Sonia Vega López

Dr. Sonia Vega-López is a Professor of Nutrition and Assistant Dean of Inclusive Excellence at the College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University. She is a bilingual and bicultural community and public health nutrition researcher. Her research involves translating nutrition research into culturally-appropriate behavioral interventions for diet improvement and chronic disease prevention among Hispanic families. Her current work goes beyond the individual-level focus and has expanded to involve multi-level and multi-domain factors to (1) study how diet and physical activity affect chronic disease risk; (2) study the contextual and family/household-level factors that contribute to dietary practices among Hispanics; (3) assess the effect of family- and community-based interventions on disease risk reduction; and (4) develop and implement culturally-appropriate interventions for cardiometabolic disease risk reduction among Hispanic families.