Event Highlights Multisectoral Retreat Advances Community-Engaged Research and Health Priorities in Puerto Rico The Alliance, in collaboration with CEO and GROW-PR, successfully organized a Multisectoral Retreat at the Royal Sonesta San Juan on May 8, 2026. The retreat focused on strengthening collaboration among community organizations, healthcare providers, researchers, and institutional partners to advance community-engaged and…
The Alliance Retreat Highlights Year 1 Progress and Year 2 Priorities Annual Retreat 2026 | May 7 | The Royal Sonesta San Juan On May 7, 2026, The Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research held its Annual Retreat, bringing together leadership, core teams, institutional partners, and External Advisory Committee members to reflect on Year…
Alliance Scientific Day 2026 Scientific Day Highlights Innovation in Precision Nutrition, Omics, and Artificial Intelligence Shaping the Future of Chronic Disease Management Through Precision Nutrition, Omics, and AI. Event Overview On May 6, the Alliance celebrated its 15th Scientific Day, bringing together faculty, researchers, students, and community collaborators to showcase advances in clinical and translational…
Important Information Important Instructions Regarding Collaborations and Publications involving Foreign Components and Authors Dear Alliance Investigators, The Alliance would like to share important updates and requirements regarding the NIH policy on foreign components associated with Alliance-supported activities. The NIH Grants Policy Statement defines a foreign component as the performance of any significant scientific element or…
As part of the Public Health Week at Ponce Health Sciences University, Ms. Ángela M. Díaz presented the conference “Nutriendo PR: Where Everyone has a Place at the Table”. The session brought together approximately 65 in-person participants, along with additional attendees joining remotely. The presentation emphasized the importance of cross-sector collaboration to ensure that everyone’s…
San Juan Bautista School of Medicine is proud to share that on April 16th, 2026, we celebrated our 10th Interdisciplinary Research Symposium with great enthusiasm and more than 150 attendees. We had 68 poster presentations, 34 (50%) from SJBSM and 34 (50%) from other institutions. We were honored to welcome participants from UPR campuses (MSC,…
On April 9, 2026, Dr. Enid García served as a featured speaker at the Universidad Central del Caribe Research Symposium, delivering a presentation titled “Navigating non-traditional pathways in research.” Her talk highlighted how meaningful clinical research questions often emerge from patients’ and communities’ lived experiences and emphasized the value of non-traditional research pathways as equally…
NATIONAL STRESS AWARENESS MONTH April 2026 The Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research (ALLIANCE), supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of Health (Award U54GM133807), has been a key facilitator of stress and health research in Puerto Rico. The Burden of Stress in Puerto Rico To the present…
