CAPAC-Research Training Program

07/01/2026

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Nota de Duelo

La Junta de Directores del CCCUPR y su Subdirectora Ejecutiva lamenta profundamente el fallecimiento del

Dr. Humberto M. Guiot,
Director Ejecutivo, médico infectólogo, sobreviviente de cáncer y servidor público ejemplar.

“Su liderazgo humano y su compromiso con el bienestar de los pacientes, el fortalecimiento del sistema de salud y la misión del Centro dejan una huella imborrable en nuestra institución y en el país. Extendemos nuestras más sinceras condolencias a su familia, colegas y a toda la comunidad que impactó con su vocación de servicio.”

William Méndez Latalladi, MD -Presidente

Elba Caraballo, PhD- Subdirectora

06/01/2026

The CAPAC Team wishes everyone a Happy Three Kings day! May your day be filled with love and joy. 💜✨

01/01/2026

Happy New Year! 🥳
As we welcome a new year, we look forward to continued growth, learning, and impact in cancer prevention and control research. Wishing you a year filled with health, purpose, and new opportunities. 💜

29/12/2025

🎓 Are you a graduate or health-professions student interested in cancer research?

🌟 The 2026 CAPAC Summer Program offers hands-on research, mentorship, and professional development.

🗓️ Apply by January 23, 2026

👉 Learn more: https://www.cccupr.org/capac/
📝 Apply here: https://crcweb.rcm.upr.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=H7F3RHYELL

✨ Be part of the next generation of cancer researchers!

25/12/2025

Sending warm holiday wishes to our CAPAC community! 🎄💜
Thank you for being part of our journey. Happy Holidays!

22/12/2025

The application period is still open for the 2026 CAPAC Summer Program!
If you’re interested in cancer prevention and control research and want hands-on training with mentors in Puerto Rico, apply to the CAPAC Program today!

🗓 Deadline: January 23, 2026
🔗 Apply here: https://crcweb.rcm.upr.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=H7F3RHYELL

Centro Comprensivo de Cáncer de la UPR MORE INFO:(787) 772-8300 ext. 1421, 1121, 1204 ESPAñOL Cancer Prevention and Control (CAPAC) Research Training Program Be part of CAPAC! Apply before January […]

19/12/2025

Meet Wilfred Ferrer Fonseca, one of our 2025 CAPAC peer to peer mentors! 💜

Wilfred is a PharmD student at the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus. He worked under the mentorship of Dr. Carlos Díaz Osterman, on the project “Targeting Rho GTPases RAC1 and Cdc42 in advanced prostate cancer cell lines”.

🔗 Apply now to the 2026 CAPAC cohort. Link in bio!

19/12/2025

Meet Selimar Álvarez Vázquez, one of our 2025 CAPAC peer to peer mentors! 💜

Selimar completed an MS in Environmental Sciences at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico. She worked under the mentorship of Dr. Harold Saavedra, on the project “Co-targeting of AURKA and AURKB as an innovative therapeutic approach to decrease the expression of EMT biomarkers in TNBC”.

🔗 Apply now to the 2026 CAPAC cohort. Link in bio!

18/12/2025

17/12/2025

We want to congratulate our 2025 CAPAC Trainee, Alanis N. Rivera Ramos, on presenting her research project entitled “Outcomes of Febrile Neutropenia Management: Mortality, Treatment Duration, and Economic Impact in an Oncology Hospital” at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting this past week! 🥳💜

17/12/2025

Meet Clara S. Santiago Rosado, one of our 2025 CAPAC trainees! 💜

Clara completed an ND at the University of Ana G. Méndez. She worked under the mentorship of Dr. Yamixa Delgado, on the project “Antitumor Activity of Diosgenin Combined with Chemotherapy in KRAS-mutant and EGFR-mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma”.

🔗 Apply now to the 2026 CAPAC cohort. Link in bio!

17/12/2025

Meet Celinés Rodríguez-Acevedo, one of our 2025 CAPAC trainees! 💜

Celinés completed an MPH in Environmental Health at the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus. She worked under the mentorship of Dr. Rocío K. Rivera Valentín, on the project “Pediatric Cancer Risk: A regional analysis of superfund sites in Puerto Rico”.

🔗 Apply now to the 2026 CAPAC cohort. Link in bio!