Research Utilization

Universidad de Zamboanga spearheads Health Research Seminar–Workshop

Originally By: Mr. Roel F. Marcial, UZ-University Research Center

Universidad de Zamboanga will be holding a Direction Setting Seminar Workshop for Health Research this coming October 10, 2012 at the Instructional Media Center, UZ, Tetuan, Zamboanga City. Among the participants for the one day direction setting seminar will be the faculty members of the School of Allied Medicine of the University.

As an institution, UZ recognizes its vital role in producing quality health researches for the benefit of all stakeholders in the region. The Seminar Workshop is intended to give direction to the School of Allied Medicine faculty as the premier medical school of Universidad de Zamboanga and in Western Mindanao. The workshop will substantially add the previous understanding of the faculty researchers regarding health research that will be conducted in UZ. Also, the seminar is designed to further enhance the potential of the faculty researchers of the School of Allied Medicine in conducting health researches.

The activity is supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through UZ-URC to further develop its manpower as a social corporate responsibility.

The University Research Center through the directorship of Dr. Bienvenido L. Gregorio aims at reaching every college of the University in the generation of researches – be it applied or pure. Dr. Gregorio is optimistic that the seminar workshop will benefit much the faculty researchers who have the greatest potential in carrying out studies that will be beneficial to the people in the region. Also, URC aims to produce quality health researches for future gain.

Among the speakers invited for the Direction Setting Seminar – Workshop are Dr. Chona Q. Sarmiento, Dr. Gloria G. Florendo – both from the Western Mindanao State University and Dr. Teresita G. Montaño of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University.

Dr. Chona Q. Sarmiento, Chairman of the Research and Development - ZCHRD will be speaking on the Research Protocol which will further give ideas and supplementary information on Health Researches and Development. Dr. Sarmiento will be presenting the guidelines in conducting research for further utilization.

Meanwhile, Dr. Florendo will tackle on the Guidelines and Principles in the Ethical Conduct of Health Research including identifying ethical concerns in cases using the General Principles in research and to demonstrate ethical competence in doing health researches.

The 2011 Guidelines contains the Ethical Standards for Clinical Trials on Drugs, Devices and Diagnostics, Herbal Research, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research, Research on Assisted Reproductive Technology, Ethical Guidelines for Emerging Technologies, Ethical Guidelines for Genetic Research with a Section on Stem Cell Research, Ethical Guidelines for Epidemiologic Research, Ethical Guidelines for Social Research, Ethical Guidelines for the Conduct of Research on Specific Population (such as Emergencies and Disasters, IPs, Pediatric Population (Minors/Children) including Guidelines on Assent, Older persons), Ethical Guidelines for HIV and AIDS Research and Ethical Guidelines for International Collaborative Research.

On the other hand, Dr. Montaño, Chairman of the Zamboanga Consortium for Health Research and Development (ZCHRD) will deliver the function of the Consortium and responsibilities as the main body that endeavors to produce quality health researches in the region. The ZCRHD considers the importance of delivering social services through health researches to all stakeholders in Western Mindanao. Dr. Montano is also expected to deliver the vital role of the Consortium in producing and providing information on health research.

The Department of Science and Technology IX (DOST- IX) Representative MR. Ricardo Apolinario III will tackle on the health research funding. Mr. Apolinario will explain the procedures and or guidelines in acquiring health research funding for the faculty researches and other benefit to enjoy in making of health researches.

Supported by the dynamic School of Allied Medicine Director, Dir. Janet Q. Saile, encourages her colleagues to undergo trainings through the workshops especially to the faculty handling research subject to know by heart the importance and relevance of health researches in helping the government in the risks reduction programs.

The objective of the seminar is to provide information among the participants that they could use in order to develop a new study to promote and protect the lives of the people in the future.

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

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 atThis 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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PHREB to conduct Standard Operating Procedure Seminar Workshop in Zamboanga City

The Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) through the Philippine Health Research Ethics Board (PHREB) and the Zamboanga Consortium for Health Research and Development (ZCHRD) will be conducting a 2-day Seminar Workshop on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for ERCs to facilitate institutions who conduct researches to craft SOPs to be used in reviewing research proposals for its ethical merit.

The said workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Marita VT Reyes and Dr. Cecilia V. Tomas, co-chair and member of PHREB respectively. 36 participants from Universidad de Zamboanga (UZ), Ateneo de Zamboanga University (AdZU), Western Mindanao State University (WMSU), and Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC) will converge to put on their thinking caps for the said affair at the Le Jardin, Marcian Garden Hotel.

The organizers expect that the participating institutions will be able to more effectively evaluate research proposals for its ethical merit after this training.

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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 G. Montaño as the Chairperson.

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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.

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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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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ZCHRD conducts 3rd Basic Health Research Ethics Review Training

The Zamboanga Consortium for Health Research and Development will be conducting its 3rd Health Research Ethics Review Training (Basic Course) for Prospective Members of Ethics Review Committees on September 06-07, 2012 at the Universidad de Zamboanga Auditorium, Zamboanga City

Since Ethics review is mandated for all health researches. The training is essential for the institutionalization of the ethics review process for all researches to be undertaken by ZCHRD and its member institutions. Further, the training aims that participants will be able to:

Determine the adherence / violations of research proposals to ethical principles
Make appropriate recommendations as needed to adhere to ethical principles
Analyze decisions / actions to be taken by members of health research ethics review committees given hypothetical situations

70 participants from the academe, non-government organizations, and hospitals in Region IX will converge to learn about health research ethics. This training is one of the many trainings planned by the consortium with its member institution to build and strengthen the capacity of health researchers in the region.

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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