
- Phone: (585) 276-3903
- Office: HWH 2W202
- Email: Maria Quiñones-Cordero
Maria Quiñones-Cordero, PhD
(Pronouns: she/her/ella)
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing
- Associate Director of Center Activities, Elaine C. Hubbard Center for Nursing
Education
- PhD in Clinical Psychology, 2016. Ponce Health Sciences University. Ponce, PR
- Masters in Clinical Psychology, 2014. Ponce Health Sciences University. Ponce, PR
- BA in Psychology, 2010. University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus. Mayaguez, PR
Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Award
URMC, 2024
Alzheimer’s Association Conference Fellowship
Alzheimer’s Association, 2023
Mary Dombeck Diversity Enhancement Faculty Award
University of Rochester School of Nursing, 2022
. Understanding Dementia Care Barriers among Latino Caregivers
University of Rochester Medical Center Summer Poster Session, 2023
Engaging Older Latino Caregivers on Design of a Cultural Adaptation Clinical Trial
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Annual Meeting, 2023
Mindfulness Training to Improve Dementia Caregivers’ Emotion Regulation and Depressive Symptom Resilience
Kathi Heffner
44th Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, 2023
Recruiting Socially Disconnected middle age and older Latinos caring for a person with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia
44th Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, 2023
Latinos’ Engagement in Behavioral Medicine Trials: Fostering Success
44th Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, 2023
Latino Community Engagement in Cultural Adaptation of Evidence-Based Interventions
Silvia Sorensen
Rochester Roybal Center Seminar Series, Roybal Center for Social Ties and Aging Research, 2022
Considerations and Strategies for Recruitment and Retention of Older Adults, Including Older Caregivers.
41st Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2020
Cognitive Training to Promote Healthy Aging in Caregivers of a Loved One with Dementia: Rationale and Methods for Targeting Mechanisms to Improve Caregiver Interventions.
NIH National Research Summit on Care, Services, and Supports for Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers, 2020
Connection for Latinos Caring for a Family Member with Dementia.
Caroline Silva
Annual Roc STAR Research Symposium, Roybal Center for Social Ties and Aging Research, 2020
Heffner, K., Crean, H., Gallegos, A., Quiñones-Cordero, M., Weber, M., Sörensen, S., Lin, R. Podgorski, C., & Feng Lin (2025). Speed of Processing Training for Stress Adaptation in Caregivers of a Family Member with Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial. . DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igaf033
Capellán, J., Crean, H.F., Groth, S.W., Quiñones-Cordero, M., Pérez-Ramos, J.G. & Rhee, H. (2024). Cultural Adaptation of Child Discipline Measures for Puerto Rican Mothers: Enhancing the Cultural Sensitivity of Parenting Assessments. Children. DOI: 10.3390/children11091058
Lane, J.M., Zimmer, A., Quiñones–Cordero, M.M., & Sörensen, S. (2024). Racial differences in the effect of verbal and nonverbal memory on concrete planning for future care needs among older adults: a multi-group structural equation modeling approach. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. PMID: 37317954 PMCID: PMC10721738 DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2023.2223902
Fowler, L.A., Quiñones-Cordero, M.M., Sidani, J.E., Bernhart, J.A., Mendoza-Vasconez, A., Bannon, S.M., & Unni, E.J. (2024). The urgency of restructuring the landscape of behavioral medicine: Commentary from early-career diversity institute scholars. Translational Behavioral Medicine. PMID: 37897410 PMCID: PMC10890817 DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibad068
Quiñones, M.M., Sörensen, S., Hepburn, K., Capellan, J., & Heffner. K.L. (2023). Community-Engaged Research With Latino Dementia Caregivers: Overcoming Challenges in Community Advisory Board Development. The Gerontologist. DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnad144
Quiñones, M.M., Silva, C., Ross-Asare, Sörensen, S., Serrano, R., Van Orden, K., & Heffner, K. (2023). Recruiting Socially Disconnected Latinos Caring for a Person with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned. Clinical Gerontologist. PMID: 37005703 PMCID: PMC10542654 DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2023.2197895
Wang J., Cheng Z., Kim Y., Yu F., Heffner K., Quinones M.M., & Li Y. (2022). Pain and the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Spectrum in Community-Dwelling Older Americans: A Nationally Representative Study. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. PMID: 35081442 PMCID: PMC9035327 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.01.012
Heffner, K., Quiñones, M. M., Gallegos, A. M., Crean, H. F., Lin, F. V., & Suhr, J. A. (2021). Subjective memory in adults over 50 years of age: Associations with affective and physiological markers of emotion regulation.. Aging & Mental Health. DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2021.1904829
Quinones, M.M., Gallegos, A.M., Lin, F.V. & Heffner, K. (2020). Dysregulation of inflammation, neurobiology, and cognitive function in PTSD: an integrative review. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience. PMID: 32170605 PMCID: PMC7682894 DOI: 10.3758/s13415-020-00782-9
Quiñones, M.M., Lombard-Newell, J., Sharp, D., Way, V., & Cross, W. (2018). Case study of an adaptation and implementation of a Diabetes Prevention Program for individuals with serious mental illness. Translational Behavioral Medicine. PMID: 29346678 DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibx064
Heffner, K.L., France, C.R., Ashrafioun, L., Quiñones, M., Walsh, P., Maloney, M.D., Giordano, B.D., & Pigeon, W.R. (2018). Clinical pain-related outcomes and inflammatory cytokine response to pain following insomnia improvement in adults With knee osteoarthritis. The Clinical Journal of Pain. PMID: 30134281 PMCID: PMC6219931 DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000644
Quiñones, M.M., Maldonado, L., Velazquez, B., & Porter, J.T. (2016). Candesartan ameliorates impaired fear extinction induced by innate immune activation. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 52, 169-177. PMID: 26520214 PMCID: PMC4715962 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.10.017
Quiñones, M., Urrutia, R., Torres-Reverón, A., Vincent, K., & Flores I. (2015). Anxiety, coping skills and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in patients with endometriosis. Journal of Reproductive Biology and Health, 3 (1), 2. PMID: 26900480 PMCID: PMC4755521 DOI: 10.7243/2054-0841-3-2
Quiñones, M., Larrieux, V., & Pons-Madera, J. (2015). Adaptación cultural del modelo “Acceptance and Commitment Therapy” para tratamiento de dolor (Cultural adaptation of the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy model for chronic pain treatment). Revista Puertorriqueña de Pscología (Puerto Rican Journal of Psychology).
Clinton, A., Quiñones, M.M., & Christo, C. (2011). Phonological awareness: Cross-linguistic comparisons with a focus on Spanish,Conciencia fonológica: Comparaciones lingüísticas cruzadas con un enfoque en el español. Interamerican Journal of Psychology. DOI: 10.30849/rip/ijp.v45i2.156
Cultural Adaptation of an Online Caregiver Mastery Program for Latino Dementia Caregivers
Emory Roybal Center for Dementia Caregiving Mastery NIH/NIA
10/1/2024 - 9/30/2026
Role: PI
PI: Quinones-Cordero, M.
Emory Roybal Center for Dementia Caregiving Mastery NIH/NIA
10/1/2024 - 9/30/2026
Role: PI
PI: Quinones-Cordero, M.
Rochester Roybal Center for Social Ties and Aging Research
NIH
9/1/2019 - 5/31/2025
Role: Co-Investigator
PI: Heffner, K & Van Orden, K
NIH
9/1/2019 - 5/31/2025
Role: Co-Investigator
PI: Heffner, K & Van Orden, K