Efrén Murillo Zamora is a Medical Epidemiologist (University of Colima, Mexico), Master of Health Sciences (National Institute of Public Health of Mexico), and Doctor of Medical Sciences (University of Colima). He currently works as a Full-Time Researcher at the Clinical Epidemiology Research Unit (Mexican Social Security Institute) in Villa de Álvarez, Mexico. His research interests include the epidemiology of respiratory viral pathogens with pandemic potential, social and environmental epidemiology, and health metrics.