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University of California, Office of the President
Attention: Nutrition Policy Institute
1111 Franklin Street
Oakland, CA 94607
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Meet Our Team
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Hannah R. Thompson, PhD, MPH
Director, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Nutrition Policy Institute
Email: hrthomp@ucanr.edu
Brianna Aguayo, BS '26
Student Communications Assistant
Email: baguayovillalon@ucanr.edu
Kassandra Bacon, MPH
Project Policy Analyst III
Email: kabacon@ucanr.edu
Ramsha Baig, MPH
Research Data Analyst 3
Email: baig@ucanr.edu
Sibani Michael Bose, BA
Admin Officer IV, Chief Business Officer
Email: sbose@ucanr.edu
KC Fiedler, MPH
Project Policy Analyst III
Email: kwhitsett@ucanr.edu
Celeste Felix, MPH
Research Data Analyst III
Email: cmfelix@ucanr.edu
Caitlin French, PhD
Assistant Project Scientist
Email: cdfrench@ucanr.edu
Wendi Gosliner, PhD, MPH, RD
Project Scientist, Interim Director, Nutrition Policy Institute
Email: wgosliner@ucanr.edu
Christina Hecht, PhD
Academic Coordinator III, Senior Policy Advisor
Email: ceahecht@ucanr.edu
Ken Hecht, LLB
Project Policy Analyst IV, Director of Policy
Email: kenhecht@ucanr.edu
Sridharshi Hewawitharana, MPH
Data Analysis Supervisor
Email: shewawitharana@ucanr.edu
Janice Kao, MPH
Project Policy Analyst Supervisor
Email: jankao@ucanr.edu
Danielle L. Lee, MPH, RD
Project Policy Analyst IV, Director of Communications & Research Engagement
Email: dnilee@ucanr.edu
Amanda M. Linares, MS
Academic Coordinator II, Senior Program Evaluator
Email: amlinares@ucanr.edu
Dania Orta-Aleman, PhD, MPH
Assistant Project Scientist
Email: dorta@ucanr.edu
Richard Pulvera, MPH
Research Data Analyst III
Email: rpulvera@ucanr.edu
Carolyn Dawn Rider, MA
Academic Coordinator II, Senior Program Evaluator
Email: cdkitzmann@ucdavis.edu
Samantha Sam-Chen, MPH
Project Policy Analyst III
Email: ssamchen@ucanr.edu
Ron Strochlic, MS
Academic Coordinator II
Email: rstrochlic@ucanr.edu
Reka Vasicsek, MS
Project Policy Analyst III
Email: rvasicsek@ucanr.edu
Nicole Vital, MA
Staff Research Associate III
Email: nvital@ucanr.edu
Miranda Westfall Brown, PhD, MPH RD
Academic Coordinator III
Email: mrwestfall@ucanr.edu
Ryan Williams, RD
Project Policy Analyst III
Email: ryjwilliams@ucanr.edu
Monica Daniela Zuercher, PhD, MS
Assistant Project Scientist
Email: mdrobles@ucanr.edu
Affiliated Researchers
Lauren Au, PhD, RD
Associate Professor of Nutrition, Associate Nutritionist in AES, UC Davis
Email: leau@ucdavis.edu
Jennifer Falbe, DSc, MPH
Associate Professor of Nutrition and Human Development, UC Davis
Email: jfalbe@ucdavis.edu
Barbara Laraia, PhD, MPH, RD
Professor, Community Health Sciences; Chair, Food, Nutrition and Population Health Program; UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Email: blaraia@berkeley.edu
Kristine Madsen, MD, MPH
Professor, Food, Nutrition and Population Health; Director, Graduate Certificate in Food Systems; UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Email: madsenk@berkeley.edu
Suzanna Martinez, PhD, MS
Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UC San Francisco
Susana Matias, PhD
Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension, Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, UC Berkeley
Email: slmatias@berkeley.edu
Anisha Patel, MD, MSPH, MSHS
Professor of Pediatrics, Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford
NPI Researchers Emeritus
Pat Crawford, DrPH, RD
UC Cooperative Extension Specialist - Emeritus
Email: pbcrawford@ucdavis.edu
Suzanne Rauzon, MPH, RD, ACSM-EP
Academic - Emeritus
Email: srauzon@ucanr.edu
Lorrene D. Ritchie, PhD, RD
UC Cooperative Extension Specialist - Emeritus, Founding Director of the Nutrition Policy Institute
Email: lritchie@ucanr.edu
Karen Webb, PhD, MPH
Academic - Emeritus
Gail Woodward-Lopez, MPH, RD
Academic - Emeritus
Email: gwlopez@ucanr.edu
