Welcome
The School of Health
Professions (SHP), Medical Sciences Campus (MSC),
University of Puerto Rico (UPR) continues its
tradition of promoting collaboration and
networking by celebrating the 5th
Hispanic Congress of Health Professions. As an
outcome of this initiative, the MSC School of
Medicine joined the SHP in the development of
formal academic programs for clinical research
training with the support of a grant from the
National Institutes of Health ( NIH) .
Consonant with this
effort and following the previous successful
experience of joint celebrations, both Schools
have gathered to organize the 5th
Hispanic Congress with the 2nd
Multidisciplinary Conference in Clinical
Research, this last one co-sponsored by NIH. This
joint effort supports and enhances collaboration
between multiple disciplines and helps to share
new scientific discoveries, education tendencies
and healthcare perspectives among different
health professionals for a better quality of
life.
Our institution is
honored by the participation of distinguished
leaders in education, practice and clinical
research in this event. The main theme will
integrate these activities, focusing on new
tendencies, perspectives and findings that are
relevant to
children and adolescent health.
Emergent topics and
issues relevant to psychosocial development,
physical development and behavior will be
presented and discussed. Information about local
and national community-based initiatives, as
well as research and educational community
projects directed toward the improvement of
children’s, adolescent’s and families’ health
and well being will be shared. Topics about
knowledge and management of risk factors will be
emphasized for the improvement of education,
health promotion and disease prevention.
Discussion will include topics related to new
frontiers, perspectives and situations in
health care disparities; influence of genetics
in personalized medicine and the development of
conditions such as autism; mental health;
chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes and
obesity.
We look forward for your
active participation and hope that this event
will promote the development of
multidisciplinary alliances and collaborative
agreements to help increase the number and
excellence in education , service and research
projects aimed at children and adolescent
health , who are our future’s hope.
Estela S. Estapé,
MT, PhD
Walter R. Frontera, MD, PhD
Dean, School of Health Professions
Dean, School of Medicine
OBJECTIVES
- Examine emerging
trends and issues in education, research and
services with regards to children and youth
health needs.
- Discuss issues,
alternatives, new perspectives and paradigms
in the field of children and youth health.
- Analyze the impact
of technological development in the area of
children and youth health.
