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Buccini Lab

Dr. Gabriela Buccini is a public health professor whose research focuses on maternal health and early childhood development. She has written extensively on topics like breastfeeding and infant feeding. April 18, 2022 (Josh Hawkins/UNLV) Photographer's Preferred Photo

Dr. Gabriela Buccini

Principal Investigator

Gabriela Buccini, Ph.D., MSc, IBCLC, is an Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Health. Trained in Epidemiology, Public Health Maternal Child Nutrition, and Implementation Science. She applies mixed-methods research guided through the lens of Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS), Socioecological Model, and the Nurturing Care framework to investigate maternal and child health and nutrition, including breastfeeding & infant feeding, food insecurity, and early childhood development inequities.