List of MS and PhD Graduates from our department since 2001
| Name | Year of Graduation & Degree | What they did after graduation or where they are now? |
| José J. Reyes Tomasini | 2001 – MS | Completed a PhD at the University of Maryland Marine Estuarine and Environmental Sciences Program in 2009 and worked with the Federal government (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)) for several years. Now is Assistant Professor in the Biology Dept. at Saint Francis University in Loreetto, PA |
| Rhina Jiménez | 2001 – MS | Worked in AMGEN for over 20 years and now teacher at CIMATEC specialized school in Math and Sciences, Caguas, PR |
| Jocelyn Montalvo Ortiz | 2002 – MS | Completed her MD at the Universidad Central y del Caribe and now she is a Pediatric Neurologist at UPR Medical Sciences Campus |
| Marcelo Febo | 2002 – PhD | Completed his postdoctoral training at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and now is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Psychiatry at UF in Gainesville, FL |
| Anita Rivera Brown | 2004 – PhD | Professor in the PM & R Department at UPR School of Medicine |
| Carmen Padró | 2004 – PhD | Worked in Abbott Pharmaceutical Co., then moved to Boston Scientific. |
| Lillian Cruz-Orengo | 2005 – PhD | Postdoctoral fellow in Pain research from 2006-2008 and another postdoctoral training experience from 2008-2013 in Neuroimmunology at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Now, she is an Assistant Professor at UC Davies in California |
| Johnny D. Figueroa | 2006 – PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow at the UPR Medical Science Campus (2006-2007) and another postdoctoral training experience at Loma Linda (2007-2013). Now he is Associate Professor at Loma Linda School of Medicine, CA |
| Kandy Velázquez | 2006 – MS | Completed a PhD in the Exercise Science graduate program at the University of South Carolina in 2012 and obtained a postdoctoral training in the Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Department at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine (2013-2019). Now she is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, SC. |
| Guermarie Velázquez | 2006 – MS | Completed her PhD in 2014 at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, TX and a postdoctoral training (2014-2017) in the MD-Anderson Cancer Center. Now is the Senior Coordinator of Clinical Research Program at UT MD Anderson, Houston, TX |
| Karina Acevedo | 2009 – PhD | Completed a Post-doctoral Master of Science in Clinical & Translational Research training at the UPR-Medical Sciences Campus and worked in the Pediatric Dept, Hematology & Oncology Section at the UPR School of Medicine. Now she is the Director, Board of Trustees in Lake Sumter State College at Leesburg, FL and CEO of Advance Medical Uniforms, Inc. |
| Jose García | 2010 – PhD | Completed a postdoctoral training at the Institute of Neurobiology in Puerto Rico and now he is an Assistant Professor at UPR Carolina Campus. |
| Natasha Lugo | 2010 – PhD | Obtained a postdoctoral training at NIDA/NIH until 2012. Now, she is the Director of HiSTEP Summer Program an Office of Training & Education, NIH |
| Raissa Menéndez | 2011 – PhD | Completed a Post-doctoral Master of Science in Clinical & Translational Research training , then was a postdoctoral fellow under the mentorship of Dr. Valerie Wonja at the UPR Medical Sciences Campus. |
| José Santiago | 2011 – PhD | Obtained a postdoctoral training at the UPR Medical Sciences Campus (2011-2013) and now he is Professor at UPR Carolina Campus, PR |
| Luz C. Arocho | 2011 – PhD | Completed a Pharmacy degree in Massachusetts College of Pharmacy Health Sciences, Worcester Campus in MA (2013). Now she is a Clinical Supplies Senior Manager in Deciphera Pharmaceutical Co. in Boston |
| Ana Rodríguez | 2011 – PhD | Completed a postdoctoral training at the UPR Medical Sciences Campus and finished her doctorate in Naturopathy at the Universidad del Turabo |
| Iris Salgado | 2012 – PhD | Obtained a postdoctoral training at the UPR Medical Sciences Campus (2013-2016) and now she is Assistant Professor in the Pharmacology Depart. at Universidad Central y del Caribe (UCC) School of Medicine |
| Laurivette Mosquera | 2012 – PhD | Completed her DMD from UPR-MSC |
| Odrick Rosas | 2012 – PhD | Completed his MD from UCC in Bayamon, PR and then his PM & R residency at UPR-MSC. Now he is in a subspecialty in Sport Medicine at the UPR School of Medicine. |
| María E. Vélez | 2012 – PhD | Completed her postdoctoral training at State University of New York (2012-2014) and now she is Assistant Professor, Biological and Health Sciences at Texas A & M University in Kingsville, TX |
| Francisco Arencibia | 2013 – PhD | Associate Professor and Chair of Natural Sciences at Universidad Sagrado Corazon, PR |
| María C. Velázquez Martínez | 2013 – PhD | Assistant Professor and Chair of the Basic Science Dept., Physiology Section, School of Medicine, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia |
| José Quidgley | 2014 – PhD | Assistant Professor at UPR-Cayey and San Juan Bautista School of Medicine |
| Nildris Cruz-Diaz | 2014 – PhD | Obtained her postdoctoral training at Wake Forest Baptist Health (2014-2019). Now she is an Instructor in the Hypertension & Vasculature Research Center in Wake Forest School of Medicine, NC |
| Yaria Arroyo | 2014 – PhD | Assistant Professor at UPR-Cayey, PR |
| Giselle Barreto | 2015 – PhD | Obtained her postdoctoral training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX (2015-2016). Now she is a Scientist at AMGEN in Juncos, PR |
| Bermary Santos | 2016 – PhD | Obtained her postdoctoral training at Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences (2016-2018) and now she is Assistant Professor in the Biology Dept. at UPR Cayey, PR |
| Namyr A. Martínez | 2016 – PhD | Completed his MD degree from the UPR Medial Sciences Campus, and he finished residency in Pediatrics with a subspecialty in pediatric cardiac critical care at the Children National Medical Center in Washington, DC. |
| Ana Vacquer | 2017 – PhD | Completed her MD and now she is a Neurology Resident at Washington University in St. Louis, MO |
| Jennifer Colón | 2018 – PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow at NIH |
| Cristina Román | 2018 – PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow at Cold Spring Harbor |
| Rebecca Núñez | 2018 – PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow at Universidad Central y del Caribe |
| Adlin Rodríguez | 2018 – PhD | Instructor at Interamerican University in Fajardo, PR |
| Rebecca Parodi | 2018 – PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA |
| Nilmary Grafals | 2019 – PhD | Postdoctoral fellow in the Biochemistry Dept. at UPR-MSC. |
| Enrique Pérez | 2020 – PhD | Faculty at UPR-Carolina Campus |
| Magdiel Martínez | 2020 – PhD | Faculty at the Interamerican University in Arecibo |
| Marie Roman | 2021-PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow in the Anesthesiology department at the UPR-Medical Sciences Campus and now professor at UPR-Rio Piedras |
| Jaime Freire | 2021-PhD | USDA |
| Xavier Chapas | 2021-PhD | Postdoctoral fellow at UPR-MSC and will continue a second postdoctoral experience at LSU in Traumatic Brain Injury |
| Carmen Pérez | 2022-PhD | Professor at the UPR-Arecibo Campus |
| Carlos Rivero | 2022-PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow in Albert Einstein Universtiy, NY |
| • Keishla M. Rodriguez-Graciani | 2023-PhD. | Postdoctoral Fellow in LSU Health, New Orleans, LA |
| • Cristhian Calo | 2024-PhD. | Postdoctoral Fellow in NIH, Maryland |