Sue Giancola, PhD Senior Associate Director Center for Research in Education and Social Policy (CRESP) University of Delaware Mary Culnane, MSN, MS, PhD Policy Scientist, Center for Research in Education and Social Policy (CRESP) University of Delaware Angela Sy, PhD Associate Core Director, Center for Pacific Innovations, Knowledge, and Opportunities (PIKO) University of Hawaii at Manoa Carlamarie Noboa Ramos, MS, PhD Adjunct Professor University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences Campus Kimber McKay, PhD Professor and Chair, School of Public and Community Health Sciences University of Montana

IDeA Clinical and Translational Research Centers Working and Sharing Together

GROWPR PBRN, PBRN

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…

Alliance Kick-off Event Celebrates the Start of the 2025–2030 Funding Cycle

AC, Events, PHSU, UCC, UPR-MSC

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…

Elsa Orellano

Dr. Elsa Orellano – Advancing Functional Health for Older Adults

Professional Development

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…

Measuring Community Engagement in Research: Reflections from Puerto Rico’s Experience with the Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research

Community Engagement and Outreach core

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…

ISCORE-RC Newsletter METRICS, Why this information is important

ISCORE RESOURCE CENTER August 2025 NEWSLETTER

ISCORE

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…

Dr. Catherine Chacín, wearing a teal shirt embroidered with her name and credentials (DDS, MPH, FETP), smiles confidently with her arms resting on a surface, against a bright yellow background.

ISCORE Resource Center June 2025 Newsletter

ISCORE

Spotlight on Research: Dr. Catherine Chacin Presents at ISCORE-RC Journal Club Dr. Catherine Chacin, a graduated from the Clinical Research Coordinator Development Program (CRCDP), led a compelling discussion at the ISCORE-RC Journal Club. Her presentation focused on a 2023 article from Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications titled: “Clinical Research Coordinators: Key Components of an Efficient Clinical…

Alliance Collaboration Network (2020–2025 Call for Pilot Projects)

MAPPING COLLABORATION IN THE ALLIANCE: SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS (2020–2025)

Tracking and Evaluation, Uncategorized

The Evaluation Core conducted a Social Network Analysis (SNA) to map and understand collaboration patterns across five years of the Alliance Pilot Project Calls (2020–2025). This innovative approach mapped Principal Investigators (PI)-centered collaborations (i.e., PI-to-collaborator links), representing the proposal-based connections across the research proposals applications submitted (research concepts papers and proposals) from 2020 to 2025.…