weijer C, Kodish E. The return of research results to participants: Attitudes and needs of adolescents and parents of children with cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology Feb;27(6):878-83. (Epub 21 Jan 2009).B