Our Team

HBRT Leadership

Mary Velasquez, Ph.D.

Director, Health Behavior

Research & Training Institute

Kirk von Sternberg, Ph.D.

Co-Director, Health Behavior

Research & Training Institute

Danielle Parrish, Ph.D., MSW

Associate Director, Health Behavior

Research & Training Institute

HBRT Investigators and Affiliated Faculty

Carlo DiClemente, Ph.D., ABPP

HBRT-Affiliated Faculty

Lloyd Berg, Ph.D., ABPP

HBRT-Affiliated Faculty

Jennifer Bello Kottenstette, MD

HBRT-Affiliated Faculty

Yessenia Castro, Ph.D.
HBRT-Affiliated Faculty

Catherine Cubbin, Ph.D.

HBRT Investigator

Mercedes Hernandez, Ph.D., LCSW

HBRT Investigator

Leslie Sirrianni, LCSW

HBRT-Affiliated Faculty

Paul Seale, MD
HBRT-Affiliated Faculty

HBRT Project Team

Diana Ling, MA

Senior Program Manager

Anna Mangum, MSW, MPH

Senior Health Strategist

Susan Salas

Project Manager

Jillian Landers, Ph.D., LMSW

Postdoctoral Fellow

Flor Avellaneda, Ph.D., MSW

Postdoctoral Fellow

Cherisha Williams, LPC

Project Coordinator/
Behavioral Health Specialist

Emily Lawrence

Research Associate/
Behavioral Health Specialist

HBRT Student Research Team

Madison Haiman

Doctoral Student

Ana Espinoza Robinson

Nursing Student

Jeffrey Morris

Doctoral Student

HBRT Student Research Team Alumni

Hanan Alwan
Ana Kearney
Jaylon Sorrells
Camilla Pulizza
Fernanda Loya
Martha Cardenas
Kim Corona
Maria Hernandez
Rosamaria MarquezKarina Garcia
Carolina MonteverdiChau Nguyen
Paola PiñaJonathan Heo
Amira SefidiRuby Schecter
J.P. HareJohn Moore
Qi ChenJoey Velasquez
Martha Horta GranadosPatrick Kennedy