Edgar M. Vasquez-Garibay has been a Full-time Professor at the Institute of Human Nutrition at the Health Sciences University Centre of the University of Guadalajara (UDG) since 1995. He is a Medical Doctor (UDG, 1972) and a Paediatrician (UNAM, 1977) and was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Paediatric Nutrition (University of Iowa, 1981 to 1983). He has an MA and MSc in Medical Sciences (UDG, 1995) and a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences (UDG, 2001). He was a coordinator of the MA programme in Human Nutrition (1999 to 2011) and is the director of the Institute of Human Nutrition (1995 to present). He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, Mexican Academy of Pediatrics, American Society for Nutrition, Latin American Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, and Latin American Society for Nutrition. He is also a member of the National System of Investigators (Level 2). His research interests are nutrition in vulnerable groups, malnutrition syndrome, and human lactation.