Welcome to RISE

Purpose and Objectives

“The goal of the G-RISE Program at the Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico is to develop a competitive pool of underrepresented biomedical and pharmacy students who successfully complete Ph.D. degrees and transition into biomedical research careers.” 
To accomplish this goal, our objectives are:

• to develop trainees’ technical and professional skills required to conduct research in a responsible and rigorous manner
• to provide training to G-RISE faculty that will help them become more reflective mentors and develop better mentoring strategies
• to provide broad didactic opportunities through a dynamic seminar series across biomedical fields that will allow trainees and faculty to acquire state-of-the-art, forefront knowledge needed
• to advance their chosen field toprovide astrong foundation and operational skills on scientific reasoning, rigorous research design, experimental methods, quantitative and computational approaches, and data analysis and interpretation;
• to ensure trainees retention, degree completion and transition to research careers