11th RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities
RCMI IMAGE ANALYSIS RESOURCE CENTER HOSTS OPEN HOUSE
Ph.D. Candidate Carlos Mejías from the Department
of Physiology demonstrates the features of the Image Analyzer to Dr. Norman Maldonado, President of the University of Puerto Rico; Dr. Gloria de los Angeles Cordero, Special Assist ant for Academic Affairs, and Dr. Adolfo Firpo, Chancellor of the Medical Sciences Campus. Dr. Annabell Segarra, Director of the Image Analysis Resource Center, and Dr. Emma Fernández-Repollet, RCMI Program Director observe the demonstration
The RCMI Program's Image Analysis Resource Center (IARC) held its Open House on November 10, 1997, from 10:00 a.m. to noon. The activity - sponsored by the IARC, RCMI, and the RCMI Research Informatics Unit - was hosted by Dr. Annabell C. Segarra, IARC Coordinator; Dr. Emma Fernández-Repollet, Director of the RCMI Program; and Mrs. Ioannis M. Torres, IARC Technician. Among the many distinguished guests were Dr . Norman Maldonado, President of the University of Puerto Rico; Dr. Adolfo Firpo, Chancellor of the Medical Sciences Campus; Dr. Gloria de los Angeles Cordero, Special Assistant for Academic Affairs; Dr. Nelson Escobales, Director of the Physiology Depart ment; Dr. Walmor De Mello, Director of the Pharmacology Department; and Dr. José G. Conde, Associate Director of the RCMI Program and Coordinator of the RCMI Research Informatics Unit. Those who were present at the event consider it a complete success.
Initial funding for this facility was obtained in August of 1993 through a grant from the Department of Defense. The Center is currently solely funded by the RCMI program. Its purpose is to provide researchers at the MSC and their staff with an accessible, state-of-the-art facility for qualitative and quantitative image analysis. The facility is utilized by professors and students from different basic and clinical departments at the Medical Sciences Campus.
The IARC is located in the Department of Physiology on the 6th floor of the main building of the UPR Medical Sciences Campus in Laboratory A-693. For more information contact Dr. Annabell Segarra.
