Héctor A. López Rivera

Héctor A. López-Rivera is an aspiring physician completing his B.S. in Biomedical Sciences, with minors in Psychology and Neuroscience, at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His primary research has been conducted through the Neuro-ID Program at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, where he studied neuroinflammation, memory and learning in rodent models. He has also carried out research fellowships at UT Southwestern Medical Center and the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, exploring neuroprotection and neuroinflammatory signaling from different angles and models. His work connects neuroscience, cognition, and behavior, and he hopes to keep asking those questions as a future neuropsychiatrist.