Academic Publications

Research finds its true purpose when it leads to real-world action. In this section, you will find a selection of the most relevant publications in different fields.

The complete list of publications is available at the following link on Google Scholar

Complete list of publications

Special Reports & Policy

Policy brief: Strategic framework for managing gestational diabetes in Mexico.

Global Health Research and Policy, 2025.

The response of health systems to the needs of migrants and refugees in the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparative case study between Mexico, Colombia and Peru

The Lancet Regional Health – Americas. 2025

Economic evaluation of a novel community-based diabetes care model in rural Mexico: a cost and cost-effectiveness study

BMJ Open, 2020

Governments and international institutions should urgently attend to the unjust disparities that COVID-19 is exposing and causing

The Lancet - eClinical Medicine, 2020

Rapid establishment of a dedicated COVID-19 hospital in Mexico city during a public health crisis

Hospital Practice, 2021

MIDO COVID: A digital public health strategy designed to tackle chronic disease and the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico

Plos One, 2022

Symptom cluster analysis of long COVID-19 in patients discharged from the Temporary COVID-19 Hospital in Mexico City

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2022

Clinical and immunological features associated to the development of a sustained immune humoral response in COVID-19 patients: Results from a cohort study

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022

Novel clinical and immunological features associated with persistent post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 after six months of follow-up: a pilot study

Infectious Diseases, 2023

MIDO GDM: an innovative artificial intelligence-based prediction model for the development of gestational diabetes in Mexican women

Scientific Reports, 2023

Diagnostic Accuracy of Capillary Blood Glucometer Testing for Gestational Diabetes

Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, 2022

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Subtypes Classified by Oral Glucose Tolerance Test and Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes: Results of a Mexican Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study “Cuido Mi Embarazo”

Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, 2024

Development and validation of a multivariable genotype-informed gestational diabetes prediction algorithm for clinical use in the Mexican population: insights into susceptibility mechanisms

BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, 2023

Community health workers improve disease control and medication adherence among patients with diabetes and/or hypertension in Chiapas, Mexico: an observational stepped-wedge study

BMJ Global Health, 2018

Post-term births as a risk factor for small for gestational age births and infant mortality in Brazil, Mexico, and Palestinian refugees: An analysis of electronic birth records

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 2025

Integrated Measurement for Early Detection (MIDO) as a digital strategy for timely assessment of non-communicable disease profiles and factors associated with unawareness and control: a retrospective observational study in primary healthcare facilities in Mexico

BMJ Open, 2021

Overcoming the global burden of neglected tropical diseases

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease. 2020

A systematic review of historical and current trends in Chagas disease

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2021

Defeating neglected tropical diseases in our new world living with COVID-19

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2021

Book Chapters

Martínez-Juárez, Luis-Alberto, Saucedo-Martinez R. Articulación de redes de salud materna e infantil mediante la salud digital. In: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Medicina en la era digital: alcances y perspectivas. Ciudad de Mexico, México, 2004. ISBN: 9786073088763. https://librosoa.unam.mx/handle/123456789/3772.

Diego-Abelardo Álvarez-Hernández, Rodolfo García-Rodríguez- Arana, Rosalino Vázquez-López HG-R. Neglected Tropical Diseases What Any Health Professional Should Know About Them: What Any Health Professional Should Know About Them. Mexico City, ISBN: 978-607-8566-63-1 Chapters: 4,8,9,10,13,16,21

Álvarez-Hernández D-A, Pinto D, Martínez-Juárez L, García-Rodríguez-Arana R, Montoya A. Chagas Disease: A Review of the Disease and Interaction with COVID-19. In: Falcón-Lezama DJ, ed. Neglected Tropical Diseases. London, UK: IntechOpen, 2023. DOI:10.5772/intechopen.1003681.