The Alliance is proud to announce that Dr. Eliel Melon has been selected as a participant in the National Institutes of Health’s AIM-AHEAD FHIR Training Program! Dr. Melon is the Director of the Center of Informatics and Educational Resources, School of Dental Medicine, and the Co-Core Leader of the Research Design, Compliance, and Data Management…
GROW PR Network celebra su 15.ª reunión presencial en Ciales El pasado 16 de diciembre de 2025, los miembros y colaboradores de GROW PR Network (Generating Research Opportunities Working Together), iniciativa de la Alianza, se reunieron en las instalaciones de Prymed Medical Care en Ciales. Este decimoquinto encuentro fue clave para consolidar la sinergia entre…
In commemoration of National Healthy Weight Week –January 18-24, 2026 Every year, during the third week of January, communities observe National Healthy Weight Week, an initiative that, since 1994, invites reflection on lifestyle habits. This 2026, from January 18-24, this commemoration takes on special relevance in Puerto Rico, where figures on overweight and obesity confront…
Publication Fee Support Guidelines The Professional Development (PD) Core maintains dedicated funds to support publication fees for Alliance-related research outputs. Alliance staff, awardees, and investigators affiliated with an Alliance institution—as well as approved external collaborators—with a new or active Alliance-supported study may request support through the Online Request Services portal. The Alliance recognizes that Article…
The Tracking and Evaluation Unit Director and Generating Research Opportunities Working together (GROW) Puerto Rico (PR) Network, Dr. Carlamarie Noboa Ramos, participated in a multipaper panel session “Engaging with Communities and Primary Care Practices: Evaluating CTR Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) models” at the Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association in Kansas City. Practice-Based Research…
The Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research in Puerto Rico successfully hosted its Alliance Kick-off Event, marking the official launch of the new 2025–2030 funding cycle under the NIH Institutional Development Award for Clinical and Translational Research Network (IDeA-CTR). The Alliance—led by the UPR Medical Sciences Campus in collaboration with Ponce Health Sciences University/Ponce Research…
Dr. Elsa Orellano – Advancing Functional Health for Older Adults Mentor-Mentee Teams Program Awardee (2023–2025) Mentor: Dr. Nelson Varas-Díaz, Florida International University Affiliation: UPR-MSC, Department of Occupational Therapy Dr. Elsa Orellano continues to make an outstanding impact through her research and mentorship. As Principal Investigator, she successfully secured a $1.22M NIH R01 grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research…
By: Edna Acosta Pérez, PhD, MSc Co-Leader, Community Engagement and Outreach Core Representing Puerto Rico at ACCEL Delaware 2025 I had the honor of representing The Alliance at the 2025 Community Research Exchange (CRE) hosted by IDeA‑ Clinical and Translational Research (CTR) from Delaware (Delaware‑CTR ACCEL), where I presented a workshop titled “Measuring the Impact…
We proudly introduce two professionals who successfully completed the Clinical Research Coordinator Development Program (CRCDP), sharing in their own words how this experience has influenced their development
ISCORE-RC Metrics Why is this information important? Collecting metrics through ISCORE-RC provides a clear picture of the clinical research landscape in Puerto Rico. These data reflect not only the number of active and newly activated studies, but also critical aspects such as the average time to execute contracts, IRB approval processes, and participant recruitment…