Natalie M Meléndez Vázquez

Natalie M Meléndez Vázquez Mentor: Dr. Filipa Godoy Vitorino Program: Ph.D. Thesis Project: Combination of Viro-immunotherapy and Microbiota Modulation to Treat Solid Tumors with an Emphasis on Gastric Cancer Hobbies: Guitar, swimming, and soccer. Career goals: My goal is to establish as an academic investigator, not only focusing in the research aspect, but also in educating and promoting science…

Eduardo L. Tosado-Rodríguez

Eduardo L. Tosado-Rodríguez Mentor: Filipa Godoy-Vitorino, Ph.D. Programa: Ph.D. Thesis Project: “Combining High-Resolution Meta-Omic Approaches to Understand the Biology of HPV Infections and Dysplasia in a Hispanic Cohort” Hobbies: cooking, woodworking and traveling Career goals: Teaching at an institution focused on undergraduate students that allows him to integrate research as part of the class curriculum.…

Dr. Filipa Godoy

Dr. Filipa Godoy VitorinoAssociate Professor Contact Info filipa.godoy@upr.edu Microbiome Lab Dept. Microbiology and Medical Zoology Univ Puerto Rico School of Medicine Medical Sciences Campus 787-758-2525 exts 2096/7069/1361 Education B.S Biology (Licentiate’s degree before EU’s Bologna reforms), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Portugal, 2002 EU Socrates Erasmus Programme Fellow, Center for Marine Biotechnology, Applied…

Dr. Humberto M. Guiot

Joint Associate Professor

Dr. Humberto M. GuiotJoint Associate Professor Contact Info humberto.guiot@upr.edu Department of Internal Medicine Office-A-838, 8th Floor University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine PO Box 365067 San Juan, PR 00936-5067 787-758-2525, extension 1806 Education Fellowship in Infectious Diseases, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2006. Residency in Internal…

Dr Guillermo J Vazquez

Dr. Guillermo J. VázquezProfessor Contact Info guillermo.vazquez@upr.edu Department.of Microbiology and Zoology University of Puerto Rico-School of Medicine, P.O. Box 365067, San Juan, P.R. 00936-5067 (787)758-2525 ext. 1309 (787) 756-7110 Education University of Puerto Rico, Pre-Medical Education, 1970 Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, Doctor in Medicine (MD), 1974 San Juan City Hospital, Puerto Rico, Internal Medicine…

Dr. Adelfa E. Serrano Brizuela

Dr. Adelfa E. SerranoProfessor Contact Info adelfa.serrano@upr.edu Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Parasites: Malaria Rm A-310, Rm A-346, Rm A-349 Department of Microbiology and Medical Zoology, University of Puerto-Rico-School of Medicine Medical Sciences Campus P.O. Box 365067, San Juan, P.R. 00936-5067. Phone Office: 787) 758-2525 ext.: X-1313; (787) 751-9486 Phone Lab: (787) 758-2525,…

Raúl Rivera González

Assistant Professor

Dr. Raúl RiveraAssociate Professor Contact Info raul.rivera8@upr.edu Dept. of Microbiology and Zoology, University of Puerto Rico-School of Medicine, P.O. Box 365067, San Juan, P.R. 00936-5067 (787)758-2525 ext. 2285 Education B.S. Biology , Río Piedras Campus, University of Puerto Rico Medical Technology, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico M.S. Environmental and Occupational Health, Medical Sciences…

Dr. Loyda M. Meléndez

Dr. Loyda M. Meléndez, MT, MS, Ph.D.Professor Contact Info loyda.melendez@upr.edu Department of Microbiology and Zoology, University of Puerto Rico-School of Medicine, P.O. Box 365067 San Juan, P.R. 00936-5067 787) 758-2525 xt 2816 xt Lab 2817 Education S. Medical Technology, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras and Medical Sciences Campus , P.R.1979 S. Microbiology, University of…