Post-doctoral Certificate in Scientific Communication in Clinical and Translational Research: Perspectives of the 1st Cohort 2023-2024

The Hispanic Alliance of Clinical and Translational Research (The Alliance) continues supporting investigators at different career stages through the Scientific Communication in Clinical and Translational Research post-doctoral certificate. This initiative was designed to provide individual coaching, knowledge, and tools to investigators to master their scientific writing skills for manuscript publication. About the Post-doctoral Certificate The…

GROW PR Network August 2024 Newsletter

GROW PR Network welcomes its newest member! Generating Research Opportunities Working Together for Puerto Rico welcomes its newest member, Camuy Health Services, Inc., a community-based, non-profit organization that provides health services in the northwestern region of Puerto Rico. Their mission is to offer the highest quality in health services to the Camuy population and neighboring…

Introducing Dr. Pedro J. Castro: Expanding Computational Research at the Alliance

In 2023, the Biomedical Informatics, Bioinformatics, and Cyberinfrastructure Enhancement Core (BiBEC) welcomed Dr. Castro as a consultant, working with big data analytics, focusing on the N3C Data Enclave. Recently, Dr. Castro joined (BiBEC) and the Hispanic Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research in a full-time capacity! Dr. Pedro J. Castro is a computational scientist with…

Dr. Yaritza Inostroza Joins Elite NHGRI-Funded CREiGS Short Course at Icahn School of Medicine, Advancing Cardiovascular Disease Research in Puerto Rico

We are pleased to share that Dr. Yaritza Inostroza, Associate Professor at the San Juan Bautista School of Medicine, was one of three Puerto Rican researchers accepted to participate in the competitive NHGRI-funded CREiGS Short Course at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. The course started in-person August 12-13, 2024, at…

Dr. Caleb Esteban Presents at LGBTQ Health Conference and Publishes New Research

Dr. Caleb Esteban, Principal Investigator at the Queer Biopsychosocial Health Laboratory at PHSU, recently presented at the National LGBTQ Health Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. He shared secondary data from the Alliance’s pilot study titled Exploring Cardiometabolic Risk Disparities by Sex and Sexual Orientation Among Hispanic Sexual Minorities. In addition, Dr. Esteban co-authored an article titled…