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Universidad de Puerto Rico , Medical Sciences Campus: San Juan, PR

2000-01-01 to present | Professor, Researcher (Graduate programs, School of Health Professions)
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Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez

Universidad Metropolitana: San Juan, PR

1984 to 1998 (Science and Mathematics)
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Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez

Education and qualifications (3)

Instituto de Desarrollo Humano: MAdrid, ES

2015 to 2016 | Master in Universal Values and Ethics
Education
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Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez

University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus Department of Biology: San Juan, PR

1999-12-31 | PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Education
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Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez

Jackson State University: Jackson, Mississippi, US

1983 to 1985 | Master in Radiation Biology and Biochemistry (Biology)
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Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez

Professional activities (1)

American Association For The Advancement of Science: SAn JuAn, Caribbean Division, PR

President, and now member
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Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez

Funding (9)

Hispanic Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research (Alliance)

2020-09-02 to 2025-06-30 | Grant
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: U54GM133807
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Multivariate prediction of prostate Cancer in Puerto Rican and African American Men

2014-07 to 2017 | Grant
National Institutes of Health (MD, MD, US)
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Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez

Puerto Rico Clinical and Translational Research Consortium (PRCTRC)

2010-09-17 to 2020-04-30 | Grant
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: U54MD007587
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Comparative Study of West African Genetic Ancestry and Prostate Cancer

2010 to 2013 | Grant
NIH Office of the Director (MD, MD, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

U54 CA 96300/U54 CA 96297

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Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez

Identification of Prostate Cancer Stage in Hispanics Using Serum Protein Profile

2008-08-08 to 2012-07-31 | Grant
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 5SC3GM084769-04
GRANT_NUMBER: 5SC3GM084769-04
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Identification of Prostate Cancer Stage in Hispanics Using Serum Protein Profile

2008-08-08 to 2012-07-31 | Grant
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: SC3GM084769
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Proteomic Analysis of Sera of Hispanic Patients Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer

2004 to 2027 | Grant
NIH Office of the Director (MD, MD, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

1. NIGMS S06 GM 008224

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Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez

THE 5S RNA GENES OF NEPHILA CLAVIPES

1991-10-01 to present | Grant
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 5F34GM013268-03
GRANT_NUMBER: 5F34GM013268-03
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MBRS-SCORE Program at UPR-Medical Sciences Campus

1985-05-01 to 2009-07-31 | Grant
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: S06GM008224
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Works (15)

Association SNP rs7824364 increases the risk of a positive prostate cancerbiopsy: Results From The Prediction of Prostate Cancer AmongAfrican American and Puerto Rican Men (POPCAP) Study.

AUA
2020-05-06 | Conference abstract
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Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez

Impact of FTO SNPs rs9930506 and rs9939609 in Prostate Cancer Severity in a Cohort of Puerto Rican Men.

Archives in cancer research
2017-08-22 | Journal article
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Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez
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Genetic ancestry and prostate cancer susceptibility SNPs in Puerto Rican and African American men.

The Prostate
2017-05-24 | Journal article
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Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez
grade
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Abstract B67: FTO and APO SNPs Impact Prostate Cancer Severity and Risk in Puerto Rican Men

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
2017-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Margarita Irizarry Ramírez; Jorge Rodríguez Cabán; Jeannette Salgado Montilla; Beatriz Zayas; Nicole Serrant
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Association of serum lipid levels and prostate cancer severity among Hispanic Puerto Rican men.

Lipids in health and disease
2015-09-17 | Journal article
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Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez
grade
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Abstract 4836: Presence of FTO rs9939609 and rs9930506 and severity of prostate cancer in Puerto Ricans

Cancer Research
2015-08-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Jeannette Salgado-Montilla; Jorge Rodríguez-Caban; Lorena Gonzalez-Sepulveda; Ricardo Sanchez-Ortiz; Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez
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Abstract 3619: Severity of prostate cancer and socioeconomic status in Hispanics in Puerto Rico.

Cancer Research
2013-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Margarita Irizarry Ramirez; Jeannette Salgado; Marievelisse Soto; Curtis Pettaway; Erick Suarez; Mario Quintero; Lourdes Guerrios; Ricardo Sanchez-Ortiz
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Abstract 672: Diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for prostate cancer progression after radical prostatectomy in an Hispanic population

Cancer Research
2012-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Lourdes Guerrios; Cynthia Perez; Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez; Stephen Freedland
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Body mass index affects the diagnosis and progression of prostate cancer in Hispanics.

Ethnicity & disease
2010-01-01 | Journal article
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Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez

Biotechnology in Puerto Rico: Educational and Ethical Implications

ETHOS Gubernamenta
2008 | Journal article
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Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez

Upregulation of EphA3 receptor after spinal cord injury.

Journal of neurotrauma
2005-08-01 | Journal article
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Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez
grade
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Myosin II is important for maintaining regulated secretion and asymmetric localization of chitinase 1 in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
2003-01-01 | Journal article
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Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez
grade
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Upregulation of EphA receptor expression in the injured adult rat spinal cord.

Cell transplantation
2002-01-01 | Journal article
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Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez

Increased expression of SWE1 mRNA suggests an activation of a morphogenesis checkpoint in type-II myosin deficient Saccharomyces cerevisiae”

Nature Biotec
2000 | Journal article
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Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez

The formation of strand breaks in DNA after high-LET irradiation: a comparison of data from in vitro and cellular systems.

International journal of radiation biology
1990-07-01 | Journal article
PMID: 1973440
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Margarita Irizarry-Ramirez