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PILOTS PROJECTS AND FUNDED PROPOSALS 2005
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INVESTIGATOR |
PROTOCOL NAME |
SUPPORT/FACILITIES |
| Inés García, MD | Neural Tube Defects and a 5,10 Methylenetetrahydofolate Reductase Defect in the Puerto Rican Population - Pilot Study | Biostatistical Support |
| Inés García, MD | Folate Metabolism in the Puerto Rican Population - Pilot Study | Biostatistical Support |
| Gloria Reyes, MD | The Role of Connexin 26 Gene Mutations in Causing Hearing Impairment in Puerto Rican Population – Pilot Project | Biostatistical Support |
| José F. Rodríguez-Orengo, PhD | Pilot Project: Pharmacological interactions between Zidovudine and Ribavirin in HCV-HIV co-infected patients treated with Rebetron | Outpatient |
| Yohanna De Jesús, MD | Respiratory Pathogens in Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Puerto Rican HIV Population - Pilot Study | Biostatistical Support |
| Jesús R. Vélez-Borrás, MD | Long Term, Open-Label, Safety Study of Tomoxetine Hydrochloride in Patients, 6 Years or Older (LYAI) |
Outpatient
Laboratory |
| Valerie Wojna, MD | Estrogen as Neuroprotector Factor in HIV Dementia (Institutional) | Outpatient Biostatistical Laboratory Support |
| Carlos A. Luciano, MD | HIV Sensory Neuropathy: Age Risk Factors and Immunopathogenesis | Outpatient Laboratory Biostatistical Support |
| Zoe M. Rodríguez-Rivera, MD | Safety and Efficacy of Pentavent (G1,G2,G3,G4,and P1) Human-Bovine Reassortant Rotavirus Vaccine in Healthy Infants (Protocol 228-006-00) | Laboratory Support |
| Litsa Morou, DMD, PhD | Urease Activity as an Indicator of Caries Susceptibility in Children | Biostatistical Support |
| Loyda Meléndez, PhD | Monocyte Immunity in HIV Induced Dementia | Outpatient Biostatistical Support |
| Carmen Serrano, MD | An Active Extension of the TVP-1012/133 Study A Binational Double-Blind, Randomized Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Rosagiline Mesylate in Advanced PD Patients with Motors Fluctuations Treated with Chronic Levodopa/Carbidopa Therapy TVP - 1012/135 | Outpatient Laboratory |
| Josefina Romaguera, MD | Immunogenicity and Safety of Quadrivalent HPV (Types 6, 11, 16, 18) I1 Virus-Like Particle (VLP) Vaccine in Consistency Lots for 16 to 23 Year Old Women with an Additional Immunogenicity Bridge to the Monovalent HIPV 16 Vaccine Pilot Manufacturing Lot – The F.U.T.U.R.E. Study (Females United to Unilaterally Reduce Endo-Ectocervical Disease) | Biostatistical Laboratory Support |
| Josefina Romaguera, MD | Menopause and Health in Hispanic Women in Puerto Rico | Outpatient Biostatistical Support |
| Esther Torres, MD, FACP | Profile of the Patients evaluated at the Liver Transplant Clinic of the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus | Biostatistical Support |
| Donald Dexter, MD | Effect of b-agonist on QT Interval in Normals and in Subjects with Pulmonary Obstructive Disease | Biostatistical Support |
| Carmen Cadilla, PhD | Molecular Genetics of Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome in Puerto Rico | Outpatient |
| Rafael Burgos, MD | Diabetes Reduction Assessment with Ramipril and Rosiglitazone Medication - A Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial | Outpatient Biostatistical Laboratory Support |
| Luis M. Vilá, MD | Lupus in Minority Populations: Nature vs Nurture-Puerto Rico | Outpatient Biostatistical Laboratory Support |
| Loyda Meléndez, PhD | The Effect of LPS and cytokines in the surface expression of HIV-1 receptors on placental macrophages and their susceptibility to HIV-1 Infection | Biostatistical Support |
| Ana Leticia Mulero, PhD | Feasibility of an Exercise Program Among Breast Cancer Survivors in Puerto Rico | Biostatistical Support |
| Mildred Vera, PhD | Collaborative Care of Depressed Patients with Chronic Health Conditions | Biostatistical Support |
| Esther A. Torres, MD | Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patient Serum Bank | Laboratory Support |
| Juan Rivera, MD | Infants Short Term Outcome after High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation | Biostatistical Support |
| Irma Febo, MD | Connect to Protect (C2P): Partnerships for Youth Prevention Interventions ATN 016 | Biostatistical Support |
| Lourdes García, MD | MTHFR mutations and Homocysteine in Children with Congestive Heart Disease | Outpatient Biostatistical Laboratory Support |
| Lourdes García, MD | Folate and Homocysteine Levels in Puerto Rican Women after Mandatory Folic Acid Supplementation of Grain Derived Products | Biostatistical Laboratory Support |
| Glorisa Canino, MD | Puerto Rican Neonatal Twin Registry - Pilot Study | Funding |
| Lydia López Del Valle, DMD, MPH | Periodontal Disease and Prematurity - Pilot Study | Outpatient Laboratory Funding |
| Iraida Robledo, PhD | Susceptibility Patterns and Genotypic Characterization of H. pylori Isolates from PR - Pilot Study | Biostatistical Support |
| Valerie Wojna, MD | MRS and HIV Dementia in Puerto Rican Women Pilot Project | Biostatistical Support |
| Esther Torres, MD | Mapping Genes for IBD in Puerto Ricans | Outpatient Biostatistical Laboratory Support |
| David Martínez, MD | A Phase III, Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Use Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of BMS-188667 Administered Intravenously to Subjects with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) with or without Medical Co-Morbidities Receiving Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) and/or Biologics Approved for RA | Outpatient Laboratory Support |
| Luis Vilá, MD | Case Control Study in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | Outpatient Laboratory Support |
| Vanessa E. Rodríguez, MD | Anticardiolipin Antibodies in Patients with Raynaud's Phenomenon | Biostatistical Support |
| Mikhail Antoun, PhD | Clinical and Mechanistics Studies of Lupinus termis Seeds Extract | Biostatistical Support |
| Guillermo Vázquez, MD | Detection of Extended-Spectrum Beta Lactamases in E.coli and K.pneumoniae Clinical Isolates from the Puerto Rico Medical Center | Biostatistical Support |
| Miguel Fiol, MD | Genetics Studies of Epilepsy Informative Population | Outpatient |
| Carlos Luciano, MD | A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter, Dose-Ranging Study to Evaluated the Efficacy and Safety of Prosaptide over 6 weeks of Treatment for the Relief of Neuropathic Pain Associated with HIV-1 | Outpatient Laboratory Support |
| Pablo Costas, MD | MELD score as a Predictor of Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease Hospitalized for Acute Variceal Bleeding | Biostatistical Support |
| Esther Torres, MD | Infliximab for Crohn's Disease: Experience at a Puerto Rican Center | Biostatistical Support |
| Evangelina Morou-Bermudez, DDS, MS, PhD | Urease Activity and Dental Caries in Children Pilot Study | Funding Laboratory Biostatistical Support |
| Margarita Irizarry-Ramírez, PhD | Proteomic Analysis of the Sera of Prostate Cancer in Hispanics Patients Pilot Study | Outpatient Laboratory Funding Biostatistical Support |
| Valerie Wojna, MD | Oxidative Markers in CSF of HIV Demented Women Pilot Study | Funding Biostatistical Support |
| Jesús Vélez-Borrás, MD | Olanzapine versus Placebo in the Treatment of Mania in Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder | Outpatient Laboratory Support |
| Francisco Bermúdez, DMD, PhD | Oral Cancer Detection: Current and Emerging Technologies | Outpatient Laboratory Support |
| Jorge L. Santana, MD | Cerebrospinal Fluid Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1(HIV-1) and Cognitive Function in Individuals Receiving Potent Antiretroviral Therapy | Outpatient |
| Adriana Báez, PhD | Head and Neck Cancer in Puerto Ricans: Genetics, Enviromental and Clinical Determinants | Biostatistical Support |
| Lourdes Guerrios, MD | The Effectiveness of Duloxetine Compared with Placebo in the Treatment of Predominant Stress Urinary Incontinence | Outpatient |
| Gishlaine Alfonso, MD | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Puerto Rico (ALS group) | Biostatistical Support |
| Gishlaine Alfonso, MD | Guillain Barre in Puerto Rico | Biostatistical Support |
| Martha Y. Gómez-Cuellar, MD | Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome Among a Food Industry Employees in Puerto Rico | Biostatistical Support |
| Esther A. Torres, MD | Response to Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin in Puerto Ricans with Chronic Hepatitis C | Biostatistical Support |
| Humberto Muñoz, MD | Response to Combination Therapy of Interferon Alfa-2b plus Ribavirin in Hispanics with Chronic Hepatitis C | Biostatistical Support |
| Esther A. Torres, MD | Anemia in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis and Ileal Pouch | Biostatistical Support |
| Esther A. Torres, MD | Retrospective Study of the Management of Esophageal Varices in Cirrhotic Patients Evaluated at ASEM Emergency Room and the University Hospital | Biostatistical Support |
| Esther A. Torres, MD | Recombinant Human Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor as an Alternative Therapy for Fistulizing Crohn's Disease | Biostatistical Support |
| Marta Valcárcel, MD | Early Identification of Stroke and/or Intraventricular Hemorrhage Grade III/IV in Newborns of <=1500 Grams Born in Puerto Rico will Facilitate the Identification of Prothrombotic Disorders in the Neonate | Biostatistical Support |
| Rafael Burgos Calderón, MD | An Open-Label, Randomized, Multicenter, Parallel Group Study To Demostrate Correction Of Anemia Using Subcutaneous Injections of RO0503821 in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Who are not on Dialysis | Outpatient Laboratory |
| Marta Rivero, DNS, RN
Dharma Freytes, RN, MSN |
Description of Skin Disease in HIV Positive Persons | Biostatistical Support |
| Marta Rivero, DNS, RN | Self-Care Symptom Management in HIV/AIDS | Biostatistical Support |
| Mario García-Palmieri, MD | Atrial Fibrillation and Congestive Heart Failure | Outpatient Laboratory |
| Ivonne Jiménez, MD | A Study of Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders in the Caribbean Hispanic Population in Puerto Rico | Outpatient Laboratory |
| Esther Torres, MD | Inflammatory Bowel Disease Serum Bank | Laboratory |
| Mario García-Palmieri, MD | Atrial Fibrillation and Congestive Heart Failure | Outpatient Laboratory |
| Ivonne Jiménez, MD | A Study of Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders in the Caribbean Hispanic Population in Puerto Rico | Outpatient Laboratory |
| Jorge Santana, MD | A phase II study of the predictive value of pharmacokinetic-adjusted phenotypic susceptibility (c12h/ic50 ) on antiretroviral response to ritonavir-enhanced protease inhibitors in subjects with failure of previous protease inhibitor-based regimens ACTG A5126 | Outpatient |
| Valerie Wojna, MD | Pathophysiology of HIV dementia | Outpatient |
| Linda Laras, MD, MPH, FACOG | Women's Cardiovascular Risk and Violent Experience | Biostatistical Support |
| Rafael Burgos-Calderón, MD Lisandro Montalvo, MD | The role of inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress and the effect of angiotensin II blockadeon diabetic neuropathy | Biostatistical Support |
| Caleb Feliciano, MD Rafael Rodríguez, MD | Management of Pediatric Cerebrovascular Lesions using Endovascular Techniques | Biostatistical Support |
| Michael Iñesta, MD | Quality of life of Surgical and Internal Medicine Residents at the University of Puerto Rico after new duty hour regulations | Biostatistical Support |
| Yohanna De Jesús, MD Ruth Santos, MD | Validation of the Spanish Version of the Medical Research Council Scale, Basal Dyspnea Index, Oxygen Cost Diagram, and the San Diego Shortness of Breath Questionnaire in a Hispanic Population | Biostatistical Support |
| Lourdes C. Irene, MS
Marta Rivero, PhD |
Conocimientos, Actitudes y Condiciones Contextuales Relacionadas al uso de Precauciones Estándares para la Prevención de VIH en el Personal de Enfermería | Biostatistical Support |
| Ruth Soto, MD | Reiki in patients with HIV Dementia | Biostatistical Support |
| Alberto Villanueva, MD
Ivonne Jiménez, MD |
Effectiveness of Combination Therapy with Memantine and Donepezil in the Treatment of mild Alzheimer disease in Puerto Rico | Biostatistical Support |
| Alberto Vázquez, MD Ivonne Jiménez, MD | Women's Cardiovascular Risk and Violent Experience | Biostatistical Support |
