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Omar Yaxmehen Bello Chavolla
Visiting Scholars and Scientists

Omar Yaxmehen Bello Chavolla

Lown Scholar

Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Departments

Department of Global Health and Population

Biography

I am an Assistant Professor at the National Institute for Geriatrics in Mexico City, an Instructor in Physiology and Applied Biostatistics at the National Autonomous University Faculty of Medicine in Mexico and a Lown Scholar at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Our research focuses in characterizing cardio-metabolic disease epidemiology and the interaction of cardio-metabolic disease phenotypes with biological aging in Mexican adults. Our team is working on the development of methods to estimate biological aging at a population level. I am committed to teaching, promoting reproducibility and open science, fostering international collaboration, and supporting career development.

Education and Training

  • MD, Medicine
    National Autonomous University of Mexico
  • Specialist, Applied Statistics
    National Autonomous University of Mexico
  • PhD, Diabetes and Endocrinology
    National Autonomous University of Mexico

Awards and Honors

  • Research Award for Young Scientists, 2024
    Mexican Academy of Sciences
  • Bernard Lown Scholar, 2023
    Harvard T.H. Chan School of public Health
  • Early Investigator Award, 2022
    Endocrine Society
  • Dr. José Laguna García Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2022
    Faculty of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
  • National Youth Award in Science and Technology, 2021
    Mexican Government
  • National Investigator Level 1, 2020
    National Science and Technology Council
  • Interstellar Initiative Award, 2020
    New York Academy of Sciences and Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
  • Mexico City Youth Award in Environmental and Public Health, 2019
    Mexico City Government
  • Dr. Jorge Rosenkranz Award in Clinical Research, 2018
    Mexican Health Foundation

Publications