Postgraduate research students

Research interests

My research focuses on the intricate connections between dietary patterns, their environmental impacts, and the resulting health outcomes, with a special emphasis on Latin American countries.

Solange Parra-Soto, Carolina Araya, Katrina Knight, Katherine M Livingstone, Fiona C Malcomson, Linda Sharp, John C Mathers, Frederick K Ho, Carlos Celis-Morales, Jill P Pell. Different Sources of Fiber Intake and Risk of 17 Specific Cancers and All Cancers Combined: Prospective Study of 364,856 Participants in UK Biobank. Am J Epidemiol 2023 Oct 18:kwad202. doi:10.1093/aje/kwad202. Online ahead of print.

Solange Parra-Soto, Craig Tumblety, Carolina Araya, Leandro F.M. Rezende, Frederick K Ho, Jill P Pell, Carlos Celis-Morales. Associations of Physical Activity With Breast Cancer Risk: Findings From the UK Biobank Prospective Cohort Study. J Phys Act Health 2023; 20: 272-278. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2022-0437. Print 2023 Apr 1.

Carolina Araya, Camila Corvalán, Gustavo Cediel, Lindsey Taillie and Marcela Reyes. Ultra-processed food consumption among Chilean preschoolers is associated with diets promoting non-communicable. Front Nutr 2021; 26; 8: 601526. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.601526

Carolina Araya, Marcela Reyes, Camila Corvalán. Contribution of processed foods and ultra-processed foods to the intake of energy and critical nutrients in a group of Chilean preschoolers. Medwave 2019; 19(s1):SP03 doi: 10.5867/medwave.2019.S1.

Vilma Quitral, Juanita Valdés, Valeska Umaña, Nicol Gallardo, María José Alcaino, Carolina Araya, Marcos Flores. The Role of Non-Caloric Sweeteners in Sensory Characteristics of Pastry Products. Foods 2019; 8: 329. doi: 10.3390/foods8080329.

• Dr Carlos Celis
• Professor Jill Pell

October 2019

Healthy dietary promotion. Conference offered in Transdisciplinary Workshop on Health Promotion, Universidad Santo Tomás (Santiago de Chile)

December 2018

Contribution of processed foods and ultra-processed foods to the intake of energy and critical nutrients in a group of Chilean preschoolers. Poster exposed in V Chilean Congress of Public Health and VII Chilean Congress in Epidemiology, Universidad de Concepción, Chile. Summary available in:https://www.medwave.cl/link.cgi/Medwave/ResumenesCongreso/sp2018/AlimNutricSal/SP05.act

November 2018

Contribution of processed foods and ultra-processed foods to the intake of energy and critical nutrients in a group of Chilean preschoolers. Conference offered in LVI Latin American Society Meeting on Paediatric Research 2018, Atton Hotel, Concepción, Chile.

I have worked in teaching before starting my PhD in Chile between 2015 and 2021. I have been in charge of courses related to public health such as Primary Health Assistance and Public Health; Public health and epidemiology; Social determinants of health; Health promotion; Nutritional and alimentary education; and Alimentary behaviour’s factors. 

Background

My BSc is in Nutrition and Dietetics and I have an MSc in Nutrition and Food, focusing on Health Promotion and Prevention of Nutrition-Related Chronic Diseases from Universidad de Chile, my academic foundation is deeply rooted in nutrition science.