Irving Maldonado, PhD- Dr. Maldonado’s research interests include the HIV reservoirs and its mechanisms of residual replication in HAART suppressed patients with low viral loads. In addition, as Associate Dean of Research, Dr. Maldonado develops the research activities and infrastructure.
Sandra Chinapen, PhD - Dr. Chinapen’s research interests involves determining whether neuroglobin and cytoglobin expression can serve as prognostic markers for neurodegenerative disorders such as strokes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntingtons disease.
Ramón Schaarbai Vazquez, PhD.- Dr. Schaarbai’s research interests includes the mobilization of the gonoccocal beta lactamase plasmid and co-integration with other plasmids as well as the integrative recombination events implicated in the transfer of the gonoccocal bet-lactamase.
Ramonita Correa, PhD-Dr Correa’s research interests includes professionalism in the medical school setting and schistosomiasis infection in Puerto Rican population.
Alvaro Perez, MD – Dr. Perez research interests include pharmacogenetics particularly definition of drug response profile in diabetes mellitus and institutional research related to the organizational performance and scholar research regarding new teaching methodologies and learning assessment strategies.
Marta Garcia, MD-MS Dr. Garcia’s research interest is focus on scholar research related to student learning assessment processes. In the biomedical area, Dr García research interests include epidemiology and immunogenetics of obesity in children.
Enith Rivera, MS- Professor Rivera research interest is focus on the immune response in drug addict patients.
Jorge Perez, MD- Dr. Perez research interest is on the environmental contamination particularly in bacterial contamination of water sources.
Shirley Valentín, PhD- Dr. Valentín’s research interests include the search of the cells involved in the residual replication of HIV in HAART suppressed patients.
Olga Claudio, PhD- Dr. Claudio’s research interests include the understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms of seizures and epilepsy and how it modifies learning. The objective of her research is to identify possible pharmacological targets that may act as anticonvulsant therapy and may improve learning in patients with seizures.
Cariluz Santiago, PhD: Dr. Santiago’s training includes the development of a rat model of colitis-associated colon cancer to study the most common genes associated with this disease. Her research interest is focus on looking for new early biomarkers that will help to decrease the high mortality associated with colon cancer.