Call for application
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The Novartis Biotechnology Leadership Camp (BioCamp) is a pioneering annual biotechnology seminar for entrepreneurial, postgraduate students in science or business who are interested in pursuing a career in biotechnology.
Themed "Cultivating health innovations for sustainable countrywide development", the Local BioCamp will be held on July 15, 2016 at the SGV Hall, Asian Institute of Management, Makati City. At the end of the Local BioCamp, two students will be selected based on academic excellence and professional focus to represent the Philippines in the International BioCamp, which will be held from August 28 to August 31, 2016 at the Novartis Campus in Basel, Switzerland. In the Philippines, Novartis works with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through the Council for Health Research and Development Department of Science and Technology in organizing the Local BioCamp.
To register for the Local and International BioCamp, visit http://novartis.com.ph/careers/biocamp/biocamp.html and download the PDF application form. After completing the application form, save and e-mail it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Deadline for application to the International BioCamp is 5:00 PM, July 05, 2016. Only complete applications will be considered. Selected students will be informed via e-mail.
For more information about the 2016 Novartis BioCamp, please visit www.novartis.com.ph or www.pchrd.dost.gov.ph. You may also call Mr. J. Cecil Barrameda at (0917) 325-9549 or Mr. Renz Carlos B. So at (02) 837 7537
Call for DOST-PCHRD - Gruppo Medica Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis in Herbal Medicine
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The DOST-PCHRD - Gruppo Medica Award gives recognition to relevant and innovative research work on herbal medicine undertaken by undergraduate students. The Award highlights research that can lead to practical and/or commercial applications. The Award expects to provide the motivation for students with the technical guidance of their faculty advisers, to view undergraduate thesis not merely as an academic exercise, but as an excellent opportunity to contribute to national interest.
Who can participate
The Award is open to all undergraduate students of Colleges of Pharmacy, Chemistry, Nursing, and Arts and Sciences who have completed thesis projects on medicinal plants. The projects must have been completed within the current school year.
Who can nominate
Nominations must be made by the students' faculty adviser and should be endorsed to DOST-PCHRD by the College Dean and the region-based health research and development consortium. Each institution can endorse a maximum of three (3) thesis projects.
How to nominate
Nominations should be made in a prescribed nominations form stamped with the college seal. Submitted entries must also include the following: (1) Soft and hard copies of the thesis report (2) Plant authentication certification, and (3) Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) certification for researches involving animals and/or Ethical clearance from an Ethics Review Committee for researches involving human participants.
The criteria for the selection are:
| Relevance | 25% |
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Potential for practical application or commercialization of results |
20% |
| Creativity and originality of research work | 20% |
| Scientific quality | 30% |
| Number of researchers | 5% |
Cash Award
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First Prize P60,000 |
P42,000 for the student P12,000 for the mentor P6,000 for the school |
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Second Prize P40,000 |
P28,000 for the student P8,000 for the mentor P4,000 for the school |
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Third Prize P20,000 |
P14,000 for the student P4,000 for the mentor P2,000 for the school |
Deadline of submission to the consortium is on May 20, 2016.
Click here to download nomination form: http://www.pchrd.dost.gov.ph/index.php/news/events/5085-dost-pchrd-gruppo-medica-award-for-outstanding-undergraduate-thesis-in-herbal-medicine
Region 3 LGUs among Top Performing Users of the eHATID LGU System
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Six (6) local government units in the region were recognized as among the top performing LGUs nationwide. After almost six months of implementation of the eHATID LGU Project, LGU Abucay (Bataan) leads the list at rank #2, followed by LGU Paombong (Bulacan) at rank #3; LGU San Rafael (Bulacan) at rank #5; LGU Bagac (Bataan) at rank #6; LGU Guimba (Nueva Ecija) at rank #10 and LGU Gen. Natividad (Nueva Ecija) at rank #12. Cumulatively, the participating LGUs in the region were recognized as very active in using the online/internet-based capabilities of the eHATID LGU mobile application with roughly 5,000 patient records already uploaded in the cloud-based storage facility.
In recognition of the efforts of these LGUs, the monitoring team led by the Ateneo de Manila University will award a Certificate of Recognition, a Simcard with P1,000 load and ADMU notepad to further assist them in their eHealth-related activities. The team is also planning to provide other incentives for the active usage of the technology to further encourage its utilization. Another review will be done in January 2016 at which time the team is anticipating to find even more active users from the region.
The eHATID LGU project or eHealth TABLET for Informed Decision-Making of Local Government Units (LGUs) have been deployed to 204 LGUs nationwide. It is a health Information system and decision-making support tool provided to LGUs through an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system that generates particular health reports for the Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). In Region 3, a total of 33 cities and municipalities have already availed of the tablets.
PCHRD Grants CLHRDC Endorsed Health Research Projects
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The Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) recently approved two health research projects from the Central Luzon Health Research and Development Consortium (CLHRDC) for FY 2015.
The health research projects are entitled: “Canine Rabies Vaccination Outcome Monitoring and its Implication to Rabies Control and Prevention Program in Pampanga” and “Isolation and Molecular Identification of Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) from Nile Tilapia (Oreochomis niloticus) as Potential Pathogen Antagonist”. Both projects have a one-year project duration and are from Angeles University Foundation and Pampanga State Agricultural University amounting to P499,445.00 and P445,372.50, respectively.
The assistance is through the Regional Research Fund (RRF) Initiative which is viewed as a way to encourage beginning researchers to be actively involved in health research activities without having to compete with more experienced researchers. These RRF projects are intended to build up the capabilities of individual researchers in designing, implementing and managing health research projects.
CLHRDC continues to accept and review research proposals which address priority health problems/issues identified in the Regional Unified Health Research Agenda (RUHRA) and/or National Unified Health Research Agenda (NUHRA) of the Philippine National Health Research System (PNHRS). Regular staff and faculty members of research institutes, medical and paramedical schools, hospitals and other health related agencies may submit proposals to the consortium, properly endorsed by the head of the agency.
Qualified proposals may also be endorsed by the consortium to other funding agencies such as the DOH-RO III, CHED-RO III and DOST – III.
