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Susana Matias is an Assistant Specialist & Assistant Professor in Cooperative Extension Nutrition in the Metabolic Biology and Nutrition department and Associate Faculty Director at the Berkeley Food Institute. Dr. Matias conducts applied nutrition research focused on the relationship between nutrition and health and wellbeing. Her lab uses different epidemiological research designs (e.g. observational, longitudinal, randomized trials) to study these relationships among women and children, Latino immigrants and other underserved groups. Dr. Matias holds a Ph.D. in Epidemiology, with Emphasis in International and Community Nutrition, from the University of California (UC), Davis. Previously, she completed graduate and undergraduate studies in Psychology at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Prior to joining UC Berkeley, Dr. Matias worked as an Assistant Project Scientist at UC Davis.