Medical Doctor (Univ. de Barcelona) with PhD (Univ. Rovira i Virgili) both in Spain. She works on health and nutrition issues in Mexico, with an innovative and translational approach. Early research promoter. Several international stays. She has held various positions of responsibility (Research Coordinator of a University Centre with more than 17,000 students and more than 500 researchers; Coordinator of the Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition; Head of Department; Sub-Director of Division, among others). Founder of the Doctorate in Translational Nutrition Sciences, the Laboratory of Nutritional Evaluation and the Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics Translational Institute (Univ. of Guadalajara). Member of the National Mexican System of Researchers since 2001. Currently level 3. Editor of the British Journal of Nutrition. Member of the Nutrition Society, the Latin American Society of Nutrition (SLAN), the Mexican Society of Public Health and the Jalisco College of Public Health. She is PRODEP profile (SEP-Mexico) since 2002 and leader of a Consolidated Academic Research Group.