Through excellence in cancer research, education, and community engagement, the Partnership between the University of Puerto Rico and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center aims to reduce health disparities derived from infection-driven malignancies in Texas and Puerto Rico, and increase the number of Hispanics pursuing careers in cancer research.

Contacts

PMB 371 PO Box 70344 San Juan, PR 00936-8344

uprmdacc@upr.edu

(787) 758-2525 Ext. (2244)

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Internal Advisory Committee

University of Puerto Rico Internal Advisory Committee

Ruth Rios, PHD

Associate Professor
Department of Health Services Administration
School of Public Health
University of Puerto Rico
Medical Sciences Campus

Michelle Borrero, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of Puerto Rico
Rio Piedras Campus

Marcia Cruz Correa, MD, PhD, AGAF, FASGE

Executive Director
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine & Biochemistry
University of Puerto Rico
Medical Sciences Campus

José R Rodriguez Medina, PhD

IAC Chair
Professor and Department Chair
Department of Biochemistry
University of Puerto Rico
Medical Sciences Campus

Su Dharmawardhane, Ph.D

Professor of Biochemistry
School of Medicine, MSC-UPR
Medical Sciences Campus

Maribel Tirado, MD

Professor
Department of Hematology and Oncology
University of Puerto Rico
Medical Sciences Campus

Abiel Roche-Lima, MSc., PhD

Assistant Professor
University of Puerto Rico
Medical Science Campus

Madeline Torres, Ph.D.

Professor of Department of Chemical Engineering
UPR Mayagüez

MD Anderson Cancer Center Internal Advisory Committee

Ernest Hawk, MD, MPH
Co-Chair

Professor and VP
OVP Cancer Prevention & Population Sciences
The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Elizabeth Cho, MD, MPH

Professor
Department of General Oncology
The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Lorna Haughton McNeil, PhD, MPH

Professor and Chair
Department of Health Disparities Research
The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Sanjay Shete, PhD

Professor
Department of Biostatistics
The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Keila Torres, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Surgical Oncology & Genomic Medicine
The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Eduardo Vilar-Sanchez, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention
The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center