Small Grant Awardee Using big data to promote evidence-based public policy on health care for substance use disorders of older adults Hispanics Dr. Santiago has worked on various clinical studies focusing on developing culturally relevant and evidence-based treatment optimizations for underserved and vulnerable population groups in Puerto Rico. She has ongoing collaborations with community-based clinics in Puerto Rico, that provide…
Supplement Titled: Association of Gut Microbiota with Alzheimer Disease in Puerto Ricans PI: Dr. Vanessa Sepulveda I am a Microbial Ecologist specializing in microbial community structure and function in humans and animals, integrating metagenomic data with ecology, physiology and bioinformatics. I am currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Microbiology and Medical Zoology, and my lab…
Supplement Titled: Association of Gut Microbiota with Alzheimer Disease in Puerto Ricans Co-PI: Dr. Filipa Godoy I am a Board-certified Internal Medicine and Geriatrics Physician, Professor of the School of Medicine of the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico (MSC UPR). I supervise and mentor medicine students, IM residents and Geriatrics fellows on their…
Project Title Channeling the voice of underserved communities on nutritional insufficiency and unaddressed needs on maternal-infant health. I am a Professor and Director of the Center for Community Outreach for Health Across the Lifespan with over 15 years of experience in clinical research. My collaborative contribution is my expertise as a Physician scientist with strong ties…
Project Title: SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance across the island of Puerto Rico I have been a faculty member at the University of Puerto Rico since 2010. The diversity and beauty found in nature first sparked my interest in biology as a student, which ultimately led me to studying Heliconius here in Puerto Rico. I am also…
SALIVARY INFLAMMATION PROFILE OF HISPANIC INFANTS Project description: The proposed project will allow us to perform a salivary inflammation profile to observe the specific characteristics of infants at higher risk of obesity to perhaps enhance our capacity to predict the life-long risk of the disease and associated comorbidities. catherine.chacin@upr.edu
RAC/CDC42 INHIBITORS AS NEW DRUGS FOR PANCREATIC CANCER Project description: Demonstrate the efficacy of Rac/Cdc42 inhibitors as new drugs for pancreatic cancer using pancreatic cancer mouse models, and the effect on tumor microenvironment from pancreatic cancer patient’s tissue. ailed.cruzcollazo@upr.edu
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR Does the “Night-float rotation” alter sleep/wake cycles and circadian rhythms of UPR physician residents: Modulation by chronotypes. Co-PI: Yohana De Jesús Berríos, MD Co-PI: Annabell Segarra, PhD My long-term career goal is to contribute to the understanding of how the multiple circadian oscillators throughout the body interact to regulate homeostasis, physiology, and brain…
Principal Investigator Project Title: ACCUMULATION OF AMYLOID-BETA PEPTIDES IN THE MYOCARDIUM I have a wide background in electrophysiology, molecular biology, and imaging. I did my physiology PhD in invertebrates, but in 1993, Dr. Stephen McMahon invited me to visit his laboratory, where I learned modern electrophysiological and imaging techniques in mammals. Since then, my interests have centered…
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR Does the “Night-float rotation” alter sleep/wake cycles and circadian rhythms of UPR physician residents: Modulation by chronotypes. Co-PI: Yohana De Jesus, MD Co-PI: José Agosto, PhD The research in our laboratory focuses on the neurochemical substrates that participate in mediating sex differences in motivated behaviors. For the last 30years, our laboratory has studied…