These will be the first rural residency programs in Puerto Rico, the college stated. #NewsismyBusiness
The program is open to all students of the Biomedical Sciences doctoral program.
The event presented the results of concurrent research in the areas of public health, behavioral and brain sciences.
Ponce Health Sciences University’s Bachelor of Nursing Program was accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education for five years, the maximum time a new program is allowed, college officials announced. “Increasingly, we see the need for trained nursing professionals who can respond to the demand that exists on the island. So, this approval comes […]
As part of a $1.1 million grant from Cares Act funds awarded to the Ponce Research Institute at Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU), eight hospitals across Puerto Rico have been outfitted with new technological equipment for telemedicine, the institution announced. The hospitals and entities to which PHSU delivered these telemedicine machines for residency programs are: […]
The Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine announced that the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) — the entity that accredits medical schools in the United States and Canada — approved the expansion of its Doctor of Medicine (MD) program to its campus in St. Louis, MO. This pushes PHSU’s medicine program from 150 […]
Ponce Health Sciences University, the South Health Task Force, the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce, and the Puerto Rico Public Health Trust announced the launching of the COVID-19 Call Center, to provide a telemedicine tool that allows people to get remote appointments with a doctor and mental health providers. This service is free, and provides callers […]
The Ponce Research Institute announced it has received a combined $3.5 million in research grants for several projects currently underway. Of that amount, $750,000 came from the National Institute of Health effective for three years for a project by Eliut Rivera of the Ponce Health Sciences University’s School of Behavioral Sciences entitled: “Reduction of mental […]
Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU) will soon break ground on a new academic building. With an investment of $72 million, this project will generate 485 direct and 1,090 indirect jobs in Puerto Rico. The new development is part of a larger-scale campus expansion that includes a parking garage and student housing and other projects; an […]
Ponce Health Sciences University announced the start of the first phase of construction of its new $72 million campus, which will feature multiple study options, laboratories, a 700-seat amphitheater and technology rooms that will promote modern education. Upon completion, PHSU will reportedly become the largest private medical school in Puerto Rico, and will increase the […]
The Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine, in partnership with the Ashford Presbyterian Community Hospital, inaugurated a new San Juan metro area campus where third-year medical students will begin clinical rotations in the areas of Pediatrics, Surgery, Internal Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology. The initiative aims to help retain doctors on the island. As […]
In a virtual celebration, Ponce Health Sciences University held its 40th graduation ceremony, which this year included 262 students, the biggest class in its history, the college confirmed. Of the total graduates, 103 received honors. The degrees awarded were PhD in Medicine, Master of Medical Sciences, PhD of Biomedical Sciences, PhD of Public Health, Master […]
A coalition of academic and private-sector organizations has unveiled the Epidemiological Surveillance System platform, which allows the tracking and publishing results on the evolution of COVID-19 contagion in Puerto Rico. The platform’s creators include the Puerto Rico Public Health Trust, a program of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust, Ponce Health Sciences University […]
Harvard University’s School of Public Health has joined the COVID-19 Surveillance System, which is led by a team of epidemiologists from Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce Research Institute and the Puerto Rico Public Health Trust, the academic institutions announced. Through a collaborative agreement, the schools will work jointly in the collection and analysis of data […]
The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics unveiled a new dashboard on its website called COVID-19, through which citizens will have access to official data on the local impact of the virus, based on data provided by the Health Department, agency Executive Director, Orville Disdier said. Among the data that users will be able to access […]
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