The ALS Association has awarded $4.9 million to 13 ALS clinical trial sites, including Dr. Valerie Wojna from the UPR-Medical Sciences Campus, who received an infrastructure grant of $396,585. The inaugural Trial Capacity Awards aim to increase the number and diversity of people with ALS who can participate in clinical trials, as well as improve…
The Professional Development Core (PDC) from the Hispanic Alliance of Clinical and Translational Research (Alliance) in collaboration with the UPR/MDACC Partnership for Excellence in Cancer Research recently offered an online “Grant Writing webinar series”. The purpose of this professional development activity was to provide trainees with the understanding of key elements that make up a…
Dr. Evangelia Morou, one of our PIs, has been awarded a United States Patent for the invention of a screening test for caries activity and caries risk assessment based on the combined production of acid and alkali in the oral cavity (Acid-Base Caries Test: ABC-TEST). This patent is founded on NIH-funded clinical/translational studies that have been supported…
We are pleased to invite faculty and students to submit an abstract to be considered for a poster presentation at the SJBSM 7th Interdisciplinary Research Symposium. The Symposium will be in the afternoon of Thursday, March 30th, 2023, at the SJBSM facilities to facilitate networking among multiple academic levels, disciplines, and institutions. The due date for submission…
CALLING ALL INVESTIGATORS INTERESTED IN CONDUCTING COVID-RELATED RESEARCH!: The National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C): Calling All Investigators Interested in Conducting COVID-related Research! The Alliance’s Biomedical Informatics, Bioinformatics, and Cyberinfrastructure Enhancement Core (BiBEC) is part of the national IDeA-CTR network, whose activities include involvement with the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) Data Enclave. The Alliance has…