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The Evolution of Research Ethics

With the growing demand for new information and innovative ideas in all the fields of knowledge, a continuous and evolving methods were developed, which over the years have created great numbers of processes that improved man's well-being and his activities of daily living. In doing so, Mankind also saw a great deal of experiments, which utilized human and animal subjects. With this new era of men aggressively clearing gray areas, ethics has not been considered as a yardstick to look into merits of researches implemented. In the turn of the Century, Nazi's conducted researches that entail inflicting viruses to human subjects and stitching body parts of twins. Many and many experiments have been conducted, which lead to an uproar to provide a safe environment for research subjects, and thus, the nuremberg code, Helsinki declaration, among others were developed.

In the 21^st Century, the international community organized the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS), which developed the International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects. In the Philippines, the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) through the Philippine Health Research Ethics Board (PHREB) developed the 2011 National Ethical Guidelines for Health Research.

It is with this great endeavor that these national agencies build and cross bridges to promote a safer research environment. In Region IX, Ethics Review Committees have been created. In Zamboanga City, two Review Committes have registered with PHREB and four more agencies namely: Universidad de Zamboanga (UZ), Ateneo de Zamboanga University (AdZU), Western Mindanao State University (WMSU), and the Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC) are already in the process of drafting their Standard Operating Procedures.

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For more information on the activities of the consortium, interested researchers may reach us through Mr. Ricardo J. Apolinario III at Zamboanga Consortium for Health Research and Development, DOST IX Compound, Capt. F. Marcos St. cor. Gen Alvarez St., Pettit Barracks, Zamboanga City 7000 with telephone numbers Tel No. (062) 991-1024 || TeleFax (062) 992-1114 Website: region9.healthresearch.ph or E-mail us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. || This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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WMSU CHE Attends World Research

Prof. Norqueen T. Dumadaug of the Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) College of Home Economics (CHE)-Food Technology Department participated in the World Research Festival 2012. The said prestigious research event was held at the Marco Polo Plaza, Cebu City last August 22-25.

WMSU CHE Food Technology Department Head-Prof. Dumadaug with her research presentation titled, Eucheuma Pulp Extracts: Source of Nata and Nata Producing Organisms, together with Michael Vincent P. Caceres from Zamboanga State College of Marine Sciences and Technology (ZSCMST) with the presentation, Faces/Spaces of Penology: Lessons from Tradition to Transformation. The Zamboanga contingent to the event was accorded with Platinum Awards for their oral presentation of their researches.

The affair's theme is "Research that Changed the World", the event aimed to provide a forum for professional and student researchers across the world as means for dissemination and utilization of high-impact researches; nourish collaboration among researchers and institutions in promotion and production of researches; recognize meritorious contributions of world researches and institutions; and promote quality research publications as credible source of scientific literature.

Participating countries to this year's festival were Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, United Kingdom, United States of America and the Philippines. Furthermore, the conference streams of the event encompassed areas of institutional research; biodiversity and conservation; business, economics, and public governance; education, behavioral and social sciences; health and environment; languages and literature; math, science and engineering; philosophy and religion; and inventions.

The event was organized by the Philippine Association of Institutions for Research (PAIR) and the International Association of Multidisciplinary Research (IAMURE). Dr. Genaro V. Japos, IAMURE President chaired the research festival. (WMSU Press Release)

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The Western Mindanao State University is one of the founding members of the Zamboanga Consortium for Health Research and Development (ZCHRD), which was established on 2007.

ZCHRD is an organization that mirrors the Philippine National Health Research System (PNHRS) framework at the regional level with financial and technical support of the DOST-PCHRD. The consortium is led by the ADZU with Dr. Teresita Montaño as the Chairperson. For inquiries regarding the slated activities of WMSU Research Center, you may visit or call their office at telephone numbers (062) 991-1040.

For more information on the activities of the consortium, interested researchers may reach us through Mr. Ricardo J. Apolinario III at Zamboanga Consortium for Health Research and Development, DOST IX Compound, Capt. F. Marcos St. cor. Gen Alvarez St., Pettit Barracks, Zamboanga City 7000 with telephone numbers Tel No. (062) 991-1024 || TeleFax (062) 992-1114 Website: region9.healthresearch.ph or E-mail us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. || This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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ARC hosts two-day forum for completed research presentation of ADZU faculty

The Ateneo Research Center (ARC) held a two-day Research Forum that featured nine (9) presentations of completed research by Ateneo de Zamboanga University (AdZU) faculty. The public forum, which ran from September 10 to 11, 2012, was conducted at the Carlos Dominguez Conference Hall in the AdZU- Eusebio Salvador campus. Officials of several barangays in Zamboanga City, representatives from CHED and DENR, faculty members from higher education institutions in Zamboanga and Dipolog, representatives of the Zamboanga City Police Office, and AdZU faculty attended the event.

Marlone Araneta (SLA), Regina Junio (CSIT), Jocelyn Partosa (CSIT), Robert Panaguiton (SLA), Earl Francis Pasilan (SOEd), Pilar de Guzman (GS), Norma Baluca (Testing Center), Rowel Carpio (GS), and Gerald James Ebal (SLA/ARC) were the faculty members that presented their completed research. The ARC regularly sponsors public presentations of completed research as part of its contribution in strengthening the intellectual tradition in AdZU.

The Ateneo de Zamboanga University is one of the founding members of the Zamboanga Consortium for Health Research and Development (ZCHRD), which was established on 2007.

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