Transmission of Endoscopic Procedures from the Medical Sciences Campus to Four Institutions Simultaneously
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MBRS SCORE Program
- Dr. Walter Silva, Ph.D. Director and Professor of Physiology
email:mbrsscore@rcm.upr.edu
The Minority Biomedical Research Support – Support of continuous Research Excellence (MBRS-SCORE) Program and its sister MBRS RISE (Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement) compose the MBRS Program on the Medical Sciences Campus. Both Programs are funded under the umbrella of the Minority Opportunities in Research Division (MORE) in the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). MBRS Programs were initiated in 1972 to provide awards to educational institutions with substantial minority enrollments and the program on the Medical Sciences Campus has been funded continuously since 1985.
Beginning August 2000 the new MBRS SCORE and MBRS RISE Programs succeeded the traditional MBRS Program on the Medical Sciences Campus. MBRS SCORE Program awards support individual faculty members research endeavors and strengthens the institution’s biomedical research capabilities thus providing opportunities for student research and training. The sister MBRS RISE Program supports student and training endeavors and together the two MBRS Programs enrich the biomedical research environment on the Medical Sciences Campus.
The MBRS SCORE Program (2000-2004) on Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico currently supports twemty-two (22) individual faculty research projects of which four (4) are pilot projects and a central core laboratory facility. MBRS SCORE faculty regularly publish articles in peer-reviewed national and international journals and their research results, and those of their students, are presented in numerous national and international journals and their research results, and those of their students, are presented in numerous national and international research forums.
The faculty currently supported by the MBRS SCORE Program are listed below. Further information of each faculty member’s research interests is listed in the section for the department in which he or she holds their academic appointment.
Scientists Currently Supported by the MBRS SCORE Program
- Rosa E. Blanco, Ph.D.
(Department of Anatomy)
Survival and Plasticity of Retinal Ganglion Cells after Optic Nerve Injury
- Ana M. Espino, Ph.D.
(Department of Microbiology)
Characterization of T and B Cell Epitopes for Fabiolascjistosoma Vaccine
- Margarita Irizarry, Ph.D.
(College of Health Related Professions)
SELDI-TOF Analysis of Prostate Cancer Proteins in sera of Hispanic
- Braulio Jiménez, Ph.D.
(Department of Biochemistry)
Response of Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Genes to Dex and PCN
- Carlos Jiménez, Ph.D.
(Department of Physiology)
Noradrevergic Modulation of Cocaine Sensitization in the Vental Tag Mental Area
- Robert W. Kensler, Ph.D.
(Department of Anatomy)
Cardiac Muscle: Thick Filament Structure and Proteins
- Loyda M. Meléndez, Ph.D.
(Department of Microbiology)
The Role of Chemokine Receptors in HIV Infection Across the Placenta
- Mark W. Miller, Ph.D.
(Department of Anatomy)
GABAergic Neural Systems and Motivated Behavior
- Jorge D. Miranda, Ph.D.
(Department of Physiology)
Expression of Ephrins B Proteins after Spinal Cord Injury (Pilot Project)
- Ana Mulero, Ph.D.
(College of Health Related Professions /Department of Physical Therapy)
Feasibility o fan Exercise Program for Puerto Rican Patients who are Breast Cancer
- José R. Rodríguez-Medina, Ph.D.
(Department of Biochemistry)
The Role of Myosin II in Cell Cycle Progression
- Nuri Rodríguez-del Valle, Ph.D.
(Department of Microbiology)
Studies on Heterotrimeric G Proteins in Sporithrix xchenckii
- Annabell C. Segarra, Ph.D.
(Department of Physiology)
Estrogen and Cocaine Sensitization in the Female Rat
- Adelfa E. Serrano, Ph.D.
(Department of Microbiology)
Identification of Multidrug Resistant Genes in Rodent Malaria
- Carlos Torres, Ph.D.
(Department of Physiology)
Repair of AP Sites and Aging in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
- Torres-Bauzá, Luis, Ph.D.
(Department of Microbiology)
Genetic Analysis of oriT and mob Genes Within the Gonococcal R-Plasmids (Pilot Project)
- Mildred Vera, Ph.D.
(Department of Administration School of Public Health)
Depression Treatment in General Medical Setting
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Contact:
- Emma Fernández-Repollet,Ph.D.
- Program Director
- RCMI Program
- Room 621-A, 6th. floor
- Main Building, Medical Sciences Campus
- GPO Box 365067
- San Juan, PR 00936-5067
- Email: efernandez@rcm.upr.edu
Telephones:
- Voice (787) 763-9401
- FAX (787) 758-5206
