Nationality Mexican | Name Jose Cantu | |
Born 13 December 1938
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon ( 1938-12-13 ) Died 12 November 2007(2007-11-12) (aged 68)
Buenos Aires, Argentina Alma mater National Autonomous University of Mexico and University of Paris I | ||
José María Cantú Garza (13 December 1938 – 12 November 2007) was a Mexican genetics researcher.
Cantú was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León in 1938 and moved to Reynosa, Tamaulipas. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Medicine from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, 1965) and received a doctorate degree in Human Genetics from the University of Paris I.
He worked as a professor in the University of Guadalajara and served as head of the Genetics Division of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS). He published about 400 papers and 80 book chapters.
Recognition
He was member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the Ethics Committee of Human Genome Project and collaborated with the Health Ministry of Argentina.
In his last years he resided in South America, where he was member of CONACYT (Uruguay). He was president of several Mexican and Latin American associations and International Federation of Human Genetics Society (IFHGS).
Cantú Garza was awarded Doctor Honoris Causa by Universidad Ricardo Palma de Lima. In 2007 he was named Emeritus Research by CONACYT.
A hospital in Reynosa, Tamaulipas is named after him.