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The VI Puerto Rican Public Health Conference, coordinated by the Graduate School of Public Health at the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico, took place from May 2-3, 2024, at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan. The theme, “Perspectives, Challenges, and Opportunities in Public Health and Health Promotion,” set the…
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…
We are currently seeking a highly qualified Epidemiologist to join the BERD Core team. The ideal candidate will have a master’s degree (MS) in Epidemiology and possess excellent analytical programming skills and modeling experience using STATA (preferred), R, SPSS, and/or SAS programs. The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting researchers in various aspects of their…
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…
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…
The Hispanic Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research has the mission to provide the faculty members with training, guidance, and support to become successful and independent investigators. Due to the nature of our services, our facility receives many people including UPR MSC employees, participants, and other visitors, and thus may pose a risk of infection…
The Hispanic Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research has the mission to provide the faculty members with training, guidance, and support to become successful and independent investigators. Due to the nature of our services, our facility receives many people including UPR MSC employees, participants, and other visitors, and thus may pose a risk of infection…
March and April 2021 proved to be very busy with the submission of several NIH supplements, each of them related to the SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19. We highlight here four of these applications. If awarded, these studies/projects will be supplements to our Alliance CTR “parent grant” U54GM133807 The first submission, titled “SARS-CoV-2 genomic…
During public health emergencies like COVID-19, science — and the process of turning observations into new therapies — must be translated faster than ever. Vast amounts of clinical data are being generated that could be used to advance research efforts focused on COVID-19. These datasets often become too large to share and the networks for…
Friday, February 26, 2021 1:00pm (AST) Speaker: Magaly Torres, MS REDCap Administrator Biomedical Informatics, Bioinformatics & Cyberinfrastructure Enhancement Core (BiBEC) The Alliance-Universidad Central del Caribe REGISTER HERE Register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting. For more information, you may contact BiBEC Coordinator Zabdy…