The New Mentor-Mentee teams for the year 2023-2025 have been announced and they are comprised of highly accomplished individuals. Dr. Marcos Ramos from Ponce Health Sciences University will be mentored by Dr. Loyda Melendez from UPR-Medical Sciences Campus, while Dr. Nelson Varas from Florida International University will mentor Dr. Elsa Orellano from UPR-Medical Sciences Campus.…
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…
Dr. Maribel Campos Rivera’s appointment to the President Binden’s Council on Sports, Fitness, & Nutrition is noteworthy and commendable. As a member of the council, Dr. Campos Rivera will have the opportunity to contribute her expertise and insights toward promoting healthy eating and physical activity for all Americans, regardless of background or ability. Her appointment…
Results of the community forums on the subject of Homelessness Results of the community forums on the subject of Migrant Population
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 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…