Trainees from Puerto Rico and the United States who completed the scientific research training program known as the "Cancer Prevention and Control Research Training Program" (CAPAC) at the UPR Comprehensive Cancer Center during the closing session of the 2024 cycle.

CAPAC Research Program at UPR Comprehensive Cancer Center Concludes Inaugural Session, Opens Applications for 2025 Cycle

The Comprehensive Cancer Center of the University of Puerto Rico (CCCUPR) successfully concluded the inaugural session of its scientific research training program, known as the “Cancer Prevention and Control Research Training Program” (CAPAC). “The CAPAC participants had the opportunity to present their findings from cancer research projects they worked on over the summer, under the…

Improve Your Communication Skills With The Online Course

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION IN CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH   Through distance learning education modality this course will provide knowledge and skills to effectively communicate research outcomes in medicine and healthcare. ENROLLMENT ELIGIBILITY Be an early- to mid-career investigator Is or was engaged in a clinical and translational research project from which data is ready or almost ready to be communicated Has a…

Grant Writing Bootcamp

2022 Grant Writing Bootcamp

Description This course is designed to coach a research team, consisting of an early- to mid-career investigator/trainee and their chosen mentor(s), through the process of drafting and organizing an NIH-style grant application. Via distant learning modality, the course coordinator will systematically guide the team through the fundamental parts of a grant application, establish a timeline…

Research Training Opportunity Program (RTOP) Awardees

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…

Improve your communication skills: Online Course

Call for Application IMPROVE YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS WITH THE ONLINE COURSE: SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION IN CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH Description Through distance learning education modality this course will provide knowledge and skills to effectively communicate research outcomes in medicine and healthcare. Participants are required to submit the following documents related to the manuscript that will be…

photo of Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, PhD

Uso de modelos multiniveles para atender la heterogeneidad entre estudios

En este seminario se presentará la metodología de las revisiones sistemáticas, el meta análisis, los modelos multiniveles, la meta regresión y la meta regresión multinivel. Conferenciante: Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, PhD Profesor en el Departmento de Métodos de Investigación en Salud, Universidad de McMaster, Canada. Jueves, 17 de junio de 2021 11:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. (hora…

Flyer promocional Zoom Omics Application to cancer Studies Speaker: Xioaoping Su. April 23, 2021 at 1:30pm

Omics Application to Cancer Studies

Webinar objectives: Explain both genomics and transcriptomics application to cancer research including bioinformatics analysis approaches to both genomics and transcriptomics data. Detection of cancer-associated virus including HPV in cancer patient samples by omics NGS data. Explain epigenomics application to cancer studies including bioinformatics analysis algorithm for epigenomics data.   SPEAKER : XIAOPING SU , PhD April 23, 2021 at 1:30pm…