{"entity":{"id":"victor-hugo-borja-aburto","kind":"person","name":"Víctor Hugo Borja Aburto","aka":[],"tldr":"Epidemiologist who heads COFEPRIS, Mexico's federal regulator for medicines, medical devices and other health risks.","summary":"Dr Víctor Hugo Borja Aburto is Comisionado Federal of the Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios (COFEPRIS), Mexico's health regulatory agency; Spanish Wikipedia lists his term as beginning in 2026. He trained in medicine at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, holds master's degrees in public health and epidemiological sciences from the Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública and a doctorate in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His earlier career included directing the Centro Nacional de Salud Ambiental, research at CINVESTAV-IPN and leadership roles in epidemiological surveillance and primary care at IMSS.","asOf":"2026-09-10","links":[{"label":"Source: COFEPRIS commissioner profile","url":"https://www.gob.mx/cofepris/estructuras/dr-victor-hugo-borja-aburto"}],"tags":["leadership","clinician-scientist","regulator"],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["cofepris"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"role":"Comisionado Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios (2026-)","institutionId":"cofepris","specialisms":["Epidemiology","Public health","Health regulation","Environmental health"],"profiles":[{"label":"Institution profile","url":"https://www.gob.mx/cofepris/estructuras/dr-victor-hugo-borja-aburto"},{"label":"PubMed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Borja-Aburto+VH%5BAuthor%5D"}],"papers":[{"title":"Effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors in reducing mortality in patients admitted to hospital with influenza A H1N1pdm09 virus infection: a meta-analysis of individual participant data","journal":"Lancet Respir Med","year":2014,"url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-2600(14)70041-4","doi":"10.1016/s2213-2600(14)70041-4","note":"Europe PMC author record matched by affiliation"},{"title":"Infection and death from influenza A H1N1 virus in Mexico: a retrospective analysis","journal":"Lancet","year":2009,"url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(09)61638-x","doi":"10.1016/s0140-6736(09)61638-x","note":"Europe PMC author record matched by affiliation"},{"title":"Vulnerability to heat-related mortality in Latin America: a case-crossover study in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Santiago, Chile and Mexico City, Mexico","journal":"Int J Epidemiol","year":2008,"url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyn094","doi":"10.1093/ije/dyn094","note":"Europe PMC author record matched by affiliation"}]},"route":"/people/victor-hugo-borja-aburto/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"cofepris","kind":"institution","name":"Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios","route":"/institutions/cofepris/"}]}}