Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Alliance investigators’ had been working on this topic to understand how this virus affects our communities.

Adjunct Professor School of Public Health UPR-Medical Sciences Campus

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PROJECT TITLE: HIV and COVID in Puerto Rico Study As a Public Health Practitioner and a Social-Community Psychologist I am interested in understanding how social determinants of health influence people’s health and well-being. For the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to work with vulnerable populations and communities. My research focuses…

Professor, Lab Director, Director of Sequencing and Genotyping Facility UPR- Rio Piedras Campus

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…

Marianela Rodríguez Reynaldo, PhD

Clinical Psychologist, Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UPR-Medical Sciences Campus

Principal Investigator Project Title: Mental health impact of the COVID-­19 pandemic on pregnant and postpartum women   For the past 15 years, I have specialized in perinatal mental health. I receive and impart continuous training on the unique emotional needs of the maternal-infant population. My work with perinatal women and families has given me a…