RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS

RECOGNITIONS IN MEDICAL SCHOOL:

-Academic Excellence Award extended by Universidad Anáhuac School of Medicine, Universidad Anáhuac Office of Academic Affairs and Alumni Society. (Dec 2003).

 -Editorial Comment summarizing my trajectory and profound interest in Cancer Research in the section of Alumni Leadership of the Universidad Anáhuac Magazine and Website written by the Dean of Medical School (2005) www.anahuac.mx/medicina/noticias.86.html  Incomplete note on: http://www.anahuac.mx/medicina/boletin/boletin.200502.html

RESEARCH AWARDS:

Second  place poster contest. Apoptosis in Colon Cancer Cells induced by Cisplatin but not by 5FU dependes on Omi serine protease activity" “Congreso Internacional de Oncología”, April 2006. Sociedad Mexicana de Oncología. Monterrey Mexico.

First place with the project: Integral Calculus for Solving Biological Problems “Carl Friedrich Gauss Mathematics Fair”, April 1998. Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores  de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico City.

 First place with the project: Pollution as a Cause of Cancer in Mexico City      “Science Fair 1996”. Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico City.

 

AWARD NOT RELATED TO RESEARCH:

First place at the Contest of “Public Speaking and Communication Diploma”, 1998. Vox SpeiA.C. CISLE Centro de Investigación sobre la Libre Empresa A.C. Mexico City.

SCHOLARSHIPS

RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS:

CONACYT (Mexican Commission of Science and Technology) PhD Full Scholarship (2007- )

 Bruce and Betty Alberts Endowed Scholarship in Physiology 2006  MBL Physiology at Woods Hole

Burroughs Wellcome Fund-Physiology Course 2006

“Medical Social Service in Research 2003-2004” (sixth year of Medical School)  Highly selective program in research, sponsored by the Mexican Ministry of Health  (program available to less than 1% of 6th year medical students in Mexico). Molecular Biology Laboratory, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología. Mexico City.

"MD Anderson Cancer Center Summer Research Program for Medical Students 2001” provided by the Office of Academic Affairs of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston Texas.

 COURSE SCHOLARSHIPS:

 MBL Woodshole travel grant for  poster  presention at  American Society for Cell Biology San Diego 2006

     Bioinformatics Course.  Sponsor by Wellcome Trust UK.  Organized by: Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica,  Sanger Institute and Cold Spring Harbor Oct 2006. Mexico City

    “  International Practical and Theoretical Course on Genomic Proteomics and Bioinformatics” Organized by European Molecular Biology Organization  Sponsored by UNESCO (October 2005 in Santiago de Chile)

  Hematology and Medical Oncology Board Review. (Intensive course designed as a review to last year Medical Oncology Residents) UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. (October, 2004 in Houston Texas)