At San Juan Bautista School of Medicine, we are excited to share the scientific community’s enthusiasm to join us and attend the 10th SJBSM Interdisciplinary Research Symposium, to be held on Thursday, April 16, 2026, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., at our institution’s facilities in Caguas, PR. It will be a pleasure to welcome you to join us and celebrate a decade of community-powered science and innovation.
We also invite you to join us for the 10th Symposium Plenary “Bridging Science and Society: Community-Driven Research for a Healthier Puerto Rico”.
For the Plenary Session, we are proud to have two distinguished, powerful, passionate, and enthusiastic scientific women discussing the main topic from their experiences and expertise. We are excited to welcome:
Filipa Godoy-Vitorino, Ph.D.

Dr. Filipa Godoy
“The Microbiome Shift: Transforming the Future of Microbiology.”
Linda Laras, MD, MPH, MSc

Dr. Linda Laras
“Bridging Community-Based Research into Practice to Address Sexual Violence”
We thank them for accepting our invitation to serve as Plenary Speakers at the 10th Interdisciplinary Research Symposium, and we are pleased to have them as part of this milestone event.
We look forward to welcoming each of you to this event, where we will also have the exciting opportunity to advance our knowledge by visiting the selected posters!
For more information, please don’t hesitate to send us an email to:
research.symposium@sanjuanbautista.edu






