Abstract

INTRODUCTION The RCMI program of Ponce School of Medicine (PSM) is in its 18th year of funding. Currently, the program is funded for a period of 3 years to encourage accelerated implementation of some of the programs that were deemed promising. In order to further improve the research infrastructure of the institution and productivity of its faculty, this renewal proposal has been developed to further strengthen areas that were judged strong, and to improve areas that were considered weak. The responses to the previous critiques by the site visit team/review committee and the remedies to correct the deficiencies are described under each Core Program. No additional funding is being requested for the pilot projects currently funded, except for a 3-year continuation support for Dr. J. Matta's pilot project. Certain significant changes were made in response to the critiques of the currently funded proposal, to clarify institutional faculty salary and promotion policies. Revised faculty salary policies are attached as APPENDIX I and new faculty promotion guidelines are attached as APPENDIX II. The External Advisory Committee (EAC) has been further restructurted to include increased representation of clinical research investigators. The new EAC includes 3 Ph.Ds, 3 M.Ds and one M.D./Ph.D.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
Research Centers in Minority Institutions Award (G12)
Project #
3G12RR003050-23S1
Application #
7667535
Study Section
National Center for Research Resources Initial Review Group (RIRG)
Program Officer
Arora, Krishan
Project Start
1997-08-25
Project End
2008-12-31
Budget Start
2007-07-01
Budget End
2008-12-31
Support Year
23
Fiscal Year
2008
Total Cost
$459,307
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Ponce School of Medicine
Department
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
105742043
City
Ponce
State
PR
Country
United States
Zip Code
00732

  Publications

Cuevas, Marielly; Cruz, Myrella L; Ramirez, Antonio E et al. (2018) Stress During Development of Experimental Endometriosis Influences Nerve Growth and Disease Progression. Reprod Sci 25:347-357
Jimenez-Torres, Gladys J; Wojna, Valerie; Rosario, Ernesto et al. (2017) Assessing health-related resiliency in HIV+ Latin women: Preliminary psychometric findings. PLoS One 12:e0181253
Isidro, Raymond A; Lopez, Abdon; Cruz, Myrella L et al. (2017) The Probiotic VSL#3 Modulates Colonic Macrophages, Inflammation, and Microflora in Acute Trinitrobenzene Sulfonic Acid Colitis. J Histochem Cytochem 65:445-461
de Jesus, Edelmarie Rivera; Isidro, Raymond A; Cruz, Myrella L et al. (2016) Adoptive Transfer of Dendritic Cells Expressing Fas Ligand Modulates Intestinal Inflammation in a Model of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Clin Cell Immunol 7:
Abreu-Delgado, Yamilka; Isidro, Raymond A; Torres, Esther A et al. (2016) Serum vitamin D and colonic vitamin D receptor in inflammatory bowel disease. World J Gastroenterol 22:3581-91
Couvertier-Lebron, Carmen E; Dove, Rachel; Acevedo, Summer F (2016) What You Do Not Know Could Hurt You: What Women Wish Their Doctors Had Told Them About Chemotherapy Side Effects on Memory and Response to Alcohol. Breast Cancer (Auckl) 10:229-238
Isidro, Raymond A; Cruz, Myrella L; Isidro, Angel A et al. (2015) Immunohistochemical expression of SP-NK-1R-EGFR pathway and VDR in colonic inflammation and neoplasia. World J Gastroenterol 21:1749-58
Norman, Lisa R; Basso, Michael (2015) An Update of the Review of Neuropsychological Consequences of HIV and Substance Abuse: A Literature Review and Implications for Treatment and Future Research. Curr Drug Abuse Rev 8:50-71
Colón-Caraballo, Mariano; Monteiro, Janice B; Flores, Idhaliz (2015) H3K27me3 is an Epigenetic Mark of Relevance in Endometriosis. Reprod Sci 22:1134-42
Quiñones, Maria; Urrutia, Rebecca; Torres-Reverón, Annelyn et al. (2015) Anxiety, coping skills and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in patients with endometriosis. J Reprod Biol Health 3:

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