Teaching & Mentoring
Teaching & mentoring
Teaching is where research methodology becomes a habit of mind. I have led courses in epidemiology, biostatistics, systematic reviews, and scientific writing, and advised graduate theses in epidemiology and public health.
Teaching
Instructional Student Assistant, PH 623: Epidemiological Methods
School of Public Health, San Diego State University. Supporting instruction under Dr. Heather Pines.
Foundations of the Immune System
Guest lecture, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas. A two-hour session taught annually for five consecutive years.
Research Methodology and Statistics for Health Sciences Research
Course lead, endorsed by the Education Department of the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER). 38 hours.
Systematic Reviews in Health Sciences
Course lead, endorsed by INER. 40 hours.
Research Methodology
Course lead, endorsed by INER. 20 hours.
Scientific Writing
Taught within the medical specialty in epidemiology, Dirección General de Epidemiología (DGE). 20 hours.
Research methodology, problem prioritization, and logical framework
Theoretical and practical workshops in the epidemiology specialty, DGE. 20 hours.
Thesis advising & mentoring
Luis Eduardo Hernández Olvera
Cost-effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis in reducing new HIV cases in Mexico City, 2021-2022.
Specialty thesis in Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, UNAM.
Noé Hernández Valdivia
Spatial analysis of malaria transmission in Chiapas and its relationship to epidemiologic, demographic, and social characteristics, 2016-2021.
Specialty thesis in Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, UNAM.
Samuel Ehécatl Schulz Medina
Role of the stage of infection in the transmission dynamics of the HIV genetic network in the metropolitan area of Mexico City, 2021-2022. Graduated with honorable mention; the work was later published.
Specialty thesis in Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, UNAM.
Juan Carlos Anguiano Velázquez
Design proposal for the ELSSA strategy of the Mexican Institute of Social Security.
Master of Public Health thesis, Escuela de Salud Pública de México.
Medical doctors in University Service in Research
Mentored three generations of research-service physicians (fall 2021, fall 2022, spring 2023).
Bachelor's dissertation synod
Served as synod for a bachelor-degree dissertation with a real patient, Medical School, UNAM.
Science communication
Beyond formal courses, I like making research feel less distant. I built a blog on research methodology for upper-level students, with the motto "closer to science," and another on technology in education, gathering the basics of study design, research protocols, and epidemiological methods in plain language.