On May 2007, I obtained the master’s degree in Medical Sciences and Biotechnology, at Tecnologico de Monterrey, in Monterrey, NL, México.
Later, I pursued a second Master of Sciences and a Doctoral degree, focused on Molecular Medicine applied to Oxidative Stress and Bio Protection, both at CEU-Universidad San Pablo, Madrid Spain, completed in 2013, with Cum Laude
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Obtained my M.D. Degree with honors at Universidad de Monterrey, in February 1982. Then, I pursued the Medical Residency in Pediatrics and obtained the degree of Specialist in Pediatrics in 1990, granted by Universidad Autónoma de NL, also in Monterrey, NL, México. Later, I completed the Fellowship in Neonatology and obtained the degree of Specialists in Neonatology, by Universidad de Monterrey, in 2004
Lavariega JC; Garza R; Gómez LG; Lara-Diaz VJ; Silva-Cavazos MJ, 2020, 'EEMI - An Electronic Health Record for Pediatricians', in Data Analytics in Medicine, IGI Global, pp. 614 - 628, http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1204-3.ch034
Book Chapters | 2020
Lavariega JC; Garza R; Gómez LG; Lara-Diaz VJ; Silva-Cavazos MJ, 2020, 'EEMI – An Electronic Health Record for Pediatricians', in Virtual and Mobile Healthcare, IGI Global, pp. 249 - 264, http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9863-3.ch012
Book Chapters | 2019
Lavariega JC; Garza R; Gómez LG; Lara-Diaz VJ; Silva-Cavazos MJ, 2019, 'EEMI - An Electronic Health Record for Pediatricians: Adoption Barriers, Services and Use in Mexico', in Data Analytics in Medicine Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications, pp. 614 - 628, http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1204-3.ch034
Book Chapters | 2019
Lavariega JC; Garza R; Gómez LG; Lara-Diaz VJ; Silva-Cavazos MJ, 2019, 'EEMI-An electronic health record for pediatricians: Adoption barriers, services and use in Mexico', in Virtual and Mobile Healthcare Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, pp. 249 - 264, http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9863-3.ch012
Journal articles | 2025
De Luca D; Modi N; Davis P; Kusuda S; de Wildt SN; Keszler M; Abbas-Hanif A; Juul SE; Turner M; Pillow JJ; Robertson N; Sanchez-Luna M; Tingay DG; Benachi A; Bustreo F; Ianiro G; Hanson M; Deprest J; De Coppi P; van den Hoogen A; Tarnow-Mordi W; Zanin A; Oei JL; Zhang H; Lara-Diaz VJ; Tooke L; Flori H; Ricciardi W; Abman SH, 2025, 'The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Commission on the future of neonatology', Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 9, pp. 578 - 612, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00106-3
Journal articles | 2025
Sánchez-Salguero ES; Prieto-Chávez JL; García-Alonso CA; Lampousi AM; Alcorta-García MR; Lara-Diaz VJ; López-Villaseñor CN; Brunck MEG, 2025, 'Maternal obesity associates with altered humoral immunity in blood and colostrum', Mucosal Immunology, 18, pp. 491 - 499, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mucimm.2025.01.007
Journal articles | 2024
Rodriguez-Orduña L; Lara-Diaz VJ; Alcorta-Garcia MR; Lopez-Villaseñor CN; Licona-Cassani C, 2024, 'Genome sequences of 70 multidrug-resistant Gram-negative isolates in high-risk neonates in the Northeast of Mexico', Microbiology Resource Announcements, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.00274-24
Journal articles | 2022
Piñeiro-Salvador R; Vazquez-Garza E; Cruz-Cardenas JA; Licona-Cassani C; García-Rivas G; Moreno-Vásquez J; Alcorta-García MR; Lara-Diaz VJ; Brunck MEG, 2022, 'A cross-sectional study evidences regulations of leukocytes in the colostrum of mothers with obesity', BMC Medicine, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02575-y
Journal articles | 2021
Gonzalez-Nunez A; Garcia-Solis P; Ramirez-Garcia SG; Flores-Ramirez G; Vela-Amieva M; Lara-Diaz VJ; Rojas-Martinez A, 2021, 'High iodine urinary concentration is associated with high tsh levels but not with nutrition status in schoolchildren of northeastern Mexico', Nutrients, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13113975
Journal articles | 2021
Klingenberg C; Tembulkar SK; Lavizzari A; Roehr CC; Ehret DEY; Vain NE; Mariani GL; Erdeve O; Lara-Diaz VJ; Velaphi S; Cheong HK; Bisht SS; Waheed KAI; Stevenson AG; Al-Kafi N; Roue JM; Barrero-Castillero A; Molloy EJ; Zupancic JAF; Profit J, 2021, 'COVID-19 preparedness—a survey among neonatal care providers in low- and middle-income countries', Journal of Perinatology, 41, pp. 988 - 997, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41372-021-01019-4
Journal articles | 2018
Lopez-Sanchez RDC; Lara-Diaz VJ; Aranda-Gutierrez A; Martinez-Cardona JA; Hernandez JA, 2018, 'HPLC Method for Quantification of Caffeine and Its Three Major Metabolites in Human Plasma Using Fetal Bovine Serum Matrix to Evaluate Prenatal Drug Exposure', Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry, 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2085059
Journal articles | 2017
Castilla-Cortazar I; De Ita JR; Aguirre GA; García-Magariño M; Martín-Estal I; Lara-Diaz VJ; Elizondo MI, 2017, 'Growth hormone insensitivity: Mexican case report.', Endocrinol Diabetes Metab Case Rep, 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EDM-17-0126
Journal articles | 2017
Lara-Diaz V; Castilla-Cortazar I; Martín-Estal I; García-Magariño M; Aguirre G; Puche J; de la Garza R; Morales L; Muñoz U, 2017, 'IGF-1 modulates gene expression of proteins involved in inflammation, cytoskeleton, and liver architecture', Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry, 73, pp. 245 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13105-016-0545-x
Journal articles | 2016
Lavariega JC; Garza R; Gómez LG; Lara-Diaz VJ; Silva-Cavazos MJ, 2016, 'EEMI - An electronic health record for pediatricians: Adoption barriers, services and use in Mexico', International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics, 11, pp. 57 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/IJHISI.2016070104
Preprints | 2025
Gámez-Valdez JS; Corona-Cervantes K; Sanchez-Salguero ES; Alcorta-García MR; Lopez-Villaseñor CN; Carballo-Castañeda RA; Moreno-Ulloa A; Lara-Diaz VJ; Brunck MEG; Licona-Cassani C, 2025, Analysis of human colostrum reveals differential co-occurrence networks of metabolites, microbiota and cytokines in maternal obesity, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.27.645789
Preprints | 2021
Piñeiro-Salvador R; Vazquez-Garza E; Cruz-Cardenas JA; Licona-Cassani C; de Jesús García-Rivas G; Moreno-Vásquez J; Alcorta-García MR; Lara-Diaz VJ; Brunck MEG, 2021, Insights into the trafficking of human leukocytes to colostrum evidences a modulation of the B lymphocyte compartment in obesity, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.19.469333
I am founder member and past-president of Sociedad de Neonatología del Estado de NL, AC; Current member of Federación Nacional de Neonatología de México, AC; past-president and counselor for Consejo Mexicano de Certificación en Pediatría, Sección Neonatología AC; full member of Academia Mexicana de Pediatría AC; and member of Conacyt National Researchers Council (Level I).
I am in active clinical practice, strongly involved in translational medical research and postgraduate medical teaching.
I have conducted 18 medical specialty and 5 Clinical Sciences doctoral theses at Tec de Monterrey affiliated programs.
Since 2014, I have been part of Institutional Review Boards in Mexico.
My Teaching
From 1988 to October 2003 I was Associate Professor of Pediatrics and later of Pediatrics and Neonatology, at Hospital Conchita, affiliated to Escuela de Medicina of Universidad de Monterrey.
Since February 2006 I was Professor at Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnologico de Monterrey, and the founder and academic director of the Neonatology Fellowship of the Multicentric Medical Residency Programs of Tecnologico de Monterrey and Secretaría de Salud, until February 28, 2019, in Monterrey, NL, México
