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Dr. Yancy Ferrer-Acosta – Research Project Leader and featured papers

Meet Dr. Yancy Ferrer-Acosta, Research Project Leader at the Puerto Rico Center for Microbiome Sciences. Explore her featured research papers below.

Featured Papers

Insights from Epilepsy Healthcare Providers Amid a Neurologist Shortage during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Hernández-Márquez, G. C., Suárez, M., Pérez-Rivera, E., Gilman, C., Pérez-Laras, L., Delgado, Y., & Ferrer-Acosta, Y. (2026). Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal, 45(3), 187–192.

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An In Vitro Model to Study Drugs That Affect Macrophage Adhesion to Murine Brain Endothelial Cells After Proinflammatory Insults of LPS and Pilocarpine

Rivera-Rivera, A. J., Gracia-Ayala, P. N., Velázquez Pulliza, A. L., Martins, A. H., & Ferrer-Acosta, Y. (2026). Bio-protocol, 16(18), e5825.

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