Publications
Peer-reviewed articles, conference abstracts, presentations, and research outputs from the RIPLRT Institute and its mentees. Each section lists the most recent items, synced from ORCID; the complete record is in the full CV.
*Mentored trainee (student, postdoctoral fellow, early-career scientist); #Corresponding author
Peer-reviewed publications
Ten most recent articles, synced from ORCID.
2026
- Neighborhood-Level Non-Medical Factors Alone Poorly Predict Proxy PASC Phenotype. Delaware Journal of Public Health. 2026; 12(4):100-108.DOI
- Age- and Period-Stratified Associations Between Ambient Fungal Spore Exposure and Asthma Healthcare Utilization in the San Juan Metropolitan Area, Puerto Rico, 2018–2021. Aerobiology. 2026; 4(4):24.DOI
- Non-linear generalizable machine learning re-analysis of plasma proteomics and single-cell immune network for classification of COVID-19 severity. J Immunol. 2026; 215(Suppl 1):vkag141.1059.DOI
- Mechanism-aware ML identifies a protease-chemokine-galectin (PCG) axis that links plasma proteomics to single-cell signaling and enables compact severity classification of COVID-19. J Biol Chem. 2026; 302(5):112618.DOI
- Fungal spores as a 1–2 week leading indicator of viral surges: forecasts uplift over seasonal baselines. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2026; 157(2):AB298.DOI
2025
- Indoor dust, immune activation, and household exposure risk after Hurricane Maria: a two-year pilot prospective cohort study in Puerto Rico. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 2025; 36(3):521-530.DOI
- Culture and molecular methods to identify to species-level Aspergillus isolates sampled from homes affected in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Scientific Reports. 2025; 15(35922).DOI
- Dysbiosis in nasal mycobiome of infants born in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Microorganisms. 2025; 13(8):1784.DOI
- Molecular and culture-based identification of Aspergillus species in water-impacted homes following Hurricane María in Puerto Rico. Research Square preprint. 2025.DOI
2024
- In memoriam: Euan R. Tovey, July 11, 1948, to June 8, 2024. J Allergy Clin Immunol: Global. 2024; 4(1):100362.Access the publication
Conference abstracts
Five most recent meeting abstracts.
2026
- Aeroallergen exposure as short-term predictor of RSV, influenza, and COVID-19 in two health regions of Puerto Rico: a seasonal weekly and machine learning analysis. Poster, ASM Microbe 2026, American Society for Microbiology. June 2026, Washington, DC.
- Fungal spores and asthma healthcare utilization in the San Juan metro area: a multi-municipality analysis (2018–2021). Poster, 2026 Annual Conference of the Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research. May 2026, San Juan, PR.
- Fungal spores and respiratory viral incidence in Puerto Rico: a multi-municipality analysis (2022–2024). Poster, 2026 Annual Conference of the Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research. May 2026, San Juan, PR.
2025
- Ambient fungal spores as short-term predictors of respiratory virus incidence and mortality in Puerto Rico: evidence from machine learning and time-series modeling. Late-breaking e-poster, Annual Joint Meeting of ISES and ISEE. August 2025, Atlanta, GA.
- The interaction of music, mood, and physiological biomarkers in an Adlerian-drumming intervention among college students: a PCA components analysis. E-poster, North American Society of Adlerian Psychology 73rd Annual Conference. May 2025, Portland, OR.
Posters & oral presentations
Five most recent presentations, synced from ORCID.
2018
- Allergens, Race, Ethnicity , And Sex: Factors Associated With Asthma. Poster, Zenodo. 2018.DOI
- The Contributions Of Previous Research On The Benefits And Future Treatments Of Magnesium As An Implant Material. Poster, Zenodo. 2018.DOI
- Evaluation Of The Types Of Farms And Their Effects On The Development Of Asthma And Allergies. Poster, Zenodo. 2018.DOI
- Breathing Fire: Exploring The Relationship Between Asthma And Forest Fire In California. Poster, Zenodo. 2018.DOI
2012
- Role of spore’s surface area and endotoxin contamination in the proinflammatory potential of spores from allergenic basidiomycete fungi in a cryopreserved human whole blood system. Poster, Gordon Research Conference on Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology. 2012.DOI
Complete list of posters and oral presentations in the full CV
Reports, software & data
Five most recent technical reports, code releases, and datasets, synced from ORCID.
2026
2025
- Data for the Project "Indoor Dust, Immune Activation, and Household Exposure Risk after Hurricane Maria: A Two-Year Pilot Prospective Cohort Study in Puerto Rico". Dataset, OSF. 2025.DOI
- Data for the Project "Selective Attenuation of Whole Blood Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines among Puerto Ricans to Dust Sample Extracts from Households Affected by Hurricane Maria". Dataset, OSF. 2025.DOI
2017
- Proteomics data analysis in cancer biology with Matlab. Report. 2017.DOI
Complete list of reports, software, and datasets in the full CV