UTMB Center of Excellence for Professional Advancement and Research COEPAR

Assistant Dean, Student Affairs, John Sealy School of Medicine
PI, Center of Excellence for Professional Advancement and Research

Dr. Pérez Raifaisen received her medical degree from the Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico and completed her residency training in PM&R at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, and began her clinical service in Monterrey, Mexico. She returned to Houston to complete her doctorate in public health at the University of Texas – Houston School of Public Health, Houston.

She is the Assistant Dean, Student Affairs, and the Principal Investigator for the federally funded UTMB Center of Excellence for Professional Advancement and Research. She holds faculty position as an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine – Geriatric and Adjunct Associate Professor of Population Health and Health Disparities. Dr. Perez Raifaisen has served students, residents, and junior faculty as a career advisor, mentor and career success coach. She has over 20 years of experience attracting and recruiting promising students and faculty into medicine and other health care careers and has served in all capacities of the admissions process. She has many years of experience providing professional advancement opportunities to underserved junior faculty. She has been successful in being awarded state and federal grant funds to support undergraduate, medical student, and junior faculty training programs. She is also known for introducing and creating academic opportunities to all students, Spanish clinical experiences through the creation of the Bilingual Health Scholarly Concentration. As the PI of the Center of Excellence, she will lead the $2.74M center and pilot programs and activities with the intent of providing additional resources for underserved populations and increase representation in healthcare to mirror the population they serve.

Assistant Dean for Doctorate Foundational Curriculum 
Professor 
Director, PhD Program
Research Core Lead 

https://www.utmb.edu/spph 

https://www.utmb.edu/spph/research/health-services 

Assistant Dean, Admissions & Recruitment-John Sealy School of Medicine 
Assistant Professor,  Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Population Health and Health Disparities- School of Population and Public Health
Premedical Core Lead  

Dr. Banks serves as Co-Investigator and Premedical Lead for outreach and pathway programs to assist premed applicants from underserved and disadvantaged backgrounds.

https://www.utmb.edu/som/admissions-information/outreach-pathway-programs/welcome  

Professional Advancement Core Lead

Dr. Campbell serves as Co-Investigator and Professional Advancement Lead for the Center of Excellence, working with early career faculty to promote their success and advancement in academic medicine.