Head
Pablo E. Vivas-Mejía, Ph.D.
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
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Fatima ValiyevaLaboratory Manager |
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Victor Reyes, Ph.D. StudentPh.D. candidate. |
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Diego GarciaPh.D. student |
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Stephanie EstradaPh.D. candidates |
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Cristal Peña VazquezUndergraduate |
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Joshua NievesPh.D. candidates |
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Armando VelazquezUndergraduate |
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Ricardo VázquezUndergraduate |
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Valeria SussPhD student |
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Selen Vardar |
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Manuel Diaz-Rubero |
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 |
| Mariela Rivera | Ph.D. |
| Marienid Flores | Ph.D. |
| Alannis Labeaga | Undergraduate |
| Misael Rivera Garcia | Undergraduate |
| Annelis Sanchez | Ph.D. Postdoctoral |