Mika Matsuzaki

Mika Matsuzaki is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is affiliated with the Center for Human Nutrition and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, where she conducts research on food environments, nutrition policies, and their impact on youth diet and chronic disease.

Her research interests include nutritional epidemiology, life-course epidemiology, diet quality, whole grains, youth obesity, school nutrition policy, food systems, and food composition data. She is particularly interested in improving food environments for children and adolescents through systemic and environmental interventions, with a focus on equity and policy evaluation. Her work spans both high-income and low- and middle-income countries, with a notable emphasis on data interoperability in food composition databases.

The trends in her recent publications reflect a strong focus on evaluating school nutrition policies, food environments in urban and rural settings, and the development of global food data tools like WikiFCD. Her work increasingly integrates digital health solutions and community-based participatory approaches to improve food access in underserved communities.

Dr. Matsuzaki has received recognition through numerous peer-reviewed publications and active research collaborations. While no formal awards are listed in the provided text, her research output and leadership in projects such as the Baltimore food Environment for Adolescents (B'EAt) study and the Support Application for Food PAntrieS (SAFPAS) study highlight her contributions to public health nutrition.

She advises and collaborates with a broad network of researchers and students, contributing to formative research and intervention development. Her work is supported by ongoing grants related to food pantries, corner stores, and digital health tools aimed at strengthening food access and resilience. She is actively involved in projects that assess food environments in Maryland and develop global food composition databases.

Dr. Matsuzaki leads or contributes to key initiatives including the B'EAt study, which examines food environments near schools in Baltimore, and WikiFCD, a knowledge base integrating global food composition tables. Her lab collaborates with researchers across disciplines and institutions, particularly with Joel Gittelsohn and teams focused on community nutrition and health equity.