9:00 to 10:30 am –CONCURRENT ORAL SESSIONS I-IV1

35to Foro Anual de Investigación y Educación del Recinto de Ciencias Médicas
Thursday, March 26, 2015
9:00 to 10:30 am –CONCURRENT ORAL SESSIONS I-IV1
Session I
Location: Room 822, School of Medicine
8th floor Dr. Guillermo Arbona Building
Moderator: Prof. Ivonne Angleró Vega
School of Health Professions
Use of Sport Supplements among Young Puerto
Rican Athletes (CT)
Raúl A. Rosario Concepción
The Eya2 Gene is Important for Hair Cell
Regeneration in the Zebrafish Lateral Line (BS)
Roberto E. Rodríguez Morales
The Relationship between Skeletal AnteroPosterior Pattern and Transverse Facial
Proportions: Training and Calibration Exercise (CT)
Luis A. Lecleres
ICDAS Training and Calibration: A Pilot Project (CT)
Bayardo J. García Godoy
Role of Glutathione in reducing lysosomal
disruption in HIV-macrophages (CT)
Krystal Colón
Session II
Location: Room A-469 (Salon 3)
4th floor, School of Public Health
Diverging destinies: Puerto Rican Population in the
island and the United States (AS)
Alexis R. Santos Lozada
Ciudadanos de segunda clase: el vivir entre los
sexos y el derecho en Puerto Rico (PP)
Pedro Acevedo
Propuesta de Reglamentación para Centros de
Cuidado de Larga Duración que Sirven a Personas
con la Enfermedad de Alzheimer en Puerto Rico
(PP)
Joel Vélez Egipcíaco
Barriers for Using Assistive Technology by
Community-Living Hispanic Older Adults with
Functional Limitations (CT)
Angélica Santiago
Session III
Location: Audiotorium
8th floor, School of Health Professions
Moderator: Dra. Carmen M. Arroyo
School of Nursing
CUIDATE & CUIDALOS: Two Evidence-Based
Programs for Teen Pregnancy Prevention in Puerto
Rico (EP)
Karen Pabón Cruz
Moderator: Dr. Luis A. Avilés
School of Publica Health
Prevención de alcohol en menores: Implementación
de una PBE en familias vegabajeñas (EP)
Wanda E. Pérez Rodríguez
Addressing Ecologic Fallacy in the Health
Administration Services Planning and Health
Promotion Plans: The Case of Villa Alegre (PP)
Edilí Quiñones Ortiz
Evaluación de una Intervención Piloto para la
Prevención del Uso de Alcohol entre Adolescentes
de una Comunidad en el Centro de la Isla (EP)
Kritzianel Merced Morales
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Each oral presentation is identified by category as follows: CT – Clinical/Translational; PP – Health and Public Policy Analysis; EP – Educational
Projects; BS – Basic Sciences; EPI – Epidemiology; AS – Applied Sciences; CR – Case Report.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS 2015
An Interdisciplinary Intervention for Developing
Social Skills in Twice Exceptional Children (EP)
Ana G. Miró
Community Mobilization Efforts for HIV Prevention:
A New Approach to for Young College Bound Adults
in Universities, Puerto Rico, 2014 (EP)
Mildred González Altreche
Assessment of two HCV Knowledge Questionnaires
for promoting health among Puerto Rican Islanders
Injecting Drug Users (EP)
Jessenia D. Zayas Ríos
Session IV
Location: Room 310
3th floor, School of Pharmacy
Activation of group II metabotropic glutamate
receptors exerts an anxiolytic-like effect in
ovariectomized female rats (BS)
Coriness Pineyro Ruiz
Cathepsin B and serum amyloid p component
contribute to HIV-induced neuronal apoptosis (BS)
Yisel M. Cantres Rosario
CCL4 and IL-15 Affect Prostate Cancer Development
(BS)
Krizia Rohena Rivera
Intraperitoneal Delivery of Liposome-Encapsulated
c-MYC-siRNA Reduces Tumor Burden in a Mouse
Model of Cisplatin-Resistant Ovarian Cancer (BS)
Jeyshka M. Reyes González
Moderator: Dra. Magaly Martínez
School of Pharmacy
Identification and Expression Analysis of Two
Xenopus laevis Homologs of the Novel F-Box
Containing Protein, FBXO30 (BS)
Osamah Z. Badwan
2:30 to 4:00 pm – CONCURRENT ORAL SESSIONS V-VIII2
Session V
Location: Room 260
2nd floor School of Nursing
Moderator: Prof. Daisy M. Gely
School of Public Health
Impacto del Programa PRAABRE en la Investigación
biomédica de Puerto Rico (EP)
Sharon M. Alvalle
Socioeconomic factors associated with history of
incarceration among HIV+ males who have sex with
males in Puerto Rico (EPI)
Verónico Tirado Mercado
Socioeconomic characteristics and health services
utilization in a sample of adult female intravenous
drug users in Puerto Rico (EPI)
Ilia M. Otero Cruz
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Spectrum of Disease in Chikungunya Virus-Infected
Individuals Identified during Household-based
Cluster Investigations — June–August, 2014 (EPI)
Chanis M. Mercado Olavarría
Sexual health profile of a community sample of HIV
positive bisexual men in Puerto Rico (EPI)
José J. Martínez Vélez
Clinical and Epidemiologic Profile of Patients
Hospitalized with Heart Failure in Puerto Rico,
2007-2011 (EPI)
Neysha Sánchez
Session VI
Location: Room 310
3rd floor School of Pharmacy
Moderator: Dr. José A. Vivaldi
School of Dental Medicine
Each oral presentation is identified by category as follows: CT – Clinical/Translational; PP – Health and Public Policy; EP – Educational Projects;
BS – Basic Sciences; EPI – Epidemiology; AS – Applied Sciences; CR – Case Report.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS 2015
The Expression of Gait Deficiencies in Patients with
Controlled Type II Diabetes Mellitus (AS)
Martín G. Rosario Canales
Effects of Lung Carcinogens on PPARgamma Activity
in A549 cell line (AS)
Néstor D. Carrasco
Parasite Variability and Load in an Outdoor Colony
of Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) (AS)
Marcos D. Ortiz
Fever and Severe Thrombocytopenia Masquerading
Sepsis in an HIV positive Patient: Hemophagocytic
Syndrome (AS)
Marielly Sierra
Aging with HIV: The experience of women older
than 50 living with HIV in Puerto Rico (AS)
Edgardo Ruíz Cora
Polyneuritis Cranialis: a rare manifestation of the
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (CR)
Angélica Rivera Cruz
Session VII
Location: Room 822
8th floor School of Medicine
Moderator: Dr. Israel Matías
School of Medicine
Having Hypospadias Diminishes the Level of Parental
Satisfaction with Surgical Repair of their own Children
(CT)
Wilfredo Morales Cosme
Giant Abdominal Mass in a Female Newborn: Ovarian
or Hepatic Etiology? (CR)
Wilmarie J. Bruckman Blanco
Effect of Knowledge on Breastfeeding Practices (CT)
Yuneisy García
Bipolar Disorder patients at risk of Cardiovascular
Disease: Exploring patterns of non-adherence to
psychiatric medication for intervention
development (CT)
Sandra I. Ralat
Clinical and Laboratory Findings in Patients in
Puerto Rico with Laboratory-confirmed
Chikungunya in Puerto Rico (CT)
Amada Cabán
Enhanced Surveillance for Acute Febrile Illness in
Puerto Rico (CT)
Héctor Gorbea
Session VIII
Location: Room B103
1st floor Dr. Guillermo Arbona Building
Moderator: Dr. Blanca Amorós
Deanship for Student Affairs
La experiencia de los docentes con el uso del
portafolio como estrategia de assessment en el
proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje de los
estudiantes (EP)
Mirna L. Pacheco Rodríguez
Collaboration that matters: Schools of Nursing and
Dental Medicine building capacity for research (EP)
Augusto R. Elías Boneta
Diseño participativo de herramientas para la
capacitación comunitaria (EP)
Yiselly M. Vázquez Guzmán
Lessons obtained about Infectious, Chronic
Diseases and Mental Health Issues in El Salvador:
Exporting Health Concepts and Measures to
International (EP)
Víctor E. Reyes Ortiz
Using Simulation to Enhance First Year Medical
Students Clinical Approach to Transgender Persons
(EP)
Yasmín Pedrogo
Un Café por el Alzheimer: Iniciativa Innovadora de
Educación en Salud Pública (EP)
José R. Carrión Baralt