6 posts tagged “mentees”.
New medRxiv preprint by Dr. Félix E. Rivera-Mariani with RIPLRT fellows Tashoy Campbell and Emily Solomon: inflammatory biomarkers, heart failure, and racial disparities in 6,785 MESA participants.
Undergraduate research fellow Adriana González-Candelaria (UPR Mayagüez) will present her NHANES analysis of recurrent wheeze burden and symptom–attack discordance in U.S. adults with current asthma at ABRCMS 2026 in Seattle, November 18–21.
RIPLRT mentee Emily Solomon earned her M.S. in Biological Sciences at Lynn University with a capstone thesis, advised by Dr. Rivera-Mariani, evaluating polygenic risk scores for endometriosis and early menopause.
Congratulations to Emily Pintilie, who defended her Lynn University M.S. thesis on the behavioral and molecular effects of the herbicide 2,4-D in planarians, with Dr. Rivera-Mariani on her committee.
RIPLRT mentees and collaborators presented research on outdoor airborne fungal spores, asthma healthcare utilization, and respiratory viral incidence across Puerto Rico at the Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research annual conference.
Lorraine N. Vélez-Torres defended her PhD thesis on indoor fungal bioaerosols after Hurricane Maria flooding, mentored by Dr. Benjamín Bolaños-Rosero and Dr. Félix E. Rivera-Mariani.
