Doctorate of the University of Buenos Aires, Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, specializing in Social Anthropology, Argentina 1990. Master Degree in Public Health, National Public Health School, Mexico, 1980. Licensed in Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, University of Buenos Aires, 1963.

Member of the National Researchers System (Mexico) since 1985. National Researcher category, Level III. Member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences. Member of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina, since 1963. Level: Principal Investigator.