School of Health and Science

Student Associations

• American Chemical Society (ACS) ae.acs@sagrado.edu
• American Medical Student Association (AMSA) ae.amsa@sagrado.edu
• Nursing Students Association ae.enfermeria@sagrado.edu
• Association of Social Work Students (AETS) ae.trabajosocial@sagrado.edu
• Association of Women Students in Science (AEMC) ae.mujeresenciencias@sagrado.edu
• Pre-Veterinary Association ae.preveterinaria@sagrado.edu
• Student Chapter of Microbiology ae.microbiologia@sagrado.edu
• Medlife Sagrado ae.medlife@sagrado.edu
• Society of Biology ae.biologia@sagrado.edu

Student achievements, success stories and graduates

• Fernando Gonzáles: (Chemistry) PhD Analytical Chemistry UPR currently works at the Food and Drug Administration in Post Doctorate
• Juan Santana: (Chemistry) PhD in Theoretical Physical Chemistry from UPR; did Post Doctorate in Germany
• Richard Kinch: (Chemistry) is currently completing his PhD and already has a Master of Science in Chemistry from UPR
• Miosotys Vega: (Chemistry) is a licensed pharmacist
• Cynthia Pérez: (Mathematics) PhD, Professor of Epidemiology at the Graduate School of Public Health of the Medical Sciences Campus
• Zaida Gracia (Mathematics) Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs for Central and South American Projects, and Director of Special Projects, Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering, Texas Tech University
• Damaris Torres: (Mathematics) Biostatistician and clinical researcher
• Arturo Géigel: (mathematics) He has worked in the security field for the past 15 years and in computer forensics for the past 9 years. He has advised the Chief Information Officer at OGP
• Alfredo Casta: (Computer Science) President of Cascades Technologies, based in Virginia. He received his Master's degree from George Washington University. He is a contractor for several federal government agencies, including the Department of Labor and the Department of Defense. He has visited Sagrado on several occasions to give talks to our students to encourage them to achieve their goals. He was a Distinguished Alumnus of Sagrado in 2009.
• Michael Jimenez: (Computer Science) President of Assertus; currently his company awarded six scholarships to Computer Science students from SagradoMichael started his billing company with a project for Prof. Doribel Rodriguez's Database Design course. From there he founded his first billing company, which he eventually sold to EVERTEC and then founded Assertus, together with another former student of the Business Administration Department, José Lázaro.
• Fabio Rodríguez: (Computer Science) He is Senior Director of Database Business Development for Oracle's Latin American division. He visited Sagrado last year to talk to Computer Science students about his career and also about Oracle.
• Nelson Tavera: (Computer Science) President of Dataworks Consulting Group, contractor for the PR government and private companies. He visited Sagrado to talk to Computer Science students about his career.
• José Pérez Bobadilla and Denisse Vadell: (Computer Science) Married couple, both former students, owners of SDT Advanced Training Systems; José is a part-time teacher at Sagrado in the area of ​​Networks and Computer Architecture. They specialize in computer education for companies in and outside PR, and in online education.
• Jorge Nazario: (Computer Science) Founder and CEO of CEG Soft, a software development company for contributions. He holds an MBA from Tulane University.
• Manuel Guzmán Serrano: (Biology), Clinical Cardiologist and Professor at the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences Campus, UPR
• Inea García (General Natural Sciences with a minor in Chemistry); Master's in Molecular Biotechnology; is a microbiologist at Eqlab
• Melvin Hernandez: (Biology) dentist
• Giancarlo Canales: (Computing) works at Leidos (federal government contractors in the areas of health, national security and engineering) as a research scientist/engineer, his research area is security and cryptography, in Virginia
• Gonzalo V. Gonzalez-Stawinski, MD: Cardiothoracic surgeon at Baylor University College of Medicine
• Andrés Colón Pérez (Computing) worked in the Office of Management and Budget, the CIO Office of the Executive Branch, and the Legislative Branch. He currently serves in the S. Digital Service at the White House.
• María Fernanda Montiel: (Biology), completed her PhD, has distinguished herself as a researcher in the area of ​​biochemistry

Other student achievements

• Leilani Lotti conducted research and presentations sponsored by the American Chemical Society during the summer of 2015 in Hannover, Germany; in the summer of 2014 she did research at the University of Massachusetts; in the summer of 2016 she did research at the University of Oregon.
• Adolfo Rodríguez, Boston, Chile, Ohio, Texas, Chile, California: different research and presentations on identification and monitoring of desert species, mangrove ecosystems, chemistry, among others
• Several students participated in research in topics such as wind energy and health sciences and nutrition at Texas Tech University in the summers of 2013, 2014 and 2015.
• Several students have participated in research opportunities at the Río Piedras Campus and the UPR Medical Sciences Campus
• Students Michael Rivera and Joseph Guevara participated in Biotechnology research projects at Mass Bay Community College in 2012-13.
• Students Krystel Ocasio, Leilani Lotti and Yaileen García presented the research project: Empirical Model of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC) using Scilab; in the Justas Efienergéticas 2016 Competition sponsored by the Senate of PR and C3Tec, moving on to the final phase of the competition, whose award ceremony will be on April 22, 2016 at the Capitol.
• Several students have presented their research work in forums such as the Puerto Rico Water and Environment Association (PRWEA) 2014 Annual Convention (May 2014) and the Junior Technical Meeting (annually).
• A group of students presented the research of the Caño Martín Peña at the Ninth Symposium Frontiers on Environmental Microbiology at the University of Turabo; they also presented on April 14 at the Planeta Digital Fair organized by Ms. Ada Monzón at Plaza Las Américas.