Head
Pablo E. Vivas-Mejía, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Cancer Center
University of Puerto Rico
Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Adjunct Assistant Professor,
Department of Surgical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Dr. Pablo E. Vivas-Mejía is a graduate of "Universidad Pedagógica Nacional" Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry. Next, he attended the University of Puerto Rico (UPR, Río Piedras Campus), where he completed his M.S. and a Ph.D. Dr. Vivas-Mejía studied the mechanisms by which new benzazolo-derivatives induce cell death in cancer cells. He found that these agents bind to DNA and inhibit topoisomerase-II. On completion of his Ph.D, Dr. Vivas-Mejía was appointed as Post-Doctoral fellow for two years in the Microarrays Facility (Department of Biology, UPR, Río Piedras Campus). During this time, his work in Molecular Neurobiology. In 2006, Dr. Vivas-Mejía received a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Experimental Therapeutics at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (MDA CC) (Houston, Texas). During this four-year period, Dr. Vivas-Mejía acquired a strong background in Cancer Biology, with emphasis in cancer medicine and drug delivery systems. In August 2010, Dr. Vivas-Mejía returned to Puerto Rico as a Research Scientist at the University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, and as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at UPR Medical Sciences Campus.
Members
Fatima Valiyeva Laboratory Manager |
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Victor Reyes, Ph.D. Student Ph.D. candidate. Molecular mechanisms of MMP3 regulation in ovarian cancer |
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Diego Garcia Ph.D. student |
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Mariela Rivera Ph.D. candidates Role of MMP3 in ovarian cancer |
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Manuel Diaz Rubero Undergraduate
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Cristal Peña Vazquez Undergraduate
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Misael Rivera Garcia Undergraduate
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Marienid Flores Ph.D. candidates Nanoparticle formulations for drug delivery into the brain |
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Annelis Sanchez, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Drug delivery into the brain |
Alumni
Name |
Academic level |
Ricardo Noriega |
Ph.D. student |
Eugenia Torres |
MS student |
Robert Rabelo |
Ph.D. student |
Nathalia Gomez |
Undergradaute |
Rohit Sharma |
Postdoctoral fellow |
Ginette Santiago |
Ph.D. |
Gabriel Martínez |
Undergraduate |
Nilmary Grafals |
Ph.D. |
Eunice Lozada |
Ph.D. |
Christian Ríos Vicil |
MD |
Janixa Del Valle |
Undergraduate |
Victoria Sánchez |
Undergraduate |
Nicole Lugo, MD |
Undergraduate |
Yacira González, MD |
Undergraduate |
Julio López, MD |
Undergraduate |
Moisés Sebastian, MD |
Undergraduate |
Alejandro Matos, MD |
Undergraduate |
Josean Flores, MD |
Undergraduate |
Ariel González, MD |
MD Student |
Rebecca Betances |
Undergraduate |
Erika Martínez |
M.S. |
Ashla Gaibi, MD |
MD Student |
Harumi Díaz |
Undergraduate |
Adrian Rivera |
Undergraduate |
Ileabett Echevarría, Ph.D |
Ph.D. Student |
Edgardo Alverio |
High School |
Adriana Román |
Undergraduate |
Daniel Soto |
Undergraduate |
Miguel A. Miranda |
Undergraduate |
Joel Encarnación Rosado |
Undergraduate |
Francisco Pujals |
Undergraduate |
Dariel Díaz |
Post-baccalaureate |
Mónica Rivera, Ph.D. |
Ph.D. Student |
Rodolfo Alcedo, MD |
Neurosurgery Rotation |
Andrea Guzmán |
Undergraduate |
Paola Comas |
Undergraduate |
Yalexly Ortega |
Undergraduate |
María Del Mar Zayas |
High School Student |
Alexandra Picó |
Undergraduate |
Gerardo Morell |
Undergradaute |
Carolina Fuentes |
Undergraduate |
Katerina Vázquez |
Lab Technician |
Perla Báez, Ph.D. |
PostDoctoral |
Ricardo Fernández, M.D. |
MD Student |
Frances Pietri, MD |
MD Student |
Juan Apiz |
Undergraduate |
Alexandra Torres |
Ph.D. Lab Rotation |
Luis Velázquez |
Ph.D. Lab Rotation |
Javier Moscoso |
High School Student |
Víctor Soto |
MD Student |
Jeyshka Reyes, Ph.D. |
PostDoctoral |
Blanca Quiñones |
Ph.D. |
Andrea Rosado |
Undergraduate |
Yasmarie Santana |
Undergraduate |
Jose Tous Beveraggi |
Undergraduate |