Hispanic Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research (Alliance)

西班牙裔临床和转化研究联盟（联盟） 摘要 改善医疗服务不足的医疗保健，包括我们的西班牙裔人口， 由流行病，如癌症，心脏代谢和传染病，仍然是一个主要的 挑战.目前的申请是为了支持西班牙裔临床联盟的发展， 和翻译研究在波多黎各（联盟），旨在建立在现有的 波多黎各临床和转化研究联盟（PR-CTRC和 RCMI-CTR）以及在新发传染病和战略定位方面的独特专长 研究与灾害有关的情况及其对健康的影响。联盟扩大了 我们成功的8年合作伙伴关系的范围，通过利用知识和物质资源， 岛上三大学术健康科学中心：波多黎各大学 中央加勒比大学医学院和庞塞医学院 基金会和主要合作机构支持一个综合的全岛方案 致力于开展临床和转化研究。该联盟是建立在我们的 假设研究驱动的健康结果改善需要一个综合网络 代表学术界、政府、社区组织和 卫生保健提供系统在跨学科、多部门的临床- 翻译研究模式联盟的目标是作为催化中心， 提高研究人员进行研究和获得额外资金的竞争力 临床和转化研究解决高度流行的疾病和那些影响 联盟的长期目标是改变临床和 在大陆和波多黎各的西班牙裔人口的翻译研究，通过促进 跨学科合作和资源的杠杆作用，以解决影响西班牙裔的疾病 社区.

Hispanic Alliance for Clinical & Translational Research (Alliance) ABSTRACT Improving health care for the medically underserved, including our Hispanic population, afflicted by prevalent diseases, such as cancer, cardio-metabolic and infectious diseases, remains a major challenge. The current application is to support the development of Hispanic Alliance for Clinical & Translational Research in Puerto Rico (Alliance), which aims to build on the existing infrastructure of the Puerto Rico Clinical and Translational Research Consortium (PR-CTRC an RCMI-CTR) and the unique expertise on emerging infectious diseases and strategic positioning for the study of disaster-related conditions and their impact on Health. The Alliance expands the scope of our successful 8-year partnership by leveraging intellectual and physical resources of the three major academic health sciences centers on the Island: the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, the Universidad Central del Caribe, and the Ponce Medical School Foundation and key-collaborating institutions to support an integrated, island-wide program dedicated to the conduct clinical and translational research. The Alliance is founded on our hypothesis that research-driven improvements in health outcomes requires an integrated network of key stakeholders representing academia, government, community-based organizations and health care delivery systems working together in an interdisciplinary, multi-sectorial clinical- translational research model. The objective of the Alliance is to serve as the catalytic center to enhance the competitiveness of investigators to conduct research and obtain additional funding for clinical and translational research addressing highly prevalent diseases and those that affect the medically underserved in PR. The long-term goal of the Alliance is to transform clinical and translational research in Hispanic populations in the mainland and in Puerto Rico by promoting inter-disciplinary collaboration and leverage of resources to address diseases affecting Hispanic communities.