Meet the Team

Yenisel Cruz-Almeida

Yenisel Cruz-Almeida MSPH, Ph.D.

Associate Professor & Associate Director, Pain Research & Intervention Center Of Excellence

Phone:

(352) 294-5845


Current Lab Members

Post-doctoral Staff

Pedro A Valdes Hernandez

Pedro A Valdes Hernandez Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
Phone: (352) 273-7180
Soamy Montesino Goicolea

Soamy Montesino Goicolea

T32 Postdoctoral Fellow
Phone: (352) 273-5971
Alisa J Johnson

Alisa J Johnson

Research Assistant Professor
Phone: (352) 273-5971
Larissa J Strath

Larissa J Strath

RES AST PROF
Phone: (352) 273-5971

Ph.D. Graduate Students

Kristina L Bell
Department: DN-COMMUNITY DENTISTRY

Kristina L Bell

GRADUATE AST-R
Phone: (352) 273-5971

Staff

  • Terry Weber | Research Lab Manager
  • Ania Lipat
  • Dehja Brown | Phlebotomist
  • Sam Martocci, M.S. | Engineer/Data Analyst
  • Chavier Laffitte Nodarse, B.S. | Engineer/Data Analyst

Senior Undergraduate Research Assistants

  • Ruben Botello-Escalante
  • Andrea Nikole Camacho-Betancourt
  • Cassandra Deutcsh
  • Bryce Murillo
  • Nathalie Sawczuk

Undergraduate Research Assistants

  • Alexandra Abrew
  • Rafi Hawke
  • Alexandra Martinez
  • Charles Overdevest
  • Joeshlyn Penaloza Molina
  • Ariana Robinson
  • Ashley Shechtman
  • Jenna Sun

Previous Lab Members

  • Hunter Sakadales
  • Julia Cochran
  • Kyndall Perryman
  • Brandon Apagueno, B.S.
  • Maria Aquirre, M.S.
  • Sierra Brown
  • Josue Cardoso, B.S.
  • Gabriel Cerra
  • Gabriella Dasilva
  • Vanessa Dasilva
  • Sudha R. Dhulipala
  • Daniel Espinosa
  • Hector Andy Gonzalez, B.S.
  • Benjamin Griffith, M.B.A. | Ph.D. Candidate
  • Lorraine Hoyos, B.S.
  • Nicole Feenstra
  • Quintin Kidder, B.S
  • Ania Lipat, B.S.
  • Jason Liu
  • Desiree Lussier, M.S.
  • Paige Lysne, B.S.
  • Sophia McCray
  • Kaitlyn Nicole McLaughlin
  • Corey Nack (SNIP Program – Summer Neuroscience Internship Program)
  • Sarah Peeling, B.S.
  • Valerie Sainterant
  • Rachna Sawegowda, B.S.
  • Chandni Shastri
  • Abigail Schmitt, Ph. D.
  • Darlin Ramirez, B.S.
  • Jessica Reade, B.S.
  • Francesca Ycaza