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Meet the Students: Davrina Rianda

 Davrina Rianda, MDPrior Education

Bachelor of Medicine, The University of Indonesia, 2013
Medical Doctorate, The University of Indonesia, 2014
Master of Nutrition, The University of Indonesia, 2019

Graduate Group

Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology
Projected Graduation Year: 2026/2027

Meet the Students: Katherine Kwon

 Katherine KwonUndergrad 

University of California, Berkeley, Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, Dietetics, 2003

Grad Group

Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology
Projected Graduation Year: 2026

Research Focus Area

My research focuses on maternal and child health, lactation and child development.

Meet the Faculty: Lauren Au

 

Dr. Lauren Au is an Associate Professor of Nutrition at UC Davis. Her work focuses on harnessing artificial intelligence to improve dietary assessment technologies and examining how cross-utilization of nutrition safety net programs influences nutrition security and health outcomes. She has extensive experience evaluating nutrition policy changes within the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and the National School Lunch Program.

Meet the Faculty: Sonja Y. Hess, PhD

 

Dr. Sonja Hess serves as the Interim Director of the Institute for Global Nutrition at UC Davis, where she holds a position as Research Nutritionist. Her research interest lies in the assessment and prevention of vitamin and mineral deficiencies in low- and middle-income countries. Over the past two decades she has worked closely with many collaborators in Africa, Asia and Latin America aiming to improve nutrition and health of young children and women. She has a long publication record with over 130 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters in global nutrition. 

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