Full Professor, Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of México (UNAM). PhD and Master's in Experimental Medicine (CINVESTAV-IPN, México). Postdoctoral training (University of Texas, Houston Science Center at Houston in Infectious diseases, Houston Texas, USA, 2001, 2004). Visiting Professor (University of Florence, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Florence, Italy, 2003, 2004). My work focuses on understanding the relationship between the microbiota-oral-intestinal axis in cardiovascular diseases and its relationship with inflammation, as well as in different pathological disorders such as oral cancer and oral diseases. Additionally, another line of research of interest is the study of protein phosphatases of parasites such as Entamoeba histolytica and Leishmania and the study of the participation of these enzymes in the signaling pathways of the host cell. Support of research projects awarded by competition: 12 projects. Member of the Mexican Society of Parasitology, the Mexican Society of Biochemistry, the Mexican Society of Infectiology and member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences.