Abstract

The Puerto Rico Clinical and Translational Research Consortium (PRCTRC) is an innovative concept that leverages the intellectual and physical resources of three major medical and health science centers on the Island: The University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus (UPR-MSC), the Universidad Central del Caribe (UCC), and the Ponce School of Medicine & Health Sciences (PSM&HS). The mission of the PRCTRC is to create, develop and support an integrated, island-wide program dedicated to the conduct clinical and translational research for reducing health disparities in Hispanic populations.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Type
Specialized Center--Cooperative Agreements (U54)
Project #
5U54MD007587-08
Application #
9478588
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZMD1)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2018-05-01
Budget End
2019-04-30
Support Year
8
Fiscal Year
2018
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Puerto Rico Med Sciences
Department
Type
DUNS #
948108063
City
San Juan
State
PR
Country
United States
Zip Code

  Publications

Cruz-Correa, Marcia; Hylind, Linda M; Marrero, Jessica Hernandez et al. (2018) Efficacy and Safety of Curcumin in Treatment of Intestinal Adenomas in Patients With Familial Adenomatous Polyposis. Gastroenterology 155:668-673
Peaceman, Alan M; Clifton, Rebecca G; Phelan, Suzanne et al. (2018) Lifestyle Interventions Limit Gestational Weight Gain in Women with Overweight or Obesity: LIFE-Moms Prospective Meta-Analysis. Obesity (Silver Spring) 26:1396-1404
Dirlikov, Emilio; Major, Chelsea G; Medina, Nicole A et al. (2018) Clinical Features of Guillain-Barré Syndrome With vs Without Zika Virus Infection, Puerto Rico, 2016. JAMA Neurol 75:1089-1097
King, Jamie L; Zhang, Baotong; Li, Yixiang et al. (2018) TTK promotes mesenchymal signaling via multiple mechanisms in triple negative breast cancer. Oncogenesis 7:69
Yanik, Elizabeth L; Hernández-Ramírez, Raúl U; Qin, Li et al. (2018) Brief Report: Cutaneous Melanoma Risk Among People With HIV in the United States and Canada. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 78:499-504
Joshipura, Kaumudi J; Muñoz-Torres, Francisco J; Dye, Bruce A et al. (2018) Longitudinal association between periodontitis and development of diabetes. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 141:284-293
Guerrero-Ramírez, Grace; Cumba-Avilés, Eduardo (2018) Factors Associated with Suicidal Ideation and Quality of Life in Adolescents from Puerto Rico with Type 1 Diabetes. P R Health Sci J 37:19-21
Amaro-Rivera, Kiara; López-Cepero, Andrea; Diaz, Beatriz et al. (2018) Micronutrient Intake and the Contribution of Dietary Supplements in Hispanic Infants. J Diet Suppl 15:129-139
Gonzalez-Mercado, Velda J; Fridley, Brooke L; Saligan, Leorey N (2018) Sestrin family of genes and their role in cancer-related fatigue. Support Care Cancer 26:2071-2074
Capó-Vélez, Coral M; Morales-Vargas, Bryan; García-González, Aurian et al. (2018) The alpha7-nicotinic receptor contributes to gp120-induced neurotoxicity: implications in HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. Sci Rep 8:1829

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