Francisco is a research coordinator with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Health and Science from the University of Massachusetts Boston, and a Master’s Degree in Public Health focusing on Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Monroe College. He works on projects with the Neurorehabilitation team at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center. His prior experiences include clinical research in different phases and he worked with NYC Health and Hospitals on a grant by the Office of Minority Health, where he was involved in a Quality Improvement project for the Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) population. He is looking forward to being a part of the clinical research team at JJPVAMC and assisting the SCI/D community.