Carlos Luciano

Dr. Carlos Luciano is an established investigator who is the PI for Hispanic Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research (Alliance) Association, received his M.D. from the UPR School of Medicine and completed his residency in neurology at the Boston City Hospital. He completed subspecialty training in Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology and in Neuromuscular Medicine at […]

Abel Baerga Ortiz

Dr. Abel Baerga Ortiz is an established investigator who is the PI for Center for the Promotion of Cancer Health Equity (CePCHE) Association, BA in Chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico; a PhD in Chemistry and Biochemistry from the University of California in San Diego (UCSD) and was a Royal Society Postdoctoral Fellow at […]

Jose Rodriguez Medina

Jose Rodriguez Medina, National Committee Member NAIPI. He is an independent investigator in the field of the molecular biology of yeast for the past 27 years while serving as a member of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus (UPR-MSC) in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He currently serves as […]

Jose Antonio Lasalde Dominicci

Dr. Jose Antonio Lasalde Dominicci is the Program Director of the COBRE Center for Neuroplasticity at the University of Puerto Rico and a Professor of Biology at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. His research is focused on: (1) the structure-function relationships of nicotinic receptors (2), the role of lipid-protein interaction on acetylcholine […]

Marcia Roxana Cruz Correa

Dr. Marcia Roxana Cruz Correa leads a Gastrointestinal Oncology Program at the UPR Cancer Center, which is integrated by a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, basic and clinical scientists, and epidemiologists with expertise in gastrointestinal cancer. The main focus of the program is to elucidate genetic and epigenetic pathways for colorectal carcinogenesis among Hispanic patients. Evaluation […]