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The Alliance Retreat Highlights Year 1 Progress and Year 2 Priorities Annual Retreat 2026 | May 7 | The Royal Sonesta San Juan On May 7, 2026, The Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research held its Annual Retreat, bringing together leadership, core teams, institutional partners, and External Advisory Committee members to reflect on Year…
Research Infrastructure UPR-SDM Inaugurates CariDen, the First Dental Biorepository in the Caribbean The University of Puerto Rico School of Dental Medicine (UPR-SDM) recently inaugurated the Caribbean Dental Biorepository (CariDen), the first dental biorepository in the Caribbean, marking a major advancement in research infrastructure to support genetic and precision medicine studies focused on oral and systemic…
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 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…
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 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…