daniel.mora2@upr.edu
Historian and Programmer
Center for Informatics and Technology
School of Medicine

Daniel Mora Ortiz is a historian, researcher and information systems programmer. He has a master’s degree in history from the University of Puerto Rico and is a doctoral student in the history program of said institution. He has worked at the School of Medicine of the Medical Sciences Campus since 2004 as a programmer, web designer, web application developer and database administrator. Since 2018 he has served as Ad Honorem professor at the History of Tropical Medicine in Puerto Rico Seminar of the School of Medicine of the Medical Sciences Campus. He has taught Puerto Rican History courses online at CEM College.

He has participated in several forums and conferences such as the Medical Humanities Cycle Contagion and Control: epidemics, health policies and medical imaginaries of the Department of Humanities of the Mayagüez University Campus. He has also served as a panelist at the VI Puerto Rican Conference on Public Health, the VI Summit on the History of Health Sciences with the theme “The Cholera Epidemic in Arecibo: health, grievances and remedies” and at the VII Summit on the History of Health Sciences with the theme “Tuberculosis in the Caribbean: Cuba, Jamaica and Puerto Rico”, sponsored by the Medical Sciences Campus – UPR and in the Second Symposium of Young Researchers in History of the University of Puerto Rico.

His academic contributions include works published in several magazines such as Patrimonio, “Forgotten sanatoriums and hospitals of the crusade against Tuberculosis in Puerto Rico”, and the electronic magazine CRUCE, “Between virgins and lions: José Albrizio from the hand of freedom illuminating the world”. In the magazine Hereditas, “The Special Collections of the Conrado F. Asenjo Library as a source for historical research on medicine, architecture and society in Puerto Rico”, “One Hundred Years of the Earthquake in Arecibo”, “The Haciendas of Arecibo: File of the Visit to the Haciendas of 1841” and “The Reds and Their Children: Appropriation of Historical Memory during Francoism”. Also, in Wreck & Rescue magazine, The Journal of the U.S. Life-Saving Service Heritage Association, “History of the Spanish Life-Saving Society: Arecibo Local Board, Puerto Rico.”

Additionally, he has conducted significant historical research work for the State Historic Preservation Office that has resulted in three nominations to the National Register of Historic Places: Casa Dr. Bailey K. Ashford, San Juan, Thomas Jefferson Graded School, Arecibo, and Casa Serrallés, Ponce.