The National Autonomous University of Mexico,is a public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City,and many others in various locations across Mexico,as well as a presence in nine countries. It also has 34 research institutes,26 museums,and 18 historic sites.
Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez is a Mexican psychiatrist,academician and politician who has served as the secretary of foreign affairs since 2024 in the cabinet of Claudia Sheinbaum. He previously served as secretary of health in the cabinet of President Ernesto Zedillo (1994–1999) and as rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) from 1999 to 2007. He is a professor emeritus of Psychiatry at National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and Chairs the Board of the Aspen Institute Mexico. From 18 February 2019 to 13 September 2023 he served as the permanent representative of Mexico to the United Nations.
Miguel Alcubierre Moya is a Mexican theoretical physicist. Alcubierre is known for the proposed Alcubierre drive,a speculative warp drive by which a spacecraft could achieve faster-than-light travel.
Salvador Zubirán Anchondo was one of Mexico's most prominent physicians and nutritionists.
Hashem B. El-Serag is a Palestinian-American physician and medical researcher best known for his research in liver cancer,hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the hepatitis C virus. He serves as the Margaret M. and Albert B. Alkek Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine as well as the co-director of the Texas Medical Center Digestive Disease Center. El-Serag previously served as president of the American Gastroenterological Association and Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Alan H. Goodman is a biological anthropologist and author. He served as president of the American Anthropological Association from 2005 to 2007. With Yolanda Moses,he co-directs the American Anthropological Association's Public Education Project on Race. His teaching,research and writing focuses on understanding how poverty,inequality and racism “get under the skin.”He received his PhD from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Goodman was a pre-doctoral research fellow in stress physiology at the Karolinska Institute,Stockholm and a postdoctoral fellow in international nutrition at the University of Connecticut and the Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition,Mexico.
David Velázquez Fernández is a Mexican surgeon and researcher attached to the Endocrine Surgery and Advanced Laparoscopy at the Department of Surgery of the Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition and with the Clinic of Nutrition,Obesity and Metabolic Disorders at the ABC Medical Center. He studied medicine at the Universidad Veracruzana,and received his doctorate from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm,Sweden.
The National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition "Salvador Zubirán" is one of the twelve national institutes part of the Mexican Secretariat of Health. Its main functions and services include medical research,specialized medical attention and health education for future professionals. It is located in the Tlalpan borough in the south of Mexico City where the main hospitals in the city are located. David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz currently manages the institute.
ZoéAlejandro Robledo Aburto is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
Ifigenia Martha Martínez y Hernández was a Mexican economist,diplomat,and politician who served as the president of the Chamber of Deputies in 2024.
Badri Nath Tandon was an Indian gastroenterologist,hepatologist,medical researcher and academic,and the Chairman and Senior Consultant of Gastroenterology,at Metro Hospitals and Heart Institute,Noida. He is a former Professor and Head of Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences,Delhi (AIIMS) and a former Director and Senior Consultant of Hepatology and Gastroenterology at Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute for Liver,Renal and Digestive Diseases,New Delhi. He is a recipient of several awards including Sasakawa WHO Health Prize and Jubilee Medal of the RAMS. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan,in 1986,for his contributions to medicine.
Jorge Abraham Hazoury Bahlés was a Dominican endocrinologist,diabetologist and humanist. He was the founder of the Ibero-American University (UNIBE).
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo is a Mexican politician,scientist,and academic who has served as the 66th president of Mexico since 1 October 2024,the first woman to hold the office. She previously served as Head of Government of Mexico City from 2018 to 2023.
Jorge Alcocer Varela is a Mexican immunologist,researcher,teacher and healthcare professional. He has served as the head of Secretariat of Health of Mexico,appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador,from 2018 to 2024. As a physician and emeritus researcher at the Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition,Alcocer Varela has served Mexican public health in various capacities for more than 30 years.
Julieta Norma Fierro Gossman,better known as Julieta Fierro,is a Mexican astrophysicist and science communicator. She is a full researcher at the Institute of Astronomy and professor of the Sciences Faculty at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She is part of the Researchers National System in Mexico,holding a level III position. Since 2004 she is a member of the Mexican Academy of Language.
Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez is a Mexican epidemiologist,author,and public health official who has served as head of the Undersecretariat of Prevention and Health Promotion at the Mexican Secretariat of Health since 2018. Since January 2020,he has also been the spokesman and one of the lead members of the federal governments response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.
Ruy López Ridaura is a Mexican epidemiologist,author and infectious diseases expert who has served as head of the National Center for Disease Control and Preventive Programs of the Secretariat of Health of Mexico. Since January 2020,he has been one of the lead members of the task force addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.
Annie Pardo Cemo is a Mexican cell biologist specializing in the study of the extracellular matrix. She is a member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores and received the National Prize for Arts and Sciences in 2023.
Rosaura Ruiz Gutiérrez is a prominent biologist,university professor,researcher,and academic who specializes in the interdisciplinary study of evolutionary theories from scientific,historical,and philosophical perspectives. She is currently serving as the head of the National Council for Humanities,Sciences,and Technologies (CONACYT) of Mexico,appointed on October 1,2024,by President Claudia Sheinbaum.
