Mirna Troncoso Sawyer

Mirna Troncoso Sawyer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). She holds a PhD in Community Health Sciences from UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health and will direct the CSUN Institute for Community Health and Wellbeing beginning Spring 2024. Her research focuses include food insecurity, nutrition-related health disparities, and mindfulness-based stress reduction.

• Ph.D. in Community Health Sciences from UCLA (2015)
• M.P.H. from Emory University (2005)
• B.A. from Stanford University (2000)

Her work spans community health education, with publications in journals like the Diabetes Educator and the Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences. She teaches courses such as HSCI 441 Community Health Education and emphasizes food security and health equity in her scholarship.

She will be guiding the newly established CSUN Institute for Community Health and Wellbeing, focusing on interdisciplinary approaches to improve health outcomes.