Dr. Martha Elba Gonzalez Mejia

Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP)

Dr. Martha Elba Gonzalez Mejia has a Doctor of Medicine from Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) as well as a Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics and Molecular Biology from Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Currently, she is a full professor at BUAP in the Department of Genetics, where she examines factors associated with an augmented risk of developing diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Moreover, her work also focuses on enacting nutritional interventions in which diets are specialized to cater to the life-style of the patient, with respect to the patient’s income, work load, as well as family support.