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Alemán Ortiz, Jesse, MD MPH

Division: Clinical Trials


Working on clinical trials for Symptomatic Chronic Obstructive Pulomonary disease and in registries for Chronic Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Disease and Asthma Patients initiating Dupixent.


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Alvarado-Domenech, Luisa, MD, FAPP

Divisions: Infectious Diseases
School of Medicine


Research in:
- Pediatric infectious diseases
- Enhanced Surveillance of Febrile Pathogens


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Appleyard, Caroline B., PhD, FAPS

Divisions: Cancer Biology, Women’s Health
Programs: Moffitt Cancer Center
School of Medicine


Research in:
- The pathophysiology of inflammation within the gastrointestinal tract
- The transition of chronic inflammation to dysplasia and cancer
- The role of stress in colitis and endometriosis
- Gut microflora in gastrointestinal diseases


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Armaiz-Peña, Guillermo, PhD

Divisions: Cancer Biology, Women’s Health
Programs: Moffitt Cancer Center, RCMI
School of Medicine


Research in:
- Women’s Cancer
- Biobehavioral influences in cancer progression
- Immune tumor microenvironment
- Pre-clinical cancer therapeutics


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Bonilla-Claudio,Margarita DMD, PhD

Divisions: Cancer Biology, Health Disparities
Programs: RCMI
School of Dental Medicine


Research in:
- Oral health in cancer patients


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Boodoosingh, Dev, MD

Division: Clinical Trials


Working on clinical trials for Symptomatic Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease and in registries for Chronic Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Disease and Asthma Patients initiating Dupixent.

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Cappas Ortiz, Nydia M., PsyD, MBA

Divisions: Behavioral Sciences
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences


Research in:
- Primary Care Psychology
- Integrated Primary Care
- Program Development
- Business Administration


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Carlo Torres, Simón, MD

School of Medicine


Research in:
- Genetics
- Ethics in Research
- Autism
- Metabolic disorders
- Behavioral disorders


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Castillo, Ismael J., PsyD

Divisions: Neurosciences
School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences


Research Interest:
- Neurofeedback


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Castro-Figueroa M, Eida, PsyD, MSc

Divisions: Neurosciences
Programs: Moffitt Cancer Center, RCMI
School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences


Research in:
- Health Psychology
- Cancer Health Disparities
- Psycho-oncology
- Cultural adaptation of Behavioral Interventions
- HIV felt stigma and treatment adherence
- Clinical and translational research designs
- Outreach/community engagement research


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Chardon Feliciano, Domingo, MD

Divisions: Clinical Trials


Working on clinical trials for Symptomatic Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease and in registries for Chronic Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Disease and Asthma Patients initiating Dupixent.


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De Jesús Rojas, Wilfredo, MD, FAAP, MSc

Divisions: Clinical Trials
School of Medicine


Research Areas and Research Areas of Interest:
- Rare pediatric pulmonary diseases
- Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
- Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome
- Ciliary Motion
- High Speed Videomicroscopy Analysis
- Ciliopathies


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Di Marco Serra, Anna, MD

Divisions: Cancer Biology, Clinical Trials


Myeloproliferative Disorder Hematology-Oncology


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Díaz Negrón, Zuleika, MD

Divisions: Cancer Biology, Clinical Trials, Women's Health
School of Medicine


Collaborating on two Phase 3 study of Sacituzumab Govitecan and Pembro in patients with previously untreated, locally advanced, inoperable, or metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer whose tumors express PD-L1 or do not express PD-L1.


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Domenech Fagundo, Edgar, MD, FACS

Divisions: Cancer Biology, Clinical Trials


Research Interest:
-Working on a clinical trial to prevent chemoradiotherapy- induced severe oral mucositis in patients with oropharyngeal cancer.


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Domenech, Laura, MD


Leader of Relief Efforts Division


Research in:
- Improving access to among vulnerable population
- Telemedicine Implementation
- Health Education


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Dutil, Julie, PhD

Divisions: Cancer Biology
Programs: Moffitt Cancer Center


Research in:
- Breast cancer genetics and genomics
- Population genetics
- Genetics of cancer health disparities
- Hereditary cancers and cancer risk assessment


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Esteban Reyes, Caleb, PhD

Divisions: Health Disparities
School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences


Research in:
- Sexual and Gender Minorities (SGM) Health
- SGM Biopsychosocial Health Disparities
- SGM Health Barriers
- SGM Stigma
- Minorities Mental Health


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Flores-Caldera, Idhaliz, PhD

Divisions: Cancer Biology, Women's Health (Chair)
Programs: Moffitt Cancer Center
School of Medicine


Research in:
- Endometriosis and pelvic pain
- Infertility
- Women’s health
- Stress
- Gynecologic cancers
- Biobanking


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Fontánez-Nuin, Darah, PhD

School of Medicine


Anatomical Sciences


Research in:
- Academic Medicine
- Education Research


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Jimenez Chávez, Julio C., MD

Divisions: Community Outreach, Health Disparities, Neurosciences
Programs: Moffitt Cancer Center, RCMI
School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences


Research in:
- Health Disparities Research
- HIV felt stigma
- Community Engagement Research/Community Outreach
- Mental Health Programs in General Hospitals


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Martinez Trabal, Jorge, MD

Divisions: Clinical Trials


Research in Stent Graft System for percutaneous deep vein arterialization for the treatment of late-stage critical limb ischemia.


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Marzan-Rodriguez, Melissa, DrPH, MPH, CP

Programs: Moffitt Cancer Center, RCMI
Public Health Program
School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences


Research in:
- HIV & HPV Prevention
- Social Epidemiology
- Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
- Implementation Science
- Sexual and Gender Minorities


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Matos-Fernandez, Nelson, MD

Divisions: Clinical Trials


Works in two research projects for Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer and Non- Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer.


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Matta, Jaime L., PhD

Divisions: Cancer Biology
Programs: Moffitt Cancer Center
School of Medicine


Contact Prinipal Investigator


Research in:
- DNA repair capacity in breast, prostate cancer and Lynch Syndrome
- Epigenetic regulation of DNA repair genes in breast and prostate cancer
- Exosomal microRNAs plasma detection to improve breast cancer diagnosis
- Mitochondrial dysfunction and rescue in cancer


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Morales Torres,Luisa M., DrPH

Divisions: Community Outreach
Programs: Alliance, RCMI
Public Health Program


Research in:
- Epidemiology
- Autism
- Community outreach
- COVID19 testing


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Noel Jr, Richard J., PhD

Divisions: Infectious Diseases
RCMI
School of Medicine


Director of Biomedical Science


Research in:
HIV/AIDS
Neuropathology


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Olivieri, Odette, MD

School of Medicine
Pediatrics

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Ortiz-Pons, Nydia, PhD

Divisions: Neurosciences
School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences


President of Puerto Rico Board of Psychology Examiners


Research In:
- Mental Health Division
- Primary Care Psychology
- Family Interventions
- Severe Mental Illness
- Addictions


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Perez Gil, Francisco, MD

Divisions: Crinical Trials


Currently working on a clinical trial assessing the impact of Inclisiran on major adverse cardiovascular events in participants with established cardiovascular disease.


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Porter, James, PhD

Divisions: Neuroscience
Programs: RCMI
School of Medicine


Research in:
- Molecular and synaptic changes underlying PTSD-related rodent behaviors
- Animal models of PTSD
- The role of the immune system in PTSD-related rodent behaviors
- The role of developmental stress in PTSD-related rodent behaviors
- Preclinical therapeutics to reduce PTSD-related rodent behaviors


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Ramos Benitez, Marcos J., PhD

Divisions: Infectious Diseases
School of Medicine


Research Areas of Interest:
- Immunology Innate Immune
- Response Neutrophil Biology
- Neutrophil Extracellular Traps
- Infectious Diseases
- Respiratory Diseases


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Ramos Lucca, Axel J., MS, PhD

Divisions: Community Outreach, Neuroscience
School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences


Research in:
- Community Engagement
- Community-Based Participatory Research
- Mental Health
- Health Psychology
- Mental Health Programs in General Hospital


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Ramos-Pibernus, Alixida, PhD

Divisions: Health Disparities, Women's Health
School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences


Co- Principal Investigator Health Equity Research Lab (HERLab)


Research in:
- Transgender Health
- Cancer Prevention
- Multilevel Interventions
- Health Equity
- Gender Minoritized Populations
- Social Determinants of Health


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Rivera-Amill, Vanessa, PhD

Divisions: Infectious Diseases
School of Medicine


Associate Dean of Biomedical Sciences & Research


Research in:
- HIV/AIDS
- Arboviruses


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Rivera-Segarra, Eliut, PhD


Co- Principal Investigator Health Equity Research Lab (HERLab)


Research interests:
- Health Equity
- Implementation Science
- Multimorbidity
- Serious Mental Illness
- Stigma


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Rodriguez-Rabassa, Mary, PsyD, MSc

Divisions: Neuroscience
Programs: RCMI
School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences


Research in:
- Environmental risk factors in child development
- School readiness
- Psychological distress and inflammation
-Mental health and microbiome
- Obesity


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Rosario-Hernández, Ernesto, PhD

Divisions: Neurosciences
School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences


Research in:
- Occupational stress
- Counterproductive work behaviors
- Workplace bullying
- Occupational Health Psychology
- Psychological well-being at work


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Ruiz-Deyá, Gilberto, MD

Divisions: Cancer Biology
Programs: Moffitt Cancer Center
School of Medicine


Research Interests:
- Urologic Caner


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Ruiz-Ortiz, Lynnette, PhD, MSc

Divisions: Cancer Biology
Programs: Moffitt Cancer Center
School of Medicint


Research in:
Women’s Health and Reproductive Biology/Human Papillomavirus-HPV
Endometriosis


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Saavedra, Harold I., PhD

Divisions: Cancer Biology
Programs: Moffitt Cancer Center
School of Medicine


Research in:
- The study of how dysregulated Rb/E2F pathway drives triple-negative breast cancer
- Mitotic kinases regulated by E2F transcription factors as therapeutic targets against metastatic triple-negative breast cancers
- Roles of E2F-regulated mitotic kinases in cancer health disparities in black and Hispanic women with breast cancer
- The role of centrosome amplification-driven chromosome instability in breast cancers


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Sepulveda Orengo, Marian T, PhD

Divisions: Neuroscience
School of Medicine


Research in:
- Dysregulation of neuronal communication in the reward circuit due to cocaine addiction in the rat model
- Identify new targets to prevent relapse
- Effects of aerobic exercise on cocaine-induced neurophysiological changes


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Thompson Garcia, Kenira, PhD

Dean of Research & President of Ponce Research Institute


Divisions: Neuroscience
School of Medicine
School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences


Research in:
- Neuroscience/Learning and memory
- Radiation-induced brain damage


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Welch, Dan, PhD

Divisions: Neuroscience
School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences
School of Medicine


Our current research interests are Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI), Event-Related Potentials (ERPs), and rhythmically active networks of nerve cells called “central pattern generators” (CPGs) in the nervous system.