On May 4, 2022, the Professional Development Core (PDC) of the Hispanic Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research (Alliance) coordinated a Research Mentor training hosted by the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER). This training was based on the evidence-based Entering Mentoring curriculum, which has positively impacted mentorship skills and…
Funding opportunity for small grants to leverage analysis of pre-existing large databases in Health Disparities and prevalent disease/conditions among Hispanics One small grant ($5,000) will be awarded to help the principal investigator: to conduct data analysis using a large database to support new competitive proposals for external funding, and/or to disseminate the results of large…
By: Estela S. Estapé MT, PhD, DHL Professor and Director, SJBSM Research Center San Juan Bautista School of Medicine On Thursday, February 24th, 2022, San Juan Bautista School of Medicine had the privilege to continue its tradition to sponsor the 6th Interdisciplinary Research Virtual Symposium with several of its students’ organizations. This year it included the…
Conforme la nueva Orden Ejecutiva del gobernador, la Oder Administrativa del Secretario de Salud, y el comunicado de la presidenta Interina de la UPR, se revisó nuestro Plan de Protección y Prevención contra el COVID-19, en esta etapa, se observarán las siguientes medidas: CERNIMIENTO Toma de temperatura y síntomas para participantes, acompañantes y…
The 2021 Alliance Retreat was a two-day event that brought together leaders, investigators, and support personnel from the partner’s institutions to report and evaluate our performance over the past year. The Alliance Internal and External Advisory Committees, and community members participated in this Retreat in a hybrid modality. Ninety-two individuals attended this Retreat, 62 in…
Submission Instructions It is the author’s responsibility to follow the Abstract Guidelines and instructions. The author of the selected abstracts should submit the PDF poster by April 27, 2022. It is a requirement for the author or co-author(s), to present in person their research at the assigned date May 4, 2022. Abstracts thematic should be…
This event will introduce IDeA-CTR members to the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C). The N3C aims to unite COVID-19 data, enabling innovative machine learning and statistical analyses that require a large amount of data more than is available in any given institution. The goal is to enable rapid collaboration among clinicians, researchers, and data scientists…
Description This course is designed to coach a research team, consisting of an early- to mid-career investigator/trainee and their chosen mentor(s), through the process of drafting and organizing an NIH-style grant application. Via distant learning modality, the course coordinator will systematically guide the team through the fundamental parts of a grant application, establish a timeline…
The Hispanic Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research has the mission to provide the faculty members with training, guidance and support to become successful and independent investigators. Due to the nature of our services, our facility receives many people including UPR MSC employees, participants and other visitors, and thus may pose…