Dr. Benjamin Bolaños

The Caribbean Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science celebrates the lifetime work of Dr. Benjamin Bolaños!

The Caribbean Division of AAAS will dedicate the 2021 annual meeting “After COVID-19:Impact of Air Quality on Human Health”, to the work of Dr. Bolaños, Director of the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology Puerto Rico stations (PR-AAI). Dr. Bolaños studies the mycology and aerobiology of Puerto Rico, focusing on improving the quality of…

Advancing Equity and Inclusion in Microbiome Research and Training

MAKING THE CASE FOR EQUITY IN MICROBIOME SCIENCE Microbiome research is being applied to important global challenges like pandemic preparedness, infectious disease prevention, climate change, and food security. This research is currently concentrated in a few resource-rich countries (1) which limits the field in several ways. The best solutions to these global challenges come from…

Dr. Carlos Sariol

Estudio de Investigadores del RCM revela por primera vez la respuesta inmune al COVID-19 en Puerto Rico

Dr. Carlos Sariol Investigadores de la Escuela de Medicina del Recinto de Ciencias Médicas (RCM) de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR) han encontrado por primera vez características de la respuesta inmune al COVID-19 en Puerto Rico. El grupo de investigadores, -liderado por el Dr. Carlos Sariol, Investigador y Director de la Unidad de Medicina…