"Dr. Fausto Sánchez Muñoz, born in Mexico City in 1976, has been a Principal Researcher at the National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chávez since 2009 (formerly in the Department of Physiology). He earned his Ph.D. in Biological and Health Sciences from the Autonomous Metropolitan University in 2011 and completed postdoctoral research at the National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN). With extensive academic and mentorship experience, his research lines focus on the biological and clinical significance of dysregulated inflammatory mediators and non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, immunonutrition physiology, and animal models of pulmonary arterial hypertension. He is a Level 2 member of the National System of Researchers (SNII-SECIHTI), Mexico."