- José Narro Robles
Infobox Scientist
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name = José Narro Robles
birth_date = December 5, 1948
birth_place =Saltillo, Coahuila ,Mexico .
residence =Mexico City
nationality = Mexican
field = Medicine and higher education
work_institution =National Autonomous University of Mexico
alma_mater =National Autonomous University of Mexico
doctoral_advisor =
known_for = Rectorate of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
prizes =
footnotes =José Narro Robles (b.
December 5 ,1948 inSaltillo, Coahuila ) is a Mexican researcher and academic. He is a former director of the Faculty of Medicine of theNational Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and was elected the the 23rd rector of such institution on November 20, 2007.citeweb
author = La Jornada
date = 2007-11-13
title = José Narro Robles; la UNAM tiene nuevo rector
url = http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2007/11/13/designan-a-jose-narro-robles-nuevo-rector-de-la-unam
language=Spanish|]Narro Robles graduated with honours from a bachelor's degree in
Medicine at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (1973) and holds a postgraduate degree in Community Medicine from theUniversity of Birmingham (1978) in theUnited Kingdom .He has published over 56 articles and has enacted as advisor for the
World Health Organization . He has been an active a member of the National Academy of Medicine since 1992.Aside from the academic field, José Narro Robles has worked as General Director of Health Services of the
Mexican Federal District , as the Secretary-General of theMexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), Undersecretary of Migratory Services and Population at the Ministry of the Interior ("Secretaría de Gobernación") and Undersecretary of Health at the Federal Secretariat of Health.citeweb
author = El Universal
title = Semblanza: José Narro Robles
url = http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/461141.html
date = 2007-11-13
language = Spanish|]References
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