Meet Our Team
Dr. Ijeoma Opara
Director and Principal Investigator
Cora Gabriel
Project Manager
Dr. Sitara Weerakoon
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Emmanuella Asabor
Research Assistant MD/PhD student Yale University
Daneele Thorpe
Research Assistant PhD student Stony Brook University
Petty Tineo
Research Assistant PhD student Montclair State University
Beatriz “Betty” Duran-Becerra
MPH student
Livia Lazzaro
Research Assistant
Sydney Hussett
Research Assistant
Christine Pham
Research Assistant
Courtnae Alves
Research Assistant
Unique Bacote
Research Assistant
Lab Affiliates
Dr. David T. Lardier
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry University of New Mexico
Dr. Juan Rios
Assistant Professor of Social Work Seton Hall University
Dr. Antoine Lovell
Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Pennsylvania
Community Research Fellows
Cristina Pagan, LCSW
Director, Paterson Youth Services Bureau
Dr. Jamila T. Davis
CEO, VIP Academy
Alumni lab members
- Deanna Parisi
- Kristina Cross
- Carolanne Clark
- Tynisha D. George
- Ashley Lizarraga, MSW
- Maame Araba Assan, MPH, CHES
- Kimberly Pierre, MPH, CHES