Gerardo Jiménez Sánchez

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.

Gerardo Jimenez Sanchez
Gerardo Jimenez Sanchez
Born	(1965-04-21) April 21, 1965 Mexico City, Mexico
Citizenship	Mexican
Fields	Genomist
Institutions	Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston Genomica y Bioecnomia
Alma mater	National Autonomous University of Mexico Johns Hopkins University
Known for	The development of the first medical analysis of the human genome.
Notable awards	Chairman of the International Forum: “Genomics, Innovation and Economic Growth”, 2013. Chairman of the I and II National Congress of Genomic Medicine (2004 y 2006). “Dr. Miguel Otero” Award for merit in clinical research of the Mexico General Health Council, 2001.
Website http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/gerardo-jimenez-sanchez/

Gerardo Jiménez Sánchez (born April 21, 1965) is a Mexican-born pediatrician, scientist and businessman. Along with David Valle and Barton Childs, he completed the first medical analysis of the human genome.^[1] He was founder and director of the first National Institute of Genomic Medicine in Latin America (INMEGEN)^[2] and leader of the team that developed the Genomic Map of the Mexican Population.^[3]

Biography

Jiménez Sánchez was born in Mexico City in 1965. He is the son of agricultural scientist Leobardo Jiménez and plant biochemist Estela Sánchez, both Mexican national emeritus investigators. He obtained a medical degree at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) School of Medicine, and did his residency in pediatrics at the National Institute of Pediatrics. He obtained a PhD in Human Genetics and Molecular Biology at Johns Hopkins University. His postgraduate training included studies at Duke University. He specialized in Senior Business Management (AD2), Business on Innovation and Technology (ADIT), and Management Business by Services at the IPADE Business School.

He was president of the Working Party on Biotechnology at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)^[3] (2006-2013), and is currently President of the Committee on Genomics and Bioeconomy at the Human Genome Organization ^[4] (HUGO), where he served as a member of the Board of Directors from 2007 to 2014. He is Executive President of Global Biotech Consulting Group (GBC Group),^[5] which advises on the development of biotechnological projects in areas such as genomic medicine, the pharmacogenomics, pharmaceutical industry, and the development of bio-based businesses.^[6]

Jimenez-Sanchez is Executive President of Medical Genomics, President of the Board of Directors at Genómica y Bioeconomía A.C. and Professor of Genomics and Bioeconomics at the School of Public Health at Harvard University.^[7] Along with Guillermo Soberón, Julio Frenk, Jorge Carpizo y Diego Valadés he founded Genómica y Bioeconomía A.C.,^[8] a non-for-profit organization where he serves as chairman of the board. He was named Chief Scientific Officer for BioFields ^[9] in 2010.

Jimenez-Sanchez was a member of the Advisory Board on Biotechnology to the General Secretary of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, President of the I and II National Congresses of Genomic Medicine in Mexico (first in its kind in Latin America, and among the first world-wide), and in 2013 he served as president of the International Forum “Genomics, Innovation, and Economic Growth”.^[10]

He was the first President of the Mexican Society of Genomic Medicine in Mexico in 2004. He received the Silanes award in Genomic Medicine in 2003, and in the same year, he was distinguished with the Gold Master of the Top Management Forum chaired by King Juan Carlos I of Spain. In 1997, he joined the New York Academy of Sciences.

Jiménez-Sánchez is a member of the Mexican Society of Genomic Sciences (Mexico) (2004), the Mexican Pediatric Society, Mexico (2000), the American Society of Gene Therapy, USA (1999), Latin American Society of Inborn Metabolic Errors (1998), the Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, USA (1998), the American Society of Human Genetics, USA (1997), the Latin American Society of Human Genetics, USA (1990), the Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism, United Kingdom (1990), the Mexican Association of Human Genetics, México (1988), the Mexican Society of Biochemistry, México (1986).

In addition to his multiple scientific publications, his work has been featured by CNN, USA Today, Reforma, and Radio France International.

Professional associations

Member of the Editorial Board of Human Genomics (2014 – to the present)
Professor of Genomics and Bioeconomy, Harvard School of Public Health (2012 - to the present).
Member to the Scientific and Medical Advisory Council of the Institute for Security and Social Services to State Employees in Mexico (2012 - to the present).
President of Genomica Medica SA de CV (2011 - to the present).
Executive President, Global Biotech Consulting Group (2010 - to the present).
President, Genómica and Bioeconomía A.C. (2010 - to the present).
President of the Committee on Genomics and Bioeconomy at the Human Genome Organization (HUGO) (2010 - to the present).
Council member of the Human Genome Organization (HUGO) (2007-2014).
President of the Working party on Biotechnology, OCDE (2007-2013).
Member of the Executive Council on Genomic Medicine of the World Health Organization (2011-2013).
Member Scientific Council to the Secretary General of the United Nations (2006 – 2009).
Founder Director of the National Genomic Medicine Institute (INMEGEN) (2004-2009).
Professor of Genomic Medicine, School of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) (2004-2009).
Member of the National Academy of Medicine (2005).
Affiliate member of the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, EUA.
Director of the Consortium for the Institute of Genomic Medicine (SSA – UNAM – CONACYT – FUNSALUD), Mexico (2002-2004)
Member of the Mexican Academy of Pediatrics (2001).
Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Molecular Biomedicine CINVESTAV – IPN. México D.F., México (1999-2001).
Resident Investigator, Mexican Health Foundation, Mexico (1998-2004).
Research Scientist, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, MD, USA (1998-2001).
Research associate, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA (1999 - 2000).
Professor of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Chemistry, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) (1991-1993).

Honors

2006 National Award in Medicine “Ignacio Chávez 2006”, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Mexico.
2000 Young Scientist Award. Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders. USA.
1993 Fulbright Fellow. Institute of International Education. New York, USA.
1993 Scholarship from the Sanitary Research Fund. Ministry of Health and Consumption. Madrid, Spain.

References

↑ Jimenez-Sanchez, Gerardo; Childs, Barton; Valle, David (2001-02-15). "Human disease genes". Nature. 409 (6822): 853–855. doi:10.1038/35057050. ISSN 0028-0836.
↑ "INMEGEN - Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica - Página Principal". www.inmegen.gob.mx. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
1 2 Silva-Zolezzi, Irma; Hidalgo-Miranda, Alfredo; Estrada-Gil, Jesus; Fernandez-Lopez, Juan Carlos; Uribe-Figueroa, Laura; Contreras, Alejandra; Balam-Ortiz, Eros; Bosque-Plata, Laura del; Velazquez-Fernandez, David (2009-05-26). "Analysis of genomic diversity in Mexican Mestizo populations to develop genomic medicine in Mexico". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (21): 8611–8616. doi:10.1073/pnas.0903045106. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 2680428. PMID 19433783.
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↑ "GBC - Global Biotech Consulting Group". www.gbcbiotech.com. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
↑ "Gerardo Jiménez-Sánchez, Conferencista | Thinking Heads". www.thinkingheads.com. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
↑ "Home | Gerardo Jimenez-Sanchez | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health". www.hsph.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
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