Meet Our Team

Monica Rivera Mindt, PhD
Site Principal Investigator,
SALUD Co-Principal Investigator
Professor, Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Fordham University
riveramindt@fordham.edu

Jessica Robinson-Papp, MD, MS
SALUD co-Principal Investigator
Professor, Neurology, Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
jessica.robinson-papp@mssm.edu

Kaori Kubo Germano, PhD
Associate Director of Research Operations
kgermano@fordham.edu

Vanessa Guzman, PhD
Associate Director, Clinical Research
Associate Professor, Research Track, Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
vanessa.guzman@mssm.edu

Sandra Talavera, MSW
Director, Community Engaged Research
stalavera2@fordham.edu

Alyssa Arentoft, PhD
Associate Director, Dissemination
Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, CSUN, Northridge
alyssa.arentoft@csun.edu

Joseph di Benedetto, LMSW
ADNI EnCore Project Manager
joseph.dibenedetto@mssm.edu

Melina Amarante
ADNI / HABS / CEDAR-X / SALUD Project Manager
mamarante@fordham.edu

Shaniya Parkins
ADNI Lead Community Research Navigator
shaniya.parkins@mssm.edu

Emily Weiler
CLARiTI Community Researcher Navigator
emily.weiler@mssm.edu

Nicole Belmont
Clinical Research Coordinator
nbelmont@fordham.edu

Catarina Bocardo
ADNI Community Research Navigator
catarina.bocardo@mssm.edu

Julianne Yoon
ADNI Community Research Navigator
julianne.yoon@mssm.edu

Kristen Vinculado
ADNI Lead Community Research Liaison
kristen.vinculado@mssm.edu

Michelle Higuero
BEYONDD Community Researcher Navigator
michelle.higuero@mssm.edu

Ryan Richmond
Data Intern
ryan.richmond@mssm.edu

Alex Slaughter
Graduate Research Assistant
aslaughter1@fordham.edu

Julia Culhane
Graduate Research Assistant
jculhane6@fordham.edu