Dr. Veronica Zaga-Clavellina is the principal investigator of the Laboratory of Immunology of the Fetal-Placental unit in the Department of Physiology and Cellular Development at Instituto Nacional de Perinatología. Since 2005, she is conducting biomedical research related to the capacities of extra-embryonic human tissues to respond against different immunological challenges that vulnerate the gestation process. Her research interest focuses mainly on the role of immunomodulatory molecules such as Prolactin, Galectins, and Progesterone to protect the placenta and fetal membranes from inflammation. Dr. Zaga-Clavellina received her Ph. D. degree in Biological Sciences in 2004 and was a Postdoctoral fellow in Reproductive Immunology in the School of Medicine at the University of Kansas in 2008. Currently, Dr. Zaga's 50 papers have been cited 760 times, holding an h-index of 17. Since 2020, she has been awarded the distinction of National Research Level 2 by the National Council of Science and Technology.