Academic Group

Professor Jorge Alberto Álvarez Díaz is a member of the National System of Researchers of CONACYT with a PRODEP profile. He is a surgeon, and has a Master of Sciences in Human Sexuality and Doctorate in Neurosciences (certified by the Latin American Federation of Societies of Sexology and Sex Education as a Clinical Sexologist and Sex Educator). Specialist in fundamental bioethics, Specialist in clinical bioethics, Specialist in biomedical and psychosocial research ethics. Master in history of science, Master in bioethics, Ph.D. in socio-health sciences, and medical humanities specialized in bioethics, with Postdoctorate in bioethics.

Distinctions: Manuel Velasco Suárez Award for Excellence in Bioethics 2007, granted by PAHO/WHO. Mark S. Ehrenreich Prize in Healthcare Ethics Research 2014, awarded by the International Association of Bioethics and The Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics at the University of Southern California. World Leader in Medical Sciences for the Benefit of Mankind Award 2014, awarded by the World Association for Healthcare Excellence. Full Academician of the Mexican National Academy of Sciences, Arts, Technology and Humanities.

Numerary Member of the Mexican National Academy of Bioethics. Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Valladolid. Full Member of the Very Illustrious Academy of Science, Technology, Education and Humanities (Valencia, Spain). Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Cadiz. Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Galicia. He has more than a hundred of specialized publications and dozens of divulgation.