Tag: Research

  • Research Award to Dr. Thompson

    Dr. Kenira Thompson, President and Director of Research at Ponce Research Institute at Ponce Health Sciences University in Ponce, Puerto Rico joins eHealth Radio and the Health News Channel.

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    Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Dr. Kenira Thompson discuss the following:

    • When was the Ponce Research Institute formed, and what is its objective?
    • What are the research areas in which the Institute specializes?
    • What kind of findings and discoveries have come out of the Institute that were new to the world of medicine?
    • How does the work that you’re doing help pharmaceutical companies and doctors to better understand diseases and to bring new solutions to the marketplace?
    • What is the Institute currently working on that’s particularly relevant to trending topics in health, wellness, and medicine?
    • How can non-medical professionals – in other words, everyday people – stay on top of the kind of work that’s being done at Ponce Research Institute so they can gain a better understanding of how your efforts can benefit their health and well being?

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  • Ponce Health Sciences University Launches Puerto Rico’s Newest MS in School Psychology Program

    Beginning in August, Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU) will offer Puerto Rico’s newest Master of Science (MS) in School Psychology degree.

    Ponce, Puerto Rico (PRUnderground) July 19th, 2017

    Beginning in August, Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU) will offer Puerto Rico’s newest Master of Science (MS) in School Psychology degree.  The program will provide graduates with the education, practical training, and credentials to offer their services as a social worker or psychologist in an elementary school, middle school, high school, or college setting.

    “Every level of public school, by law, must have a certified clinical psychology professional on their staff,” says Dr. Viviana Hoyos, Coordinator of the Health Psychology Program at PHSU.  “There’s a significant need across Puerto Rico for certified school psychology professionals, and PHSU’s new MS in School Psychology program will allow our graduates – upon licensing – to confidently apply for, and competently fill, these important job opportunities.”

    PHSU’s two and a half year MS in School Psychology program is open to students who have a BA in any major from a college or university approved by the Council on Higher Education and 15 credits in psychology coursework.   Enrolled students will have the option of completing a concentration in Neuropsychology (NP) or in Neuroscience of Learning (NSL) as part of their studies.  After earning their degrees, students will be able to seek licensing in Puerto Rico and in most states across America.

    “Students who earn their MS in School Psychology degrees from PHSU and wish to pursue a PsyD in Clinical Psychology will be able to transfer all of their earned credits, as well as apply two and a half years of their schooling, towards these advanced five year degree programs,” says Hoyos.  “PHSU is the first and only medical school in Puerto Rico to make this opportunity available for its MS in School Psychology graduates.”

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    Enrollment is open for the August launch of PHSU’s MS in School Psychology program.  For more information about the admission requirements, the application process, or specific details about the program, contact Dr. Hoyos (787-840-2575 X 2584, vhoyos@psm.edu).

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  • PHSU Neuroscientists Find That Modifying Brain Proteins/Stress Hormones Can Increase PTSD Resiliency

    A team led by Dr. James Porter, Ph.D at Ponce Health Sciences University has found that lowering the FKBP5 protein in the brain can reduce likelihood of developing PTSD.

    Ponce, Puerto Rico (PRUnderground) April 12th, 2017 – A team led by Dr. James Porter, Ph.D., Professor of Basic Sciences at Ponce Health Sciences Universityand Principal Investigator, Neurosciences Division in the Ponce Research Institute (both in Ponce, Puerto Rico), has published research findings which demonstrate that lowering the FKBP5 protein in the brain reduces fear response and enhances the dissipation of that response.  The findings also suggest that lowering FKBP5 in the brain’s ventral medial prefrontal cortex can reduce an individual’s likelihood of developing PTSD after trauma exposure.

    The research paper is titled “Dynamic Expression of FKBP5 in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Regulates Resiliency to Conditioned Fear”, and appears in the April 2017 issue of Learning & Memory (CSH Press).

    “Dr. Porter has done valuable work trying to understand the mechanisms that underlie post traumatic stress and the elimination of their associated ‘bad/aversive’ memories,” says President of Ponce Research Institute and Vice President of Research, Ponce Health Sciences University Dr. Kenira J. Thompson.  “This is extremely relevant given the number of veterans who have been diagnosed with PTSD in the last decade.  Current treatment strategies do not work for all, and any new research in this area is hugely important.”

    Dr. Porter’s research is the first to reveal a number of important findings, including:

    • Stress-hormone (glucocorticoid) signaling in the infralimbic cortex regulates sensitivity to developing PTSD-like behaviors after trauma exposure.
    • Reducing a specific protein (tyrosine kinase EphB2) enhances fear elimination (also known as fear extinction) in adolescent rats. EphB2 is a novel target for enhancing adolescent fear extinction, which is less robust that extinction in adults.  This discovery is noteworthy because children and teens often experience traumatic events that hinder their functioning as adults, in many cases due to these lingering trauma-induced fears. A treatment that could help extinguish those fears would be beneficial for patients.
    • Activation of the immune system can impair fear extinction.  This impairment could be prevented using the angiotensin receptor inhibitor candesartan, which opens the possibility of using similar compounds to treat PTSD particularly in patients with higher levels of inflammation.

    “Scientific dogma suggests that the brain’s infralimbic cortex isn’t altered when conditioned fear is experienced, but our team found that the infralimbic neurons most definitely do undergo changes when such trauma-induced fear occurs,” says Dr. Porter.  “This discovery offers huge insights into the mechanisms that can affect an individual’s likelihood of developing PTSD after being exposed to physical or psychological trauma – whether it occurs during adolescence, in combat, or after witnessing a severely distressing or violent event.”

    Dr. Porter’s research team at the Ponce Research Institute included Dr. Marangelie Criado-Marreo, Dr. Emmanuel Cruz, Roberto J. Morales Silva, Bethzaly Velazquez, Anixa Hernandez, Maria Colon, and Omar Soler-Cedeno.