CONTIS MONTES DE OCA, ARTURO

He is a biochemical who graduated from the National School of Biological Sciences (ENCB) at the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN). He earned both a master's degree in health sciences and a doctorate in medical research from the IPN's Higher School of Medicine (ESM), and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Autonomous University of Mexico City and the RFM National Institute of Psychiatry. He serves as a Full Professor of Medical Microbiology at the Military School of Medicine of the Army and Air Force University, Secretariat of National Defense. Concurrently, he teaches Research Methodology in the Specialty in Medical-Surgical Emergencies, and Immunology and Cell Biology at the postgraduate level at the IPN's Higher School of Medicine. He has supervised various specialty and master's theses, authored or co-authored a total of 23 articles in indexed international journals (JCR), and contributed 2 chapters to the book entitled "New approaches in the study of neuroimmunoendocrinological interactions". He also holds two pending patents. Recognized as a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI) level 1 since 2016, he currently directs the SIP project. His main research interests focus on the mucosal immune response in sleep restriction models and the biological analysis of intranasal vaccines against AH1N1 influenza viruses. He is currently a full professor (A. TC. ES.) in the psychoimmunology laboratory at the Postgraduate Studies and Research Section of the IPN's Higher School of Medicine."