Dr. Maria Magdalena Llabre is Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami. She is also Director of Biobehavioral Statistics at the Behavioral Medicine Research Center. She teaches graduate statistics and is lead faculty in the Applied Quantitative LaB. Her research uses latent variable models to understand change processes in cardiovascular behavioral medicine. She is an investigator in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). One of her current projects explores the role of the Spanish language in the Hispanic Paradox.