Dr. Sona Rivas-Tumanyan presents the Informational Webinar: Big Data Research Award Opportunity 2023. Researchers can get up to $8,000 for a research project, using pre-existing databases to study health disparities and prevalent health conditions among Hispanics. Watch the online webinar and
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…
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…
The Mentor-Mentee teams’ program is designed to help new investigators develop partnerships, skills, and tools to be successful in obtaining external funding to support their careers as independent researchers. One Mentor-Mentee team will be selected. The team will have a maximum of two years of support, contingent on progress shown through follow-up meetings and written progress…
On the 17th and 18th of November, we hosted the 2022 Annual Alliance Retreat at the Verdanza Hotel. The Alliance leaders presented their core updates in the morning session, followed by the External Advisory Committee (EAC) questions and advice. We also had the presence of some of our investigators, presenting their research projects, among them…
Congratulations to our research nurses, Bárbara Guzmán RN, MPH, Ladimila De Lima BSN, RN, Sheyla Garced RN, MS, and Robert Pinder RN, MSN for their outstanding performance and excellent test grades in the Pediatric Advance Life Support Course (PALS). PALS is an instructional course certified by the American Heart Association designed and developed primarily to educate healthcare providers responsible for treating or responding to an infant or child-related emergencies. A PALS certification course simulates pediatric emergencies to train students…
“Juntos por la equidad y la acción social” August 18-20, 2022 Practice-Based Research Network Leaders participated in the “Centro de Salud de la Asociacion de salud Primaria de Puerto Rico” Annual Convention. Drs. Enid García and Carlamarie Noboa were part of the panel ” Integrando la investigación clínica en ruta hacia la transformación…
The Alliance successfully held its annual Scientific Day, on May 4, 2022, the first hybrid, in-person and virtual meeting since the start of the Pandemic. It was held in partnership with the Title V project of the Medical Sciences Campus and during the Clinical and Translational Research week, designated as such by the Puerto Rico…
The Alliance successfully held its annual Scientific Day, on May 4, 2022, the first hybrid, in-person and virtual meeting since the start of the Pandemic. It was held in partnership with the Title V project of the Medical Sciences Campus and during the Clinical and Translational Research week, designated as such by the Puerto Rico…
On May 4, 2022, the Professional Development Core (PDC) of the 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 knowledge,…