The 2023 ACTS annual meeting took place in Washington, DC. With the attendance of a vigorous representation from clinical and translational scientists from most of the CTSA institutions as well as of IDEA CTR states and institutions, the three days included sections on mentoring, the latest advances in treatments and clinical research, the need for diversity and the inclusion of underrepresented groups in clinical research, and the presentation of advanced research developed within the frame of translational science.
Puerto Rico was represented among others by scientists and trainees from The Alliance, the Title V project in Clinical and Translational Research, at the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico (MSC-UPR) and The Hispanic in Research Capabilities Endowment (HiReC) at MSC-UPR, among others:
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- Dr. Valerie Wojna presented her work dealing with The Alliance’s productivity metrics system to evaluate progress among the trainees, especially those participating in the Pilot Projects. She presented both orally and in poster format
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- Dr. Elsa Orellano, from the School of Health Professions, MSC-UPR, who is one of the recipients of the 2023-2025 Mentor-Mentee awards, presented her work on assistive technology for the elderly, which was sponsored by the Title V project at MSC-UPR and serves as preliminary findings for the work she will develop using the Mentor-Mentee Team.
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- Colleagues from HiReC, The Alliance, and Title V during a break at ACTS annual meeting. From left to right: Prof Edgardo Rosado, Title V MSC-UPR, School of Health Professions; Dr. Margarita Irizarry-Ramírez, Leader Professional Development Core (PDC), The Alliance and Title V MSC-UPR Consultant; Dr. Valerie Wojna, Leader of Pilot Projects Core, The Alliance, Professor, School of Medicine, MSC-UPR; Dr. Diana Fernández, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Universidad Central del Caribe, and co-leader PDC; Dr. Lourdes Soto De Laurido, PI-HiReC, Acting Dean School of Health Professions, MSC-UPR; Dr. Juan C Soto, Acting Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, School of Nursing MSC-UPRand Totle V Collaborator; Dr. Félix Hernández, Acting Assistant Dean for Research, School of Nursing, MSC-UPR
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- Dr. Margarita Irizarry with Dr. Darlene Santiago, from the School of Pharmacy, MSC-UPR, presented her work on opioids and buprenorphine. This work has received sponsorship from The Alliance, and its findings were used as preliminary results for the Pilot Project proposal, currently under revision.
