Dr. Pérez Hernández is a professor in the Department of Mathematics of the University of Puerto Rico, at Río Piedras. Her research is carried out in the area of Bayesian Statistics and its applications in Biology and Medicine. Dr. Pérez is the author or co-author of more than 40 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and has participated in various research and training projects financed by government institutions, in several cases as a principal investigator or co-principal investigator.