Rafael Samper-Ternent, MD, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Management, Policy & Community Health at UTHealth Houston. He received his medical degree in Bogota, Colombia in 2004, followed by his PhD in health services research from UTMB in 2012. Dr. Samper-Ternent then returned to clinical practice and completed his residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in geriatrics, in 2016. He returned to UTMB in 2017 and developed a career as a clinician-scientist with the goal of producing evidence that informs interventions that improve well-being of Hispanic older adults and their caregivers. He joined UTHealth Houston in 2022 and his work is focused on adapting evidence-based interventions to improve outcomes of older Hispanics with multiple chronic conditions and dementia and their family caregivers. He also leads the cultural adaptation process of the Patient Priorities Care approach for older Hispanics.