Faculty and Staff

Girardin Jean-Louis, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
Publications
Biography: Girardin Jean-Louis, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami. He is the Director of the Center on Translational Sleep and Circadian Sciences and the PRIDE Institute on Behavioral Medicine and Sleep Disorders Research. He has served on the NIH Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board, the Cancer, Heart, and Sleep...
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Judite Blanc, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
Publications
Biography: Dr. Judite Blanc is a multilingual assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Head of Community Outreach at the Center for Translational Sleep and Circadian Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and the founding director of the Holistic Families Lab (H.F.L.) at the same university. She is a member of the State University of Haiti...
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Debbie Chung

Research Asst. Professor

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Azizi A. Seixas, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Biography: Azizi Seixas, Ph.D., is Interim Inaugural Chair of the Department of Informatics and Health Data Science at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is also Founding Director of The Media and Innovation Lab (The MIL), Associate Director of the Center for Translational Sleep and Circadian Sciences (TSCS) and Director of Population Health Informatics in the...
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Nina Victoria L'Houtellier

Clinical Research Coordinator

Ingrid Menendez

Center Administrator

Elizabeth Mirabal

Research Associate

Jessica Montalvo

Research Associate

Ashley Nechyba

Research Associate

Nadine Nicholson

Research Project Manager

Bruno Oliveira

Clinical Research Coordinator

TBA

Clinical Research Coordinator for Training Programs

TBA

Center Administrative Assistant

Erin-Leigh Gallop, Ed.D

Dr. Gallop is a NIH T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Translational Sleep & Circadian Sciences in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (UM-MSOM). Her research and education training are interdisciplinary and include both natural and social sciences fields. In addition, she is trained in Global Reproductive Trends and Reproductive Life Planning (RLP) along with a special focus on intentional Reproductive Identity Formation (RIF). Dr. Gallop is excited to continue her research within the field of aging.

2024 Graduate Research Symposium Presentation

Sade Scott, Ph.D.

Dr. Scott is a molecular and cellular biologist who has conducted translational research investigating the etiology of cancer stem cells in Caribbean American, multiple myeloma patients.  She has worked on several interdisciplinary clinical trials involving mesenchymal stem cell infusion in participants with cardiometabolic disease and aging frailty. Dr. Scott aspires to utilize her previous translational and clinical research training to bring to light the importance of macro and microenvironmental factors such as mold and yeast; specifically, as they pertain to aging, gender, sleep, and related dementias such as Alzheimer's disease.  To advance this agenda, Dr. Scott aims to increase awareness of related lifestyle-based epigenetic mechanisms that can alleviate global health disparities and promote public sleep health equity.

Michelle Thompson, Ph.D.

Dr. Thompson is an interdisciplinary trained clinical research scholar and a licensed mental health counselor with more than a decade of research and clinical practice experience working with underserved communities. Broadly, Dr. Thompson’s research has focused on reducing health inequities and promoting the health and mental health of marginalized populations. She is a 6th-year postdoctoral research scholar who recently transitioned her research to include sleep health inequities. Dr. Thompson’s program of research is organized around two agendas. First, to conduct exploratory studies to understand the intersecting social determinants that impact sleep and contribute to health and mental health inequities. Second, to engage in community-based research to develop and implement culturally tailored interventions that leverage digital and telehealth approaches and community strengths to advance sleep health and mental health equity.

Matt Coppello

Doctoral Candidate

Clarence Earl Locklear, M.A.

Doctorate Candidate