Puerto Rico Observational Study of Psychosocial, Environmental, and Chronic Disease Trends
The Puerto Rico Observational Study of Psychosocial, Environmental, and Chronic Disease Trends (PROSPECT) examines health determinants that may contribute to Puerto Ricans’ high, unexplained risk of chronic disease, with the goal of developing policies and programs that will improve public health.
998 Ave. Luis Muñoz Rivera
San Juan, PR 00927
Puerto Rico, US
Our Team
Principal Investigator
Donald and Sue Pritzker Associate Professor of Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Ave, Boston MA 02115
Email: jmattei@hsph.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-432-3017 Areas of interest: Nutritional Epidemiology, Cardiometabolic Health, Allostatic Load, Psychosocial Factors, Minority Health, Mixed Methods Research, Dietary Interventions
Co-Investigators
Sebastien Haneuse, PhD
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Areas of interest: Epidemiology
José F. Rodríguez-Orengo, PhD
FDI Clinical Research
Areas of interest: Biochemical Pharmacology and Nutrition, Public Health Policy
Edna Acosta-Pérez, PhD, MSc
University of Puerto Rico
Areas of interest: Health Disparities
Carlos Ríos-Bedoya, ScD, MPH
Michigan State University
Areas of interest: Quantitative epidemiology
Katherine L. Tucker, PhD
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Areas of interest: Nutritional Epidemiology
Luis M. Falcón, PhD
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Areas of interest: Social Networks, Depression, Stress
Robert C. Kaplan, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
robert.kaplan@einstein.yu.edu Areas of interest: Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Health Disparities
Staff- Puerto Rico Team
Sigrid Mendoza Sánchez, PhD –Principal Project Coordinator
FDI Clinical Research
smendoza@fdipr.com; smendoza@hsph.harvard.edu
Phone: 787-722-1248 Ext. 246
Areas of interest: Social and Community Psychology, Social Determinants of Health Related to Gender and CVD risk, Sexuality and Health, Minority Research
Jonathan Orozco-González, BA – Data Coordinator
FDI Clinical Research
Phone: 787-722-1248
Areas of interest: Gerontology, Community Services, Drug Addiction, Pharmacology, Business
Karla Medina, MS – Assistant Coordinator
FDI Clinical Research
kmedina@hsph.harvard.edu; kmedina@fdipr.com
Phone: (787) 309-9941
Areas of interest: Molecular Biology, Immunology, Social Determinants Related to Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes Research
Staff- Boston team
Elizbeth Petit, MPH- Data Manager
Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Martha Tamez, ScD, MS –Postdoctoral Research Data Analyst
Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Phone: 857-272 3619
Areas of interest: Nutritional Epidemiology in Hispanics/Latinos, Traditional Diets, Diet Quality, Cardiovascular Disease
Abrania Marrero, PhD, SM – Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
amarrerohernandez@fas.harvard.edu Areas of interest: Nutrition, Climate Change, Food Sovereignty, Traditional Food Cultures, Cardiometabolic Disease, Small Island Developing States
Consultants and Collaborators- Current Projects
Andrés Calle, MS
CEO-Founder of AppLivio Company
Phone: 939-545-0097
Areas of interest: Healthcare Management Systems
Jerrold S. Meyer, PhD – Stress Biomarkers/Hair Cortisol Laboratory
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Phone: 413-545-2168
Areas of interest: Accumulation of the stress hormone cortisol in growing hair and nails as a biomarker of long-term activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical
Andrea Lopez-Cepero, PhD
Emory University
andrea.a.lopez-cepero@emory.edu
Areas of Interest: Behavior and Health, Cardiometabolic Diseases, Health Disparities, Nutrition
Mayra Estrella, PhD
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
Areas of Interest: Psychosocial factors related to cognitive and brain health; Resilience and cognitive research
Jose Ordovas
Tufts University
jose.ordovas@tufts.edu Areas of Interest: Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Consultants and Collaborators- Previous Projects
Charmaine Alfonso, RD, EdD– Nutritionist
College of Nutritionists and Dietitians of Puerto Rico
Phone: 787-644-8210
Areas of interest: Nutrition, Data Analysis
Patrick Vinck, PhD – Natural Disaster Response
Research Director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Assistant Professor, Global Health and Population, Harvard Chan School of Public Health; Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Lead Investigator at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Phone: 617-384-8368
Areas of interest: Resilience to Disasters, Conflict and Health, and Technology and the Ethics of Data
Research Assistants
To be updated