The integration of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) careers is essential to reduce the digital divide between men and women, said today the main executive officer of the Trust for Science, Technology and Research of Puerto Rico, Lucy Crespo , during the first edition of the Women Economic Forum (WEF) focused on the Caribbean, which is being held this week on the island.

As part of the efforts to promote economic, technological and employment development on the island parallel18, organization of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust (FCTIPR), launches a tool in which students, freelancers and professionals in general They will be able to enter their information and submit their resume to be part of a robust database that will be available to the more than 300 companies that belong to the accelerator programs.

Acceso al estudio: https://redcap.psm.edu/surveys/?s=ADHK8PN7D8 

Una investigación de la doctora Idhaliz Flores, bióloga molecular en la Ponce Health Sciences University, busca encuestar, al menos, a 500 mujeres para determinar si el COVID-19 ha tenido un efecto en su salud menstrual.

“Fue un cúmulo de muchas cosas las que llevan a uno a verse en ese hoyo negro donde uno cae”. Así describió Juan Ortiz su batalla contra la depresión durante la pandemia de COVID-19. “La cosa es que uno va cayendo lentamente y no se da cuenta que uno está ahí”, agregó.