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B.A. Psychology Florida International University 2002
M.S. Clinical Psychology Nova Southeastern University 2010
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology Concentration Nova Southeastern University 2013

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Positions

• Associate Professor, Indiana University-Bloomington 2022- present
• Associate Professor, Albizu University, Miami, FL 2020 - 2022
• Assistant Professor, Albizu University, Miami, FL 2015 - 2020
• Clinical Supervisor/Clinical Neuropsychologist, Goodman Center for Psychological Services, Miami, FL 2015 - 2020
• Neuropsychology Post-Doctoral Fellow, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 2013 - 2015
• Health Psychology Clinical Intern, Broward Health Medical Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2012 - 2013

Grants/Awards

• National Institute on Aging (NIA) K23 Career Development Award. 2024-2028 Grant# 1K23AG084856-01A1 Project Title: Focused adaptation of a mobile caregiver intervention for Hispanic dementia caregivers.      
• National Institute on Aging (NIA) Butler-Williams Scholars Program, 2021
• National Institute of Health (NIH) Loan Repayment Program (LRP), 2020-2022, 2024-2025
• Florida Department of Health, Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer's Disease Program. 2020-2022 Grant #: 20A13 Project Title: Relationship between functional measures, cognitive performance and AD biomarkers between Hispanic and White Non-Hispanic Older adults
• 1Florida Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) AlzSTARZ Career Development Award 2018-2020 Project Title: The influence of acculturation, test taking effort, and education on cognitive performance among Hispanics with MCI and dementia.

Scholarly Interest

Dr. Rodriguez's research focus is on Hispanic older adults, a population at risk for developing dementia, and on identifying various factors that contribute to cognitive decline, neurodegeneration, risk/protection against developing dementia, and the caregiver experience among Hispanic families. She has conducted neuroimaging studies to examine it's utility in distinguishing between dementia types and early/prodromal stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and has studied sensitive measures of cognition among Hispanic populations.

• Rodriguez, M. J., Polsinelli, A., Baker, Z. G., Bybee, S. G., Dowling, M., Estrada, L. V., Jimenez, S. Y., Kittle, K., Meyer, K., Periyakoil, V. S., Pinzon, M. M., Puga, F., Quinoñes, M., Quiroz, Y. T., Gomez, L. R., Ramirez, M., Samper-Ternent, R., Vetter, C. J., Perales-Puchalt, J. & US Consortium of Aging, Dementia, Latino Studies (CADLAS). (2025) A scoping review of interventions for Hispanic caregivers of persons living with dementia. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging. doi: 10.1002/bsa3.70041

• Joliff, A., Boucher, Hill, J., Allen-Watts, K., Rodriguez, M.J., Elliott, Zuraw, & Werner, N. (2025) The Use of Technology by the Rural-Dwelling Caregivers of People Living With Dementia to Support Caregiving: Qualitative Interview Study. JMIR Formative Research, 9(1). doi: 10.2196/77231

• Hill, J.R., Gardner, B., Rodriguez, M.J., Golzarri-Arroyo, L., Zoh, R.S., Boustani, Z., Burnell, J., Jordan, E.J., Boustani, M.A., & Holden, R.J. (2025) Mobile Telehealth Intervention to Support Care Partners of Patients With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias (I-CARE-2): Protocol for a Randomized Effectiveness Clinical Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 14, doi: 10.2196/73387.

• Martinez, J. E., Perales-Puchalt, J., Rodriguez, M. J., Rosselli, M., Salazar, C., Marquez, D. X., ... & US Consortium of Aging, Dementia, Latino Studies (CADLAS). (2025). Discussing the interplay of social determinants of health, aging and Alzheimer's biomarkers in US Latinos. The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, glaf020. Doi:10.1093/geron/glaf020.

• Rodriguez, M.J., Mendoza, L., Garcia, P., Padron, D., Duarte, A., Marsiske, M., Fiala, J., Gonzalez, J., & Duara, R. (2024). Functional measures and AD biomarkers among Hispanic and White non-Hispanic older adults. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment, and Disease Monitoring.16(3), e12632

• Arango-Lasprilla, J.C., Rivera, D., Rodriguez, M.J., Christ, B.R., Moreno, O., Usuga D.R., Olabarrieta-Landa, L., Perrin, P.B., Carrion, C.I., Valdes, G.M.M., Krch, D., Amaya, A., Drago, C.I., Garcia, P., & Ricera, P.M. (in press). WHO-UCLA auditory verbal learning test: Normative data for Spanish-speaking adults in the United States. DOI:10.3233/NRE-240090.

• Valdes, G.M.M, Olabarrieta-Landa, L., Carrion, C.I., Laquerica, A., Maltez, F.I., Rodriguez, M.J., Dini, M.E., Munoz, G., Usuga, D.R., Drago, C.I., Garcia, P., Rivera, P.M., Perrin, P.B., & Arango-Lasprilla, J.C. (in press). Normative data for test of visuo-spatial, visuo-constructional skills and visual memory for Spanish-speaking adults in the United States. NeuroRehabilitation, DOI:10.3233/NRE-240089.

• Olabarrieta-Landa, L., Rivera, D., Xia, B., Moreno, O., Usuga D.R., Vales, G.M., Valdes, G.M., Lopez, E., Rodriguez, M.J., Carrion, C.I., Lequerica, A., Drago, C.I., Garcia, P., Rivera, P.M., Perrin, P.B., & Arango-Lasprilla, J.C. (In Press). Normative data for verbal fluency and naming tests in Spanish-speaking adults in the United States. NeuroRehabilitation.55(2), 195-208. DOI:10.3233/NRE-240087.

• Ramos Usuga, D., Rivera, D., Xia, B., Carrion, C., Morel Valdes, G.M., Moreno, O., Rodriguez, M.J., Krch, D., Wongserbchart, W., Drago, C.I., Garcia, P., Rivera, P.M., Olabarrieta-Landa, L., Perrin, P.B., Arango-Lasprilla, J.C. (2024). Executive function tests: Normative data for Spanish-speaking adjust in the United States. NeuroRehabilitation. 55(2), 209-221. DOI: 10.3233/NRE-240088.

• Ramos Usuga, D., Ayearst, L.E., Rivera, D., Krch, D., Perrin, P.B., Carrion, C.I., Morel Valdes, G.M., Loro, D., Rodriguez, M.J., Munoz, G., Drago, C.I., Garcia, P., Rivera, P.M., Arango-Lasprilla, J.C. (2024). A preliminary examination of the TOMM2 in a sample of Spanish speakers in the United States. Neurorehabilitation. 55(2), 235-242. DOI: 10.3233/NRE-240085.

• Arango-Lasrpilla, J.C., Watson, J.D., Rodriguez, M.J., Ramos-Usuga, D., & Perrin, P.B. (2024). Patterns of Alcohol Use in Hispanic Individuals with TBI over the Ten Years Post-Injury: A Model Systems Study. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 24, https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm14010105

• Rodriguez, M.J., Kercher, V. M., Jordan, E. J., Savoy, A., Hill, J. R., Werner, N., Owora, A., Castelluccio, P., Boustani, M. A., & Holden, R. J. (2023). Technology caregiver intervention for Alzheimer's disease (I-CARE): Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of Brain CareNotes. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society,1111/jgs.18591. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18591

• Jamshidi-Naeini, Y., Golzarri-Arroyo, L., Siddique, A. B., Vorland, C. J., Rodriguez, M. J., Holden, R. J., & Allison, D. B. (2023). Corrected analysis of "the effects of bright light treatment on affective symptoms in people with dementia: a 24-week cluster randomized controlled trial" that accounts for clustering and nesting verifies conclusions. BMC psychiatry, 23(1), 683. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-05180-2

• Garcia, P., Mendoza, L., Padron, D., Duarte, A., Duara, R., Loewenstein, D., Greig-Custo, M., Barker, W., Curiel, R., Rosselli, M., & Rodriguez, M.J. (2023). Sex significantly predicts medial temporal volume when controlling for the influence of ApoE4 biomarker and demographic variables: A cross-ethnic comparison. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 1-10. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617723000358

• Kim, J., Lee, J., Rodriguez, M., Han, A., & Ju, H. J. (2023). Identifying the Relationships between Types of Leisure Activities and Cognitive Functions in Older Adults. American Journal of Health Behavior, 47(4), 650-659.

• Arango-Lasprilla, J. C., Watson, J. D., Rodriguez, M. J., Ramos-Usuga, D., Mascialino, G., & Perrin, P. B. (2022). Employment probability trajectories in hispanics over the 10 years after traumatic brain injury: A model systems study. NeuroRehabilitation, 51(3), 397-405. https://doi.org/10.3233/NRE-220066

• Carrion, C., Rivera, D., Forte, A., Olabarrieta-Landa, L., Moreno, O., Usuga, D.R., Morel Valdes, G.M., Lopez, M., Rodriguez, M.J., Lequerica, A.H., Drago, C., Garcia, P., Rivera, P.M., Perrin, P.B., Arango-Lasprilla, J.C. (2024). Attention and processing speed tests: Normative data for Spanish-speaking adults in the United States. NeuroRehabilitation. 55(2), 169-182. DOI: 10.3233/NRE-240086.

• Rodriguez, M. J., Burke, S., Padron, D., Duarte, A., Rosselli, M., Grieg-Custo, M., ... & Duara, R. (2022). Associations Between Country where Education is Obtained and Cognitive Functioning Among South American and Caribbean Older Adults Living in the US. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 37(3), 257-274. Doi: 10.1007/s10823-022-09456-0

• Torres, V. L., Rosselli, M., Loewenstein, D. A., Lang, M., Vélez-Uribe, I., Arruda, F., ... & Duara, R. (2022). The contribution of bilingualism to cognitive functioning and regional brain volume in normal and abnormal aging. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 25(2), 337-356. Doi: 10.1017/S1366728921000705.

• Barker, W., Quinonez, C., Greig, M.T., Behar, R., Chirinos, C., Rodriguez, R., Rosselli, M., Rodriguez, M.J., Curiel, R.C., Rundek, T., McFarland, K., Hanson, K., Smith, G., DeKosky, S., Vaillancourt, D., Adjouadi, M., Marsiske, M., Ertuken-Taner, N., Golde, T., Loewenstein, D., & Duara, R. (2021). Utility of Plasma Neurofilament Light in the 1Florida Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC). Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 79, 59-70.

• Mendoza, L., Garcia, P., Duara, R., Rosselli, M., Loewenstein, D., Greig-Custo, M., Barker, W., Dahlin, P., & Rodriguez, M.J. (2020). The effect of acculturation on cognitive performance among older Hispanics in the United States. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2020.1725888