On March 30th, 2023, San Juan Bautista School of Medicine celebrated its 7th SJBSM Interdisciplinary Research Symposium in person at the institution, focusing on joining multiple disciplines and institutions to facilitate research collaboration and the advancement of knowledge. The Symposium’s Plenary session theme was Lifestyle Medicine for Healthy Living, and we were pleased to welcome…
The New Mentor-Mentee teams for the year 2023-2025 have been announced and they are comprised of highly accomplished individuals. Dr. Marcos Ramos from Ponce Health Sciences University will be mentored by Dr. Loyda Melendez from UPR-Medical Sciences Campus, while Dr. Nelson Varas from Florida International University will mentor Dr. Elsa Orellano from UPR-Medical Sciences Campus.…
The Hispanic Alliance announces that Dr. Harold I. Saavedra, the PHSU co-leader of the Professional Development Core (PDC) obtained an R01 entitled Targeting centrosome‐mitotic kinases as a novel therapeutic approach against breast cancers in Hispanic/Latinas. This is based on observations that Hispanic/Latinas with breast cancers have a poorer prognosis than non-Hispanic white women. This poor mortality is…
Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU), located in Southern Puerto Rico, specializes in studying health care disparities in Hispanic/Latinas. To reduce these disparities PHSU currently holds three U54 institutional grants, including the U54 cancer Partnership between Moffitt Cancer Center and PHSU, RCMI, and the Hispanic Alliance (in collaboration with UPR-Ciencias Médicas and Universidad Central del Caribe). …
En esta ocasión presentamos a uno de nuestros miembros del Consejo, al Dr. Juan Carlos Orengo Valverde. El Dr. Juan Carlos Orengo Valverde es uno de los 20 integrantes del Consejo Comunitario de Salud e Investigación de la Alianza. Nació y estudió sus grados escolares en Gandía, ciudad en la Costa del Mediterráneo, la cual…
We are happy to announce the Alliance Pilot Projects awardees for 2021 Of all the projects received in the 2nd Call for Pilots Projects, four projects were selected to receive up to $50,000 for a year. These funds will go to investigators from the UPR-Medical Sciences Campus, Ponce Health Sciences University, Universidad Central del Caribe,…