OUR TEAM

HBRT Leadership

Mary Velasquez, Ph.D.
Director, Health Behavior Research & Training Institute
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Kirk von Sternberg, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Health Behavior Research & Training Institute
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HBRT Investigators and Affiliated Faculty

Yessenia Castro, Ph.D.
HBRT Investigator
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Catherine Cubbin, Ph.D.
HBRT Investigator
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Mercedes Hernandez, Ph.D., LCSW
HBRT Investigator
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Danielle Parrish, Ph.D.
HBRT-affiliated Faculty
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HBRT Project Team

Leslie Sirrianni, LCSW
HBRT Training Coordinator
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Diana Ling, MA
Program Manager
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Camilla Arguedas, BS
Research Associate
Anna Mangum, MSW, MPH
Senior Health Strategist

HBRT Student Research Team

Qi Chen, MSW
Doctoral Student

Research Interests:
Dyadic functioning and coping between cancer patients and caregivers, with a particular interest in dyadic data analysis and intervention development and implementation.

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John Moore
Doctoral Student

Research Interests: Alcohol/substance use and health behavior change.

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Jose "Joey" Velasquez, MBA, LCSW, BCD
Doctoral Student

Research Interests:
Health behavior change and performance optimization, with specialized interest in military and special operations populations.

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Ruby Schechter
Senior, Applied Learning & Development
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