Research Centers in Minority Institutions Consortium National Conference
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Guillermo N. Armaiz-Pena, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Basic Sciences (Pharmacology), Chair of Biomedical Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, Researcher in the Cancer Biology, Mental Health and Women’s Health divisions
Ponce Health Sciences University
RCMI Program: Addressing Health Disparities- Pilot Project (G12MD007579) 04/01/2016 -03/31/2018 “ADRB2- expressing macrophages: fuel for adrenergic-induced ovarian cancer growth.”

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