The Alliance congratulate Dr. Romaguera, Dr. Godoy and Dr. Chorna for Winning Best Scientific Abstract Award at ASCCP National Meeting

Supported Investigators, UPR-MSC

The Alliance extends our warmest congratulations to the interdisciplinary team from UPR School of Medicine on their outstanding achievement at the Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP) National Meeting in Houston, Texas. Their abstract titled “Cervical meta-omic analyses identify tyramine metabolism in women with dysplasia” was recognized as the best overall scientific abstract, a…

Dr. Maribel Campos Rivera appointed to President Biden’s Council on Sports, Fitness, & Nutrition

AC, Supported Investigators

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…

Alliance’s Scholar recognized as a distinguished nurse to be inducted into the 2022 Class Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing

Featured, Supported Investigators

Dr. Sherily Pereira has been recognized by the American Academy of Nursing as one of the 250 distinguished nurses to be inducted into the 2022 Class of Fellows. The inductees will be recognized for their significant contributions to health and health care at the Academy’s annual Health Policy Conference, which will take place on October 27-29, 2022, in Washington, DC.…

ANCHOR investigators group recent publication on The New England Journal of Medicine

Headlines, News, Publications, Supported Investigators

The Anal Cancer–HSIL Outcomes Research (ANCHOR) trial team recently landed a publication in The New England Journal of Medicine titled: “Treatment of Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions to Prevent Anal Cancer”.  We are proud of Dr. Maribel Tirado, Dr. Vivan Colón, Dr. Ana Patricia Ortiz and Dr. Humberto Guiot, who are part of the ANCHOR team, for…

Research Training Opportunity Program (RTOP) Awardees

Supported Investigators, Training, TRRCL

The RTOP is based on a technology transfer strategy in which Alliance researchers participate in a two-stage training process.  Stage 1, the Alliance will fund one visit per year by an eligible PR Alliance investigator to travel to a host laboratory within a U.S. institution that has developed and standardized the desired emerging technology. The investigators will establish…

PDC-Mentor-Mentee Teams’ Program 2021-2022

Professional Development, Supported Investigators

The Mentor-Mentee Teams’ Program is designed to help new investigators develop partnerships, skills, and tools to be successful in obtaining external funding to support their goal of performing independent research. PDC will identify common thematic research areas of interest between potential mentors and mentees and foster interactions. Mentors and mentees teams may comprise clinical and…

Yisel Cantres, PhD

Postdoctoral researcher received an NIH K22/R00 Award

News, Supported Investigators

Dr. Yisel M. Cantres-Rosario, a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Medicine, UPR-MSC received an NIH K22/R00 NINDS Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity in Neuroscience Research, which will provide funding to continue her postdoctoral projects and initiate her own research program. The study focuses on how disrupted immunological responses contribute to the…

Pilot Projects Awardees

Pilot Projects Awardees

Pilot Project, Supported Investigators

We are happy to announce the Alliance Pilot Projects Awardees for 2020-2021. This is the result of the 1st Call for Pilots, these projects are supported by National Institute of General Medical Sciences under the Award Number U54GM133807.   Dr. Marianela Rodríguez Reynaldo Mental health impact of the COVID-­19 pandemic on pregnant and postpartum women      …