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The Biomedical Research Education Program (BREP) with the assistance of the Elohim School of Caguas sponsored a Community Outreach Exhibit at the Santa Rosa Mall in Bayamón, Puerto Rico on April 16, 2005.

Ms. Iris Zambrana, Principal at Elohim School and Dr. Abe Schwartz, Co-Investigator of the
Biomedical Research Education Program of Puerto Rico during the community event.

SEPA "Project Introductions and Poster Highlights" where all 63 program directors had an opportunity to present their program.

Scientist Ivy Medina shares with science teachers during the workshop

The BREP program in collaboration with Pfizer Inc. organized a special workshop for science teachers focusing on the importance of incorporating the scientific method in the science classroom. The workshop entitled “Integrating Research into the Science Classroom” was held at the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus on January 27, 2005.

The activity was organized under the leadership of science teachers: Ms. Carmen Fernández Repollet,
Ms. Evelyn Rodríguez Maldonado, and Ms. Alma Sánchez Rivera

The Elohim School of Caguas conducted an Art Fair during the month of November 2004; the fair theme was the Circulatory System. Students presented art projects that included pictures, drawings, and sculptures of the circulatory system.

Dr. Carlos A. Tollinche, Former President; Lic. Rafael A. Ortiz Díaz, President Colegio de Químicos de Puerto Rico;
Dr. Emma Fernández-Repollet, Principal Investigator of the Puerto Rico Biomedical Research Education Program
and Dr. Abe Schwartz; Co-Investigator of the Puerto Rico Biomedical Research Education Program.

Dr. Carlos A. Tollinche, Former President; Lic. Rafael A. Ortiz Díaz, President Colegio de Químicos de Puerto Rico;
Dr. Emma Fernández-Repollet, Principal Investigator of the Puerto Rico Biomedical Research Education Program
and Dr. Abe Schwartz; Co-Investigator of the Puerto Rico Biomedical Research Education Program.

Present at this training were 26 science teachers from 14 different Intermediate Schools from the Puerto Rico
Department Education. Principal Investigator Dr. Emma Fernández-Repollet with the teachers.