The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology and its National Allergy Bureau have recognized RIPLRT collaborator Dr. Benjamín Bolaños-Rosero (UPR Medical Sciences Campus) for more than 26 years of daily fungal spore and pollen reporting in Puerto Rico.
RIPLRT collaborator Dr. Filipa Godoy-Vitorino, Professor and Chair of Microbiology and Immunology at the UPR Medical Sciences Campus, will receive the American Society for Microbiology's 2027 Award for Graduate Education.
Presented at ASM Microbe 2026 in Washington, DC: fungal spores, but not pollen, provide a reproducible short-lead signal of RSV incidence across two health regions of Puerto Rico.
Félix E. Rivera-Mariani has been appointed ad-honorem Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the UPR Medical Sciences Campus.
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.