Staff

Elizabeth Roy Felix, Ph.D.

Research Professor
Publications
Biography: Elizabeth R. Felix, PhD is a Research Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and a Research Health Scientist at the Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She completed her undergraduate and graduate studies in Biological and Experimental Psychology at The University of North Carolina at...
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Leslie R. Morse, DO

Chair

Biography: Dr. Leslie Morse is the newly appointed Chair and Professor of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida.

Her research, as well as her clinical focus, is the care of individuals with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), with a long-term goal of developing mechanism-based therapies...
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Kevin Dalal, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Clinical Profile | Publications
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Doug Johnson-Greene, Ph.D., M.P.H., ABPP

Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
Clinical Profile
Biography: Doug Johnson-Greene, Ph.D., MPH, ABPP is a rehabilitation psychologist and neuropsychologist who has been practicing for over 30 years in academic medical centers. He joined the faculty at the University of Miami School of Medicine in 2009 after spending 13 years on the faculty of the Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is currently a tenured Professor,...
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Jose Vives-Alvarado, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Clinical Profile
Biography: Dr. Jose R. Vives-Alvarado joined the faculty of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation PM&R) as an Assistant Professor in 2021. After earning his medical degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, he completed his PM&R residency at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Center program. In 2021, he completed his fellowship in Spinal...
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Katherine Martinez, BA

Katherine assists with data collection for the National Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems (SCIMS) database. She also helps with other research studies conducted by the South Florida SCIMS and collaborating centers.

Dinorah Rodriguez, R.N.

Dinorah Rodriguez is clinical research nurse having coordinated a wide range of clinical trials over the past 24 years at the University of Miami in the areas of movement disorders, oncology, urology and orthopedic trauma. She has a thorough understanding of the IRB and regulatory processes, federal regulations, GCP guidelines, screening and recruitment, delivery of patient care and patient education. She has been part of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation since 2019 and is the study coordinator for the Spinal Cord Injury Exercise and Nutrition Conceptual Engagement (SCIENCE) study.

Lais Vidotto, MS

Lais Vidotto is a PT who specialized in Respiratory Care, and a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Sciences. She has over 14 years of experience working as a clinician and research coordinator with a wide range of clinical populations. Lais is now a Clinical Research Coordinator at the South Florida SCI Model Systems and is dedicated to ensuring ethical standards and humanization in research.

Kathryn Collazos, Ph.D., BSN, RN

Dr. Collazos joined the South Florida Spinal Cord Injury Model System team in 2024. Drawing upon her clinical nursing (University of Wisconsin-Madison ’16) and nursing science (University of Miami ’23) backgrounds, she aims to build upon her program of research focused on neuroinflammatory markers to better understand neuropathic pain and outcomes in patients with neurological conditions.

Alicia Sneij, Ph.D., RD

Publications

Biography: Dr. Sneij aims to use metabolism research to understand why persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) develop profound obesity and optimize therapeutic strategies to manage this outcome. Primarily he is a team member on a study examining the effect of home-based exercise on cardiometabolic health in persons with SCI and is also involved in other projects regarding dietary fat metabolism, the energetics of exercise, hurricane preparedness, and novel tests of the sympathetic nervous system.

Mariana Montenegro

Mariana is an undergraduate research assistant, studying Psychology and Computer Science at the University of Miami. She aids with data entry and helps with research studies conducted by the by the South Florida SCIMS.