Institute of Health Sciences

Dr. Octavio Alejandro Jimenez Garza

Dr. Octavio Alejandro Jimenez Garza

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Bachelor's Degree in Nursing and Obstetrics from the University of Guanajuato, Master's Degree in Sciences with a Specialty in Pharmacology (CINVESTAV), Doctor in Medical Sciences, Postdoctoral stay at the Harvard University School of Public Health. He has supervised 7 undergraduate theses, 7 specialty theses, 3 Master's theses and one PhD thesis. H index of 8, with more than 230 citations. Referee of international journals in the field of toxicology and environmental health, invited lecturer at Universities in Ecuador, Italy, Belgium and Spain; with active research collaborations with the Schools of Nursing of the Universities of Miami (USA) and Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Madrid, Spain), as well as with the Department of Public Health of the University of Padua (Italy) and with the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health of the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium). Member of the Thematic Network of Children's Environmental Health (CONACyT, Mexico). Speaker in more than 20 international congresses. Winner of research awards for undergraduate and doctoral degree work.