Meet the editor

Dr. Nicolás Padilla-Raygoza was Professor Titular B, Department of Nursing and Obstetrics, Division of Health Sciences and Engineering, Campus Celaya-Salvatierra, University of Guanajuato, Mexico, and Coordinator of Research and Continuous Education, School of Medicine, University of Celaya, México. He is currently a coordinator of research projects at the Institute of Public Health, Guanajuato State. He obtained

an MD from the Autonomous University of Guadalajara School of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UAG-UNAM) in 1984, a specialization in pediatrics from the Mexican Council of Certification in 1986, a postgraduate degree in Epidemiology from the University of London in 2001, a master's degree and doctorate degree in Science from Atlantic International University (AIU) in 2006, and a master's degree in Social Gerontology from the International Iberoamerican University (UNINI Mexico) in 2017. Dr. Padilla-Raygoza has 169 journal articles and 48 book chapters to his credit. He has also edited four books on health. He was recognized as a state researcher on health by the Institute of Public Health, Guanajuato State in 2015 and as a researcher with social impact by the National Council on Science and Technology (CoNaCyT) in 2016. He was previously a member of the National Researchers System and is a current member of CoNaCyT, Mexico, and the Mexican Academy of Pediatrics. He is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health.
