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Dr. Caleb Esteban, Ph.D., a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor at Ponce Health Sciences University, recently presented preliminary findings on mental health disparities and social determinants affecting LGBTQI+ individuals in Puerto Rico. This presentation took place during a panel discussion on Health Issues Related to Sexual and Gender Diversity, organized by Waves Ahead in…
Dr. Caleb Esteban, Principal Investigator at the Queer Biopsychosocial Health Laboratory at PHSU, recently presented at the National LGBTQ Health Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. He shared secondary data from the Alliance’s pilot study titled Exploring Cardiometabolic Risk Disparities by Sex and Sexual Orientation Among Hispanic Sexual Minorities. In addition, Dr. Esteban co-authored an article titled…
The Alliance at the 9th National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE) The Alliance was present at the 9th National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE), held from June 16-19, 2024, at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC. Throughout this event, our Principal Investigators, Dr. Carlos Luciano and Dr. Evangelia Morou, along with…
The Hispanic Alliance announces that Dr. Harold I. Saavedra, the PHSU co-leader of the Professional Development Core (PDC) obtained an R01 entitled Targeting centrosome‐mitotic kinases as a novel therapeutic approach against breast cancers in Hispanic/Latinas. This is based on observations that Hispanic/Latinas with breast cancers have a poorer prognosis than non-Hispanic white women. This poor mortality is…
Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU), located in Southern Puerto Rico, specializes in studying health care disparities in Hispanic/Latinas. To reduce these disparities PHSU currently holds three U54 institutional grants, including the U54 cancer Partnership between Moffitt Cancer Center and PHSU, RCMI, and the Hispanic Alliance (in collaboration with UPR-Ciencias Médicas and Universidad Central del Caribe). …
En esta ocasión presentamos a uno de nuestros miembros del Consejo, al Dr. Juan Carlos Orengo Valverde. El Dr. Juan Carlos Orengo Valverde es uno de los 20 integrantes del Consejo Comunitario de Salud e Investigación de la Alianza. Nació y estudió sus grados escolares en Gandía, ciudad en la Costa del Mediterráneo, la cual…
The Puerto Rico IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence hosted the 2021 Southeast Regional IDeA Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on November 12-14, 2021. The Regional Conference served as an important platform for faculty, postdoctoral, and student scientists of the Southeastern IDeA States and Puerto Rico to discuss science, administrative policy, and best practices…
About this Event This symposium will provide an update in the more recent information regarding autism spectrum disorder, sensory processing disorders and their behavioral manifestations and transition of the student with Autism to a Post-Secondary Institution by experts in diagnosis, treatment and education of people with ASD.
Register Description: Different intensity levels of aggression surround our daily lives, occasionally terminating in violence for some individuals. What nervous system mechanisms exist that set limits on such widely differing expressions of aggression? Is gender one of them? While aggression in males of many species has been studied dating back to the 1900s, female…