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Name:
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Fabián Vázquez
Santiago
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Hometown:
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Ponce, PR
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Degree(s):
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B.S. Biomedical
Sciences
University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, PR
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Honors & Awards:
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Southwest National Primate Research
Center Summer Internship Program
(June-August 2010)
2nd place, poster presentation, PSM 6th
Annual Scientific Conference: Effect of
Vitamin D Receptor Activator
Paricalcitol in Lipogenic Markers in the
Atherosclerotic Model ApoE Deficient
Mice (June 2010)
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Entered PhD program:
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2009
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Mentors:
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Dr. Kenira
Thompson (RISE)
Dr. Vanessa Rivera (research mentor)
Maricarmen Colon (student mentor)
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Research interests:
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Working with the
non-human primate Rhesus Macaques SIV/SHIV
model in the setting of drug abuse such
as alcohol and morphine.
Characterization of oxidative stress
biomarkers in Macaques after exposure to
SIV and development of AIDS as well as
viral expression in different
compartments.
Impact of HIV and AIDS pathogenesis in
disadvantaged or minority groups.
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