News 1999-2000
1999-2000
RCMI International Research Symposium Steering Committee Meets to Start Planning Activities
The RCMI International Research Symposium Steering Committee met in Puerto Rico on September 9 and 10. The committee started the planning activities for the next RCMI International Symposium to be held in Puerto Rico next year.
Poster Presentation at the Annual Meeting of Clinical Applications in Cytometry
Dr. Emma Fernández-Repollet, Director of the RCMI Program and Professor in the Department of Pharmacology attended the annual meeting of Clinical Applications in Cytometry held in Palm Springs, CA.
RCMI Program Shares Information at PAHO Meeting
The RCMI Program participated as an exhibitor during the 41st Conference of the Directive Council of the Pan-American Health Organization held from September 27 through October 1st in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
NINDS Officials Visit the Medical Sciences Campus
Officials from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) visited the RCMI Clinical Research Center at the Medical Sciences Campus on December 3, 1999.
Dr. Sidney A. McNairy Jr. Appointed Associate Director Associate Director of the Research Infrastructure Area at the National Center for Research Resources, NIH
The RCMI Program at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus extends its congratulations to Dr. Sidney A. McNairy, Jr. for his appointment as Associate Director of the Research Infrastructure Area at the National Center for Research Resources, NIH.
Center for Sociomedical Evaluation Hosts Visiting Graduate Student
Anthony Masaquel, master's student from Yale University, made a research summer internship at the Center for Sociomedical Research and Evaluation (CSRE). The CSRE is a partner of the Latino Research Program Project.
Dr. Pedro J. Santiago-Borrero Named New Chancellor of the Medical Sciences Campus
On the morning of Wednesday, September 1st, 1999 the Board of Directors of the University of Puerto Rico officially named Dr. Pedro Juan Santiago-Borrero the new Chancellor of the Medical Sciences Campus. Dr. Santiago-Borrero had been Acting Chancellor of the MSC since January of this year.
Dr. Deborah Baro Obtains RO1 Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Deborah Baro, who has been awarded an RO1 grant by the NINSD to conduct studies related to the molecular mechanisms underlying IA diversity.
Publication of Epidemiological Profile of HIV/AIDS in Puerto Rico 1981-1998
Congratulations to Drs. Rosa Pérez Perdomo, Cynthia M. Pérez Cardona, Arturo Morales Beyoda, Erick L. Suárez Pérez and Jorge L. Santana Bagur for their recent publication "Perfil Epidemiologico del VIH/SIDA en Puerto Rico 1981-1998" (Epidemiological Profile of HIV/AIDS in Puerto Rico 1981-1998).
Members of the RCMI Program's External Advisory Committee visited the Medical Sciences Campus last February
Members of the RCMI Program's External Advisory Committee visited the Medical Sciences Campus on February 17-18, 2000. Drs. Heinz Valtin, Ann Le Furgey, Peter Ingram, Susan Baserga, and Shenghan Lai conducted their annual evaluation of the program and its activites. This year's visit focused on the renewal application of the Program, which will be submitted to the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) on August 15, 2000.
