WELCOME GROW PR NETWORK’S NEW MEMBERS! With a mission to provide high-quality primary, preventive, and specialized health services, using an integrated evidence-based model of physical and mental health; aimed at disadvantaged people, vulnerable populations, and the community in general. Neomed Center has been committed to serving their community with integrity, compassion, and responsibility…
Conociendo al Consejo Comunitario en Investigación e Salud ¿Quién es Laura? La Lcda. Laura V. Mora Lemus estudió el bachillerato en Ciencias Interdisciplinarias en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras y la maestría en Educación en Salud Pública en el Recinto de Ciencias Médicas. Luego de culminar su maestría, obtuvo la certificación…
La Dra. Glenda I. Torres Rivera es uno de los integrantes del Consejo Comunitario de Salud e Investigación de la Alianza. Es natural del pueblo de Guayanilla, pero lleva 21 años viviendo en Peñuelas. Hizo un bachillerato en Ciencias Generales en la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico (PUCPR), en el 1998. En el año…
Connecting directly with primary care facilities is part of GROW PR Network’s objectives to understand the needs, and priorities, and explore effective ways of collaborating with our members. This past October 6, 2023, we visited Hospital General Castañer in Lares, Puerto Rico. With a mission focused on community services and outreach, the team led by…
El proyecto cuenta con una importante subvención de $6 millones por parte de los Institutos Nacionales de Salud. (San Juan, PR) – La doctora Edna Acosta Pérez, profesora asociada de la Escuela Graduada de Salud Pública de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, será parte de una innovadora iniciativa de investigación para promover cambios estructurales y…
The study “Social Determinants of Health and the Participation of Cancer Survivors in Clinical Trials” (AACR Grant # 23-01-SDoH) aims to examine the relationship between Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) and participation in cancer-related clinical trials (CTs) to identify and address barriers disproportionately affecting Hispanic/Latino populations. The study will recruit 300 cancer survivors, with 150…
Purpose The goal of the Alliance Pilot Projects Program (PPP) is to increase the number of underrepresented scientists in clinical and translational research dedicated to the study of health conditions affecting the Hispanic population. The objective of the PPP is to increase the cadre of underrepresented minorities (URM), independent investigators, by advancing their development in…
This year the Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) Core, the Biomedical Informatics, Bioinformatics, and Cyberinfrastructure Enhancement Core (BiBEC) of the Hispanic Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research (ALLIANCE) and the Hispanic-IN-Research Capability Endowment (HiREC) joined hands to make the 2023 – 2024 Alliance/HiREC call for proposals using Big Data. For this year three teams…
Dr. Marian T. Sepulveda-Orengo, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Basic Sciences at Ponce Health Sciences University, has been announced this year’s recipient of the Research Training Opportunity Program (RTOP). The RTOP is a two-stage training program promoting technology transfer and collaboration among Alliance researchers. Stage 1 of the RTOP involves the Alliance…
Introduction: We are excited to announce a call for research proposals to address the unique and complex challenges faced by the elderly population (55 years or older) living in vulnerable situations in Puerto Rico. This call seeks to support projects prioritizing community-engaged research, promoting health equity, fostering diversity and inclusion, and encouraging multisectoral efforts to…