Student profile
Chemist Clinical-Biologist
Preparing chemistry professionals in the health area
We educate students to become chemistry professionals in the health area using effective teaching methods in ideal learning environments. This will equip them with the necessary knowledge, skills, attitudes, and abilities. They will be able to apply the skills they have acquired in their work and continually stay updated with the latest advancements in healthcare, research, and environmental care to provide better service to society.
Occupational field
- Clinical laboratory
- Blood bank
- Toxicological Analysis Laboratory
- Bioequivalence Laboratory
- Forensic Laboratory
- Food laboratory
- Analytical laboratory
Graduate profile Professional Graduate Profile
A graduate from our bachelor’s program in Clinical Biological Chemistry is a Health Sciences professional with a strong scientific, technical, and humanistic knowledge foundation. They are socially responsible and possess global competence, capable of applying their expertise individually, collaboratively, and interdisciplinary to address health issues. They design, develop, and validate clinical and chemical analysis methods across various biological, environmental, and food matrices.
Our graduates are knowledgeable in clinical laboratory indicators that differentiate between health and disease conditions and are well-trained to interpret results that support diagnosis or decision-making. Additionally, they are able to carry out quality management activities in the laboratories within the legal framework while showing deep respect for the environment. Moreover, they possess advanced skills in utilizing the scientific method to support knowledge generation and problem-solving in their respective professions. They can also offer expert advice, training courses, and conferences.
They also strive to promote a responsible and sustainable society that aligns with the values upheld by UANL. This can be achieved by working in public or private institutions or becoming an entrepreneur. Students must develop general and specific competencies in their chosen field to attain this graduation profile.
Specific Competencies
- Solve problems by utilizing knowledge of matter's chemical composition and physicochemical properties to determine analytes in biological, environmental, and food matrices.
- Conduct physical, chemical, and biological procedures to accurately analyze and store samples for clinical, toxicological, chemical, food, forensic, and environmental diagnosis.
- Handle chemical and biological materials following official Mexican and/or international standards, ensuring their correct use and disposal to preserve health and the environment.
- Reliably validate bioanalytical methods to analyze chemical-biological samples.
- Incorporate new analytical methodology to improve health-related laboratory processes functionally, economically, and environmentally.
- Interpret analysis results to support decision-making in clinical, toxicological, chemical, food, forensic, and environmental testing.
- Guarantee reliable analytical results by applying quality control guidelines established by laboratory policies for correct decision-making.
- Apply quality management systems to ensure proper functioning and continuous improvement of laboratories.
Occupational field
Clinical laboratory
+-- Perform the task of collecting and analyzing samples.
- Validate the results and then emit them.
- Execute the quality control activities for the process.
- Participate in courses and workshops to guarantee staying up to date.
- Manages and ensures the quality of the processes in the laboratory.
- Perform the role of the sanitation manager in the laboratory.
- Monitor all the applicable rules and procedures in the Clinical Laboratory.
blood bank
+-- Sample taking
- Select donors and perform blood extractions.
- Perform blood analysis following the established norms.
- Determine the compatibility of blood and its derivatives.
- Ensure the proper storage and handling of blood units and their derivatives in compliance with regulatory procedures.
- Carry out quality control activities.
- Participate in courses and workshops to guarantee staying up to date.
- Blood Bank management.
- Make sure to comply with the Official Mexican Standards that apply to the Blood Bank.
Toxicological analysis laboratory
+-- Develop and validate methods for preparing samples and analyzing toxic compounds and elements in various matrices.
- Perform analytical procedures to detect toxic substances, including metals and illegal drugs.
- Ensure that all safety regulations and procedures that apply to toxicological analysis laboratories are followed.
Bioequivalence Laboratory.
+-- Develop and validate techniques for preparing samples and analyzing drugs in biological matrices.
- Utilize state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation to quantify analytes in bioequivalence studies.
- Apply Official Mexican Standards for bioequivalence studies and good laboratory practices.
Forensic Laboratory
+-- Maintain the chain of custody of samples and records.
- Utilize appropriate analytical and extraction methods for each type of sample.
- Analyze forensic samples through qualitative and quantitative to identify the substances present.
- Provide verdicts along with the interpretation of the analytical results.
- Apply safety regulations and procedures that apply to forensic analysis laboratories.
Food laboratory
+-- Perform appropriate sampling procedures for food analysis.
- Implement appropriate analytical and extraction methods according to each type of sample.
- Perform chemical composition analysis of food.
Analytical laboratory
+-- Development, validation, and application of extraction procedures and spectroscopic and chromatographic analysis.