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PHSU-PRI 17th Annual Scientific Conference

Kenira Thompson, Ph.D

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

For over 40 years, the Ponce Research Institute (PRI), in collaboration with the Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU), has a longstanding commitment towards conducting research that addresses Hispanic health disparities to improve the lives of the communities we serve. 

This year PRI is partnering with the PHSU Specialized Center in Health Disparities (also known as the RCMI Program, Grant U54MD007579) to have the 17th PHSU-PRI Annual Scientific Conference and the 1st RCMI Health Disparities Symposium all together on May 7, 2022, at the Hilton Ponce Golf & Casino Resort. This will be a full-day event with concurrent poster and oral sessions in Basic Sciences, Behavioral, Clinical Cases, Clinical Studies and Public Health. We will also host scientific plenaries and panel discussions in areas such as diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases.

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1st 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

On behalf of the RCMI Organizing Committee of 2022, it is our honor to welcome you to our 1st RCMI Symposium on Health Disparities here in Ponce, Puerto Rico.  For over 35 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 Diabetes & Metabolic Syndromes, Hypertension & Cardiovascular Diseases, and Obesity. 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

Larissa Avilés-Santa, MD, MPH

Diabetes Panel

Yaritza Lopez, Ph.D
Moderator

Larissa Avilés-Santa, MD, MPH
Panelist

Jessica Irizarry, Ph.D
Panelist

Jeffrey S. González, Ph.D
Panelist

Obesity Panel

Richard Noel Jr., Ph.D
Moderator

Jessica Irizarry, Ph.D
Panelist

Emily Sáez Santiago, Ph.D
Panelist

Edithmar Gustavo, MPH, RD, LND
Panelist

Hypertension/CVD Panel

Karen Martínez, MD, MsC
Moderator

Jorge Duconge, Ph.D, MsC, BSc Pharm
Panelist

ORAL & POSTER PRESENTATION GUIDELINE

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Abstract submission

Abstracts should be originals. 

  • Original abstracts only.
  • One presenter can present ONLY 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, 2022. In case that you have not received such notification please contact us after April 6, 2022.
  • All the submitted abstracts will be reviewed by Scientific Committees, and acceptance notice will be sent to presenting authors by April 15,2022 via email.
  • Must insert the IRB or IACUC approval letter. 
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Alumni Hall of Honor Nomination

Ponce Research Institute and Ponce Health Sciences University recognizes Alumni Researchers who have significantly impacted and influenced their profession and the community they serve through research. This year the Scientific Conference is dedicated to PHSU Alumni Researchers by honoring a Hall of Honor which will occur at the Scientific Conference on May 7th, 2022 at Hilton Ponce Resort and Casino. Ponce Health Sciences University is searching for 10 distinguished Alumni Researchers to be selected by an expertise qualified panel of judges representing both PHSU and PRI.

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