Susana Matias
Cooperative Extension Specialist
About Susana Matias
Dr. Matias is a Cooperative Extension Specialist in the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology (NST) at the University of California, Berkeley. She has 10+ years of experience in public health nutrition 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 and diabetes prevention through nutritional and behavior change. Prior to joining NST, Dr. Matias was an Assistant Project Scientist in the Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis.
Research Description
My research centers in topics that promote health through nutrition and prevent nutrition related conditions, with a focus in disadvantaged populations.
Education
- Ph.D., Epidemiology, with Designated Emphasis in International and Community Nutrition, University of California, Davis.
- B.A., Psychology, Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú
Publications
Matias SL, Anderson CE, Koleilat M. Breastfeeding moderates childhood obesity risk associated with prenatal exposure to excessive gestational weight gain. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 2023 Jun 25:e13545. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13545. Epub ahead of print. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10483944/
French CD, Shafique MA, Bang H, Matias SL. Perinatal Hospital Practices Are Associated with Breastfeeding through 5 Months Postpartum among Women and Infants from Low-Income Households. Journal of Nutrition. 2023;153(1):322-330. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2022.11.007. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36913468/
Susana L Matias, Michelle Pearl, Kristen Lyall, Lisa A Croen, Tanja VE Kral, Daniele Fallin, Li-Ching Lee, Chyrise B Bradley, Laura A Schieve, Gayle C Windham. Maternal pre-pregnancy weight and gestational weight gain in association with autism and developmental disorders in offspring. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021;29(9):1554-1564. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.23228
Susana L Matias, Jazmin Rodriguez-Jordan, Mikelle McCoin. Integrated Nutrition and Culinary Education in Response to Food Insecurity in a Public University. Nutrients 2021;13(7):2304. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13072304
Susana L Matias, Jazmin Rodriguez-Jordan, Mikelle McCoin. Evaluation of a college-level nutrition course with a teaching kitchen lab. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 2021;53(9):787-792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2021.02.004
Kathryn Dewey, Susana Matias, Malay Mridha, Charles Arnold. Nutrient supplementation during the first 1000 days and growth of infants born to pregnant adolescents. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2020;1468(1):25-34. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14191
Gilberto Kac, Charles D. Arnold, Susana L. Matias, Malay K. Mridha, Kathryn G. Dewey. Gestational weight gain and newborn anthropometric outcomes in rural Bangladesh. Maternal and Child Nutrition 2019;15(4):e12816. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/mcn.12816
Susana L Matias, Malay K Mridha, Rebecca T Young, Sohrab Hussain, Kathryn G Dewey. Daily Maternal Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplementation with 20 mg Iron, Compared with Iron and Folic Acid with 60 mg Iron, Resulted in Lower Iron Status in Late Pregnancy but Not at 6 Months Postpartum in Either the Mothers or Their Infants in Bangladesh. Journal of Nutrition 2018;148(10):1615-1624. doi:10.1093/jn/nxy161.
Susana L Matias, Malay K Mridha, Rebecca T Young, Md. Showkat A Khan, Zakia Siddiqui, Md. Barkat Ullah, Stephen A Vosti, and Kathryn G Dewey. Prenatal and postnatal supplementation with lipid-based nutrient supplements reduces anemia and iron deficiency in 18-month-old Bangladeshi children: a cluster-randomized effectiveness trial. Journal of Nutrition 2018;148(7):1167-1176. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxy078.
Malay K. Mridha, Susana L Matias, Charles D Arnold, Kathryn G Dewey. Factors associated with nutritional status and dietary practices of Bangladeshi adolescents in early pregnancy. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2018. doi: 10.1111/nyas.13568. [Epub ahead of print]
Katherine P Adams, Emmanuel Ayifah, Thokozani E Phiri, Malay K Mridha, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Mary Arimond, Charles D Arnold, Joseph Cummins, Sohrab Hussain, Chiza Kumwenda, Susana L Matias, Ulla Ashorn, Anna Lartey, Kenneth M Maleta, Stephen A Vosti, Kathryn G Dewey. Maternal and Child Supplementation with Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements, but Not Child Supplementation Alone, Decreases Self-Reported Household Food Insecurity in Some Settings. Journal of Nutrition 2017;147(12):2309-2318. doi: 10.3945/jn.117.257386.
Susana L Matias, Alejandro Vargas-Vásquez, Ricardo Bado Pérez, Lorena Alcázar Valdivia, Oscar Aquino Vivanco, Amelia Rodriguez Martín, Jose Pedro Novalbos Ruiz. Effects of lipid-based nutrient supplements versus micronutrient powders on nutritional and developmental outcomes among Peruvian infants. Public Health Nutrition 2017;20(16):2998-3007. doi: 10.1017/S1368980017001811.
Susana L Matias, Malay K Mridha, Fahmida Tofail, Charles D Arnold, Md Showkat Ali Khan, Zakia Siddiqui, Md Barkat Ullah, Kathryn G Dewey. Home fortification during the first 1,000 days improves child development in Bangladesh: a cluster-randomized effectiveness trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2017;105(4):958-969.
Kassandra L. Harding, Susana L. Matias, Malay K. Mridha, Md. Moniruzzaman, Stephen A. Vosti, Sohrab Hussain, Kathryn G. Dewey, Christine P. Stewart. Adherence to recommendations on lipid-based nutrient supplement and iron and folic acid tablet consumption among pregnant and lactating women participating in a community health programme in northwest Bangladesh. Maternal and Child Nutrition 2017;13(1). doi:10.1111/mcn.12252.
Susana L Matias, Malay K Mridha, Rina R Paul, Sohrab Hussain, Stephen A Vosti, Charles D Arnold, Kathryn G Dewey. Prenatal lipid-based nutrient supplements affected maternal anthropometric indicators only in certain subgroups of rural Bangladeshi women. Journal of Nutrition 2016;146: 1775-82.
Susana L. Matias, Kathryn G. Dewey, Charles P. Quesenberry, Jr., Erica P. Gunderson. Maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and insulin treatment during pregnancy are independently associated with delayed lactogenesis among women with recent gestational diabetes mellitus. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2014;99: 115-121.
Susana L. Matias, Maria T. Stoecklin-Marois, Daniel J. Tancredi, Marc B. Schenker. Adherence to diet recommendations is associated with acculturation among Latino farm workers. Journal of Nutrition 2013;143: 1451–1458.
Susana L. Matias, Laurie A. Nommsen-Rivers, Kathryn G. Dewey. Determinants of Exclusive Breastfeeding in a Cohort of Primiparous Peri-urban Peruvian Mothers. Journal of Human Lactation 2012;28 (1): 45-54.
Susana L. Matias, Laurie A. Nommsen-Rivers, Hilary Creed-Kanashiro, Kathryn G. Dewey. Risk Factors for Early Lactation Problems among Peruvian Primiparous Mothers. Maternal and Child Nutrition 2010;6:120-133.
