Universidad Central del Caribe is one of the partner institutions in the Alliance. Founded in 1976 and is the first private medical school in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, is a health-sciences University with fully accredited academic programs in Medicine, Medical Images Technology, Biomedical Sciences, and Substance Abuse Counseling. UCC is home to several Centers actively involved in clinical and translational research at the institution including the Center for Molecular and Cellular Biology, the Center for the Study of Drug Addiction, and the Retrovirus Research Center.