Congratulations to Dr. Harold Saavedra for Obtaining an R01

The Hispanic Alliance announces that Dr. Harold I. Saavedra, the PHSU co-leader of the Professional Development Core (PDC) obtained an R01 entitled Targeting centrosome‐mitotic kinases as a novel therapeutic approach against breast cancers in Hispanic/Latinas.  This is based on observations that Hispanic/Latinas with breast cancers have a poorer prognosis than non-Hispanic white women.  This poor mortality is…

The Harold I. Saavedra laboratory at PHSU is looking for a dynamic Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences. 

Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU), located in Southern Puerto Rico, specializes in studying health care disparities in Hispanic/Latinas.  To reduce these disparities PHSU currently holds three U54 institutional grants, including the U54 cancer Partnership between Moffitt Cancer Center and PHSU, RCMI, and the Hispanic Alliance (in collaboration with UPR-Ciencias Médicas and Universidad Central del Caribe). …