Rafael
Semper-Ternent, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Sealy Center on Aging
Contact:
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77555-0460
Phone: (409)
Fax: (409)
Email:
rasamper@utmb.edu
Current
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Research Areas
Frailty, cognitive decline
Education
| 2004 |
Ponticifica Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia |
Medicine |
MD |
Funding
Title:
Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Research Training
Fellowship Principal Investigator: Ken Ottenbacher, Ph.D.
Source: DOE/NIDRR
Grant# H133P040003
Period: 2007-current Role: Postdoctoral Fellow
Publications
Samper-Ternent R, Al
Snih S, Raji MA, Markides KS, Ottenbacher KJ. Relationship
Between Frailty and Cognitive Decline in Older Mexican
Americans. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2008;
56(10):1845-1852
Samper-Ternent R, Berges IM, Kuo YF, Ostir
GV. Living Arrangement and Quality Of Life of Patients with
Stroke after Discharge. [Manuscript Submitted – December
2008]
Ottenbacher, KJ, Graham J, Al Snih S, Raji
M, Samper-Ternent R, Ostir GV, Markides KS. Becoming Frail:
Findings from the Hispanic Established Populations
Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (EPESE). [In press
American Journal of Public Health]
Al Snih S, Graham J, Samper-Ternent R, Ray
LA, Markides KS, Ottenbacher KJ. Frailty and incidence of
ADL disability among older Mexican Americans. [Manuscript
Submitted – November 2008]
