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

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. Yancy Ferrer-Acosta and Dr. Yamixa Delgado Reyes

The essence of Team Science: Collaboration to increase research productivity

Dr. Yancy Ferrer-Acosta and Dr. Yamixa Delgado Reyes We are excited to share the positive impact of a collaborative research pilot project, awarded by the Alliance in 2021-2022, that helped advance the research careers of two new investigators by integrating their different expertise to expand knowledge. This pilot project titled “Delivery of Edelfosine through the…

Alliance 2025 Retreat: Celebrating Successes and Planning for the Future

The Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research kicked off its 2025 retreat by reflecting on its remarkable achievements over the past four and a half years. Core leaders highlighted key successes, including the development of a clinical research data warehouse, expanded collaborations, and numerous pilot projects. The discussion also looked ahead, focusing on future goals…

The Alliance at the 9th National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE)

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…