Assistant Professor
University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Susana Matias is a Cooperative Extension Specialist in the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology (NST) at the University of California, Berkeley. She has extensive experience in public health nutrition research, and a training profile that blends nutrition, epidemiology and psychology. Her research focuses on food access and its connection with dietary patterns and health. She studies maternal and child nutrition, immigrant health, food security, and obesity prevention using epidemiological research methods and nutritional and behavior change interventions. Her resarch has been disseminated in more than 30 peer-review journal publications. Prior to joining UC Berkeley, Dr. Matias was an Assistant Project Scientist in the Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis.