Training and Mentoring New Researchers

Are you interested in prevention science and health equity research? Would you like to learn about the research process and gain skills and knowledge along the way?

Follow the path of many others who have contributed to this lab, including undergraduate, graduate, post-doctoral and junior investigators. 

Co-Authored Publications with Trainees, Junior Researchers and SFSU Alum (Partial List)

Check out these research publications from current/former students of the lab.

Variable improvement in whole grain consumption among youth by school lunch participation level in the United States: Findings from the 2007-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Mika Matsuzaki, Maria E Acosta  Nancy Barba, Brisa N Sánchez, Emma V Sanchez-Vaznaugh

Temporal Patterns in Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Racially and Ethnically Diverse Children and Adolescents in California

Maria Elena Acosta, Emma V Sanchez-Vaznaugh, Mika Matsuzaki, Nancy Barba, Brisa N Sánchez

"Competitive" food and beverage policies and weight status: A systematic review of the evidence among sociodemographic subgroups

Emma V Sanchez-Vaznaugh , Mika Matsuzaki, Maria Elena Acosta, Sahana Vasanth, Erika Rachelle Dugay, Brisa N Sánchez 

Competitive Food and Beverage Policies and Obesity among Middle School Students: Variability by Urbanicity in California

Mika Matsuzaki , Brisa N Sánchez , Maria Elena Acosta, Emma V Sanchez-Vaznaugh

Food environment near schools and body weight — a systematic review of associations by race/ethnicity, gender, grade, and socioeconomic factors

Mika Matsuzaki, Brisa N Sánchez, Maria Elena Acosta, Jillian Botkin, Emma V Sanchez-Vaznaugh

Meet our past students

  • Sofia R. Medina, MPH (c)
  • Stacey M. Isidro, MPH (c)
  • Colin Williams-Younger, MPH (c)
  • Sinay Gomez  MPH (c)
  • Kamari Mariana Simpson, MPH (c)
  • Tiffany Lee,  MPH
  • Norah Hayden,  MPH
  • Nancy Barba, MPH
  • Maia Feinman-Welcher, MPH
  • Rebecca Mendez, MPH
  • Jillian Botkin, MPH
  • Šećira Botic Nystrom, MPH
  • Erika Rachelle Dugay, MPH
  • Farah Kamila Del Arroz, MPH
  • Jose Daniel Hernandez, MPH
  • Liliana Sandoval, MPH
  • Karina Petrovana Fastovsky, MPH
  • Maria Elena Acosta, MPH
  • Sahana Vasanth, MPH
  • Brian Rios, B.S