GROW PR Network November 2024 Newsletter

Collaborative Research Initiatives: Health Innovation Project In response to the needs and challenges of primary healthcare settings, two primary care centers have agreed to collaborate on an initiative to improve infrastructure to use real-world data to answer research questions related to existing health disparities in Puerto Rico. Hospital General Castañer and Prymed serve communities in…

Dr. Ileana Rodríguez and Dr. José Rodríguez

GROW PR Network’s April Newsletter 2024

GROW PR Network’s April Newsletter 2024 LET’s Welcome GROW PR Network’s newest member!  Salud Integral de la Montaña (SIM) A private, non-profit, community-based organization, incorporated into the Department of State since 1974; recognized by the federal government as a “Federally Qualified Health Center” with a grant under section 330 of the Federal Public Health Law.…

GROW PR Network’s March 2024 Newsletter

GROW PR Network’s March 2024   GROW PR Network Welcomes its newest member!  As part of our commitment to achieving positive health outcomes, we are thrilled to announce our new collaboration. By partnering with Puerto Rico’s Department of Health and their team of healthcare providers and researchers, we aim to enhance our efforts in promoting…

GROW PR Network’s January 2024 Newsletter

GROW PR Network’s January Update LET’S WELCOME GROW PR NETWORK’S NEWEST MEMBER! Sistema de Salud Menonita In 1944 Mennonite missionaries began a dispensary for the community La Plata in the central mountainous region of Puerto Rico in Aibonito. This evolved into a visionary endeavor to innovate healthcare experiences, services, and technology aimed at transforming lives.…

4th Call for Pilot Projects

Purpose The goal of the Alliance Pilot Projects Program (PPP) is to increase the number of underrepresented scientists in clinical and translational research dedicated to the study of health conditions affecting the Hispanic population. The objective of the PPP is to increase the cadre of underrepresented minorities (URM), and independent investigators, by advancing their development…

Alliance/HiREC Small Grant 2022

 Funding opportunity for small grants to leverage analysis of pre-existing large databases in Health Disparities and prevalent disease/conditions among Hispanics One small grant ($5,000) will be awarded to help the principal investigator:  to conduct data analysis using a large database to support new competitive proposals for external funding, and/or  to disseminate the results of large…

Call for Pilot Project Deadline extended to November 14 at midnight

3rd Call for Pilot Projects

Purpose The goal of the Alliance Pilot Projects Program (PPP) is to increase the number of underrepresented scientists in clinical and translational research dedicated to the study of health conditions affecting a Hispanic population. The objective of the PPP is to increase the cadre of underrepresented minorities (URM), independent investigators, by advancing their development in…

Pilot Projects Awardees

Pilot Projects Awardees

We are happy to announce the Alliance Pilot Projects Awardees for 2020-2021. This is the result of the 1st Call for Pilots, these projects are supported by National Institute of General Medical Sciences under the Award Number U54GM133807.   Dr. Marianela Rodríguez Reynaldo Mental health impact of the COVID-­19 pandemic on pregnant and postpartum women      …

ALLIANCE/HiREC Small Grant Award 2021 ($5,000)

The Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) Core of the Hispanic Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research (ALLIANCE), in collaboration with Hispanics in Research Capability (HiREC) program at the University of Puerto Rico, is announcing a funding opportunity for small grants to leverage analysis of pre-existing large databases in Health Disparities and prevalent disease and…