HEALTHY AGING MONTH
Every September, Healthy Aging® Month invites us to look at aging from a positive perspective: not as a process of loss, but as a stage that can be lived with physical, mental, social, and financial well-being.
Safe Water Management During Droughts
During a drought, the water supply can become limited or less reliable, and in some cases the available water may not be safe to drink or cook with.
Multisectorial Retreat 2026
Event Highlights Multisectoral Retreat Advances Community-Engaged Research and Health Priorities in Puerto Rico The Alliance, in collaboration with CEO and GROW-PR, successfully organized a Multisectoral Retreat at the Royal Sonesta San Juan on May 8, 2026. The retreat focused on strengthening collaboration among community organizations, healthcare providers, researchers, and institutional partners to advance community-engaged and…
Alliance 2026 Scientific Day
Alliance Scientific Day 2026 Scientific Day Highlights Innovation in Precision Nutrition, Omics, and Artificial Intelligence Shaping the Future of Chronic Disease Management Through Precision Nutrition, Omics, and AI. Event Overview On May 6, the Alliance celebrated its 15th Scientific Day, bringing together faculty, researchers, students, and community collaborators to showcase advances in clinical and translational…
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS IN PUERTO RICO
The mental health of the Puerto Rican population has been fundamentally reshaped by a rapid, chronological succession of large-scale emergencies. This cycle of disasters has created a complex environment of sustained psychological distress
MAPPING COLLABORATION IN THE ALLIANCE: SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS (2020–2025)
The Evaluation Core conducted a Social Network Analysis (SNA) to map and understand collaboration patterns across five years of the Alliance Pilot Project Calls (2020–2025). This innovative approach mapped Principal Investigators (PI)-centered collaborations (i.e., PI-to-collaborator links), representing the proposal-based connections across the research proposals applications submitted (research concepts papers and proposals) from 2020 to 2025.…
The essence of Team Science: Collaboration to increase research productivity
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…
Alliance Participation at the 2024 ACTS Annual Meeting
Alliance Participation at the 2024 ACTS Annual Meeting In early April, members of the Alliance made a significant impact at the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. This three-day event brought together an array of attendees, including trainees, junior faculty, and seasoned scientists from CTSA and IDeA CTR…