Physician, Master in Human Genetics, Doctor in Molecular Biology and Postdoc in Gene and Cell Therapy. Certified by the Mexican Council of Genetics. Senior researcher at the Institute for Obesity Research and the School of Medicine and Health Sciences of Tecnológico de Monterrey. Member of the National System of Researchers Level 3, the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico, and the Mexican Academy of Sciences. Former president of the Mexican Association of Human Genetics and the Latin American Network of Human Genetics. Member of the Membership Engagement Committee of the American Society of Human Genetics.