Saturday, May 6th 2023

Complejo Ferial de Puerto Rico Juan H. Cintrón García in Ponce Puerto Rico.

*For the 18th PHSU-PRI Annual Scientific Conference only PHSU-PRI staff, students and affiliated institutions can register.*

18th PHSU-PRI Annual Scientific Conference

Kenira Thompson, Ph.D

President, Ponce Research Institute
Vice-President of Research, PHSU

The PRI in collaboration with the PHSU Specialized Center in Health Disparities (also known as the RCMI Program, Grant U54MD007579) they present the 18^th PHSU-PRI Annual Scientific Conference and the 2^nd RCMI Health Disparities Symposium all together on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at the Complejo Ferial De Puerto Rico, Juan H. Cintron Garcia in Ponce Puerto Rico. This will be a full-day event with poster sessions in Basic Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Studies, Clinical Cases and Public Health and oral sessions in Basic Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Studies , and Public Health. We will also host scientific plenaries and panel discussions in areas such as Gender Minorities, Health Disparities in Elderly Communities and Prostate Cancer.

This year for the first time we’ll have a Future Scientists High School Edition in the poster session.

*For 18^th PHSU-PRI Annual Scientific Conference. only PHSU-PRI staff, students and affiliated institutions can register*

2nd RCMI Annual Symposium in Health Disparities

José A. Torres-Ruiz, Ph.D

Chancellor & Vice President of Academic Affairs, PHSU
RCMI Contact Principal Investigator

Richard Noel Jr., Ph.D

Director of Basic Sciences, PHSU
RCMI Principal Investigator

2nd RCMI Annual Symposium in Health Disparities

On behalf of the RCMI Organizing Committee of 2023, it is our honor to present our 2^nd RCMI Symposium on Health Disparities here in Ponce, Puerto Rico. For over 36 years, the RCMI Program has contributed significantly to PHSU’s human and physical research infrastructure development by recruiting top-notch talent and acquiring state-of-the-art facilities, equipment, and other resources required to pursue competitive basic, behavioral, and clinical research. We aim to highlight the recent discoveries and the latest research developments regarding health disparities and provide a broad understanding for our first symposium. This year we will focus our panel discussions on the topics of Gender Minorities, Health Disparities in Elderly Communities and Prostate Cancer. This is highly relevant in view of the fact that pronounced health disparities in these diseases occur in our Puerto Rican population.

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SPEAKERS

Keynote Speaker:

Yarimar Carrasquillo, PhD

Investigator

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health,NIH

Prostate Cancer Panel

Moderator and Speaker

Jaime Matta, PhD

Ponce Health Sciences University

Speaker:

Gilberto Ruíz-Deyá, MD

Speaker:

Julio Jiménez, MD

Ponce Health Sciences University

Gender Minorities Panel:

Moderator and Speaker:

Alixida Ramos, PhD

Ponce Health Sciences University

Speaker:

Caleb Esteban, PhD

Ponce Health Sciences University

Speaker:

Iván Meléndez, MD

Centro Ararat, Inc.

Ponce, PR

Elderly Communities Panel:

Moderator

Normarie Torres, PhD

Ponce Health Sciences University

Speaker:

Eida Castro, PsyD

Ponce Health Sciences University

Speaker:

Francisco Torres Lozada, MD

Speaker:

Andrea Delgado Peraza, MD

ORAL & POSTER PRESENTATION GUIDELINE

Abstract submission

Abstracts should be originals.
Original abstracts only.
One presenter can present ONLY present ONE abstract but participate as a co-author in more.
The presenting author will be notified about the successful submission of the abstract no later than March 31, 2023. In case that you have not received such notification please contact us after April 5, 2023.

All the submitted abstracts will be reviewed by Scientific Committees, and acceptance notice will be sent to presenting authors by April 18, 2023 via email.
Must insert the IRB or IACUC approval letter.