Our multidisciplinary team brings together expertise in sleep research, pediatric health, environmental health, nutrition, and epidemiology. We are committed to understanding sleep patterns and their health implications for Mexican children and adolescents.
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Role: Sleep Research Lead
Experience: Over 10 years in pediatric sleep and nutrition research
Expertise: Sleep patterns, dietary influences on sleep, adolescent health
Focus: Leading sleep research initiatives within the ELEMENT study, investigating relationships between sleep, diet, and metabolic health in Mexican youth.
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Role: Principal Investigator for ELEMENT
Experience: Over 20 years in nutritional epidemiology
Expertise: Nutritional epidemiology, maternal and child health, Mexico-based research
Focus: Overseeing the ELEMENT study's comprehensive approach to understanding environmental and nutritional factors affecting child development and health.
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Mexico
Role: Principal Investigator for ELEMENT
Experience: Over 15 years in environmental epidemiology
Expertise: Environmental health, epidemiology, maternal and child health in Mexico
Focus: Co-leading the ELEMENT study from Mexico, focusing on environmental exposures and their impacts on child health and development.
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Mexico
Role: ELEMENT Research Scientist
Experience: Over 10 years in nutritional research
Expertise: Nutritional epidemiology, maternal and child nutrition, dietary assessment
Focus: Investigating nutritional factors and their relationships with sleep and metabolic health in the ELEMENT cohort.
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico
Role: Sleep Research Collaborator
Experience: Over 8 years in sleep and health research
Expertise: Sleep research methodology, fieldwork management, adolescent health
Focus: Leading sleep research in Nuevo León, investigating school schedule impacts on adolescent sleep patterns and academic performance.
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Mexico
Role: Environmental Health Researcher
Experience: Over 12 years in environmental health research
Expertise: Environmental epidemiology, environmental toxicants, biomarker analysis
Focus: Investigating environmental exposures and their potential impacts on sleep quality and duration in Mexican children and adolescents.
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Role: Graduate Research Assistant
Experience: PhD candidate in Nutritional Sciences
Expertise: Nutritional epidemiology, statistical analysis, data management
Focus: Conducting analysis on diet, sleep, and cardiometabolic health in young Mexican children as part of her doctoral research.
Institutions
- University of Michigan School of Public Health
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Mexico
- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Research Areas
- Sleep patterns and duration
- Nutritional influences on sleep
- Environmental health impacts
- School schedule effects