Details

Category: Updates

Published: 06 May 2019

The Philippine National Health Research System (PNHRS) conducted a 2-day consultation meeting with CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, and NCR last April 22-29, 2019 at Hotel Jen Pasay City.

This activity aims to review and the PNHRS Strategic Plan 2019-2022 and the PNHRS  Law Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR).

The representative's from Bicol Region are the following:

1. Prof. Michael V. Montealegre - Consortium Director

2. Dr. Sandy C. Lasa - Chair, BCHRD-Ethics Review Committee

3. Dr. Marilou D. Tino - Chair. BCHRD - Capacity Building Committee

4. Dr. Ma. Teresa G. De Alban - BCHRD - Research Information, Communication and  Utilization Committee

5. Mr. Kevin Capoles - Project Staff

Details

Category: Updates

Published: 19 February 2019

The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) will celebrate its 37th anniversary with the theme “Health Research and Industry 4.0,” on 15 March 2019, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, at the Philippine International Convention Center, Pasay City.

One parallel session we will be organizing is a competition, “3-Minute Pitch to Policymakers.” The competition will focus on the presentation of successfully completed health research studies with aims of exercising and cultivating researchers’ presentation and research communication skills.

The participants should be able to present their completed research in a three-minute, one-slide presentation for a non-specialist audience based on set criteria. 

All 17 regional health consortia are expected to submit their entries on or before February 21, 2019.

Details

Category: Updates

Published: 04 December 2018

BCHRD CONDUCTS THE 2018 BICOL REGIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH WEEK 

As part of the annual activity of the Bicol Consortium for Health Research and Development, the 2018 Bicol Regional Health Research Week was celebrated to provide a venue for the regional health and health-related researchers to showcase and disseminate the results of their completed researches. The said celebration also aimed to increase and encourage more young and budding researchers to write health researchers for the region in the future.

To start the week celebration, an opening program was conducted at the Bicol University College of Nursing Amphitheater to welcome the guests and participants. Afterwards, the participants were advised to proceed to their respective sessions and contests. The said sessions were as follows:

1. Oral Paper Presentation (Student Category)
2. Oral Paper Presentation (Professional Category)
3. Poster Presentation (Student Category)
4. Poster presentation (Professional Category)
5. Research problem Identification on Bicol HeaRT: Public Health

 Students from different member-institutions of BCHRD discussed and presented the results of their researches. The following researches were presented:

Oral Paper Presentation (Student Category)

Poster Presentation (Student)

Oral Paper Presentation (Professional Category)

Poster Presentation (Professional)

The winners of the said contests were awarded during the closing program in the afternoon. 

Details

Category: Updates

Published: 03 December 2018

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: GELIA CASTILLO AWARD FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION IN HEALTH (GCASIH)

       The Gelia Castillo Award for Social Innovation in Health (GCASIH) aims to recognize the outstanding models of social innovations that address persistent, societal and health systems challenges. The award also acknowledges the innovators at the frontlines. Through the innovators’ experience we can better understand how and why social innovations are impactful, the factors enabling their success and the lessons that can be gleaned from their experience to scale it more broadly in the larger health system.

       The award is open to all ongoing social innovation programs or projects developed by Filipinos for the Filipinos. The entry must be implemented mainly in the Philippines.

       For the purposes of this Award, Social innovations in Health (SIH) is defined as a novel solution (process, product, practice, market mechanism) created and implemented by a range of stakeholders, in response to a priority health need within a geographical context. This may come from a formal or informal research process that has enabled innovation has enabled health care that is more inclusive, affordable and effective.

Who can nominate?

• Any institution - public or private
• Members of the consortium
• Scientific, technological and professional societies or associations
• Research institutes
• Universities and colleges

Individuals

*Self-nomination is not allowed.

Criteria

1. Eligibility. The research or innovation program or project will be considered for shortlisting based on the following eligibility criteria. The entry or entries:
2. Must be developed by Filipino/s.
3. Must be implemented for at least one (1) year.
4. Based on an identified priority health need of a community or geographical context.
5. Complete application form (that has sufficient information for a fair review) submitted within the set deadline.
6. Selection. The shortlisted, eligible entries will be reviewed by an external selection panel based on the following selection criteria

GCASIH Secretariat

Nomination Procedures

1. How to nominate
   • Nominations should be made using the prescribed nomination form. All entries must be submitted to and endorsed by an institutional RHRDC Member.
   • RHRDC Secretariat will evaluate the submissions based on eligibility criteria
   • All interested parties may submit in person, through a courier or through an electronic mail. All entries must be submitted to the Regional Health Research and Development Consortia (RHRDC). A list of contact persons and addresses per RHRDC will be provided. A web-based nomination platform will also be designed to those who wish to submit online. The platform can help facilitate receiving, storing and processing of nominations
   • Aside from the fully accomplished nomination form, all interested parties are requested to submit relevant documentary proofs (e.g. publications, technical reports, certifications, photographs)
2. Schedules and Deadlines

            Nominations are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. Entries received after the deadline may be considered in the next cycle. However, strongest consideration will go to those entries submitted on or before the prescribed deadline.

Procedure for Selection

There will be two (2) levels of selection:

1. The Preliminary Screening or Shortlisting
2. Final Selection

Preliminary

1. Preliminary screening/Shortlisting
2. The RHRDC will be responsible for the initial review and shortlisting of all entries based on the eligibility criteria. The applicants whose nominations have been excluded should be emailed directly to be informed that their nomination did not meet the eligibility criteria.
3. The RHRDC will then recommend the shortlisted entries to an independent panel of experts to be appointed/convened by the DOST-PCHRD and the DOH for evaluation and final selection.

Final Selection

1. A panel of experts will be convened based on the number of shortlisted entries received.
2. Allocation of entries to expert panel will be in two distinct ways:

First: targeted allocation where the entry will be matched to a reviewer that have some or is an expert in the focus area of the innovation being presented

Second: random allocation

This dual approach will help ensure that the selection process is relevant and fair. If there is a conflict of interest in the allocation, the entry should be reassigned.

1. Once the review panel has been organized, they can begin the process of scoring nominations. Each nomination will be evaluated by two reviewers and will be scored on a scale of 1 – 5 in 0.5 increments. An online scoring platform is proposed to be developed to make the evaluation more unified and transparent.
2. Once all scores have been received from the selection panel members, the two scores for each nomination should be averaged. The full list of nominations must then be ranked by these average scores.
3. Once the final selection has been concluded and before the public announcement is made, each applicant should be directly contacted with the outcome of the decision (i.e. was or was not selected).
4. If no innovation sufficiently meets the qualifications, the expert panel has the prerogative not to give the award.
5. The decision of the expert panel of reviewers is final.

Incentives

Option A:

The Award consists of a cash prize of Php 100,000 each and a trophy for the top 3 socially innovative projects.

Alternatively, we can award:

Php 200,000 for the top socially innovative project and Php 50,000 each as consolation incentives for top 2 and 3 projects/innovations respectively.

OR

One winner each in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao with cash incentive of Php 100,000 each.

Option B (in the future/subsequent calls):

Innovation acceleration fund (between Php 300,000 – Php 500,000) + capacity building package/workshop with partner institution (e.g. SIHI Philippines Hub and/or Asian Institute of Management) to further expand and scale the innovative project.

DEADLINE OF SUBMISSION OF NOMINATIONS WILL BE ON APRIL, 2019.