HESP Team

HESP Program Directors

Ozioma Okonkwo, PhD

Credentials: HESP Lead

Position title: Professor of Medicine

Phone: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Monica Rivera Mindt, PhD, ABPP-CN

Credentials: HESP Co-Lead

Position title: Professor of Psychology and Neurology

Phone: Fordham University and Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai

Principal Investigators

Sid O'Bryant, PhD

Credentials: HABS-HD Principal Investigator

Position title: Professor & Executive Director of the Institute for Translational Research, Professor of Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine

Phone: UNT Health, Fort Worth

Mike Weiner, MD

Credentials: ADNI Principal Investigator

Position title: Professor in Residence in Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Medicine, Psychiatry and Neurology

Phone: University of California, San Francisco

HESP Scientists

Alyssa Arentoft, PhD

Credentials: Professor of Psychology

Position title: California State University, Northridge

Bri Breidenbach, PhD

Credentials: Research Scientist II

Position title: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Vanessa Guzman, PhD

Credentials: Assistant Professor of Neurology

Position title: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Jacqueline Pontes Monteiro, PhD

Credentials: Health Scientist III

Position title: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Data Resources

Sean Davidson

Credentials: HABS-HD Data Expert

Position title: Associate Director of IT Services at the Institute for Translational Research

Phone: UNT Health, Fort Worth

Adam Diaz, MS

Credentials: ADNI Data Expert

Position title: Research Statistician

Phone: University of California, San Francisco

Matt Glittenberg, BS

Credentials: HESP Research Data Scientist

Position title: University of Wisconsin-Madison

HESP Project Managers

Amber Niay, BS

Credentials: HABS-HD Project Manager

Position title: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Mai Seng Thao, BS

Credentials: ADNI Project Manager

Position title: University of Wisconsin-Madison