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The Region 1 Health Research and Development Consortium (R1HRDC) – Capacity Building Committee (CBC) have successfully conducted another two-day in person Training on Data Management on July 20-21, 2023 at El Cielito Hotel, Baguio City. The purpose of the training is to capacitate research committee members and researchers on the different methodologies in collecting, processing, and storing of research data. Thirty-three (33) researchers and technical review board members from the different member institutions participated the said training.

The Region 1 Health Research and Development Consortium (R1HRDC) through the Research Utilization Committee (RUC) in partnership with the Lyceum Northwestern University (LNU), successfully conducted a full face-to-face regional wide 2023 R1HRDC Research Conference last June 22, 2023 at LNU, Dagupan City, Pangasinan with the theme “Ethical Health Research Toward Sustainable Regional Development”. Gracing this special event is Dr. Jaime C. Montoya, Executive Director, Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) as the keynote speaker.

Out of 52 submissions of completed research papers from the different member institutions, only 17 entries qualified for the oral and poster presentations (Professional and Student category). The following papers were awarded as winners.

The Region 1 Health Research and Development Consortium (R1HRDC) – Capacity Building Committee (CBC) have successfully conducted a two-day in person Strategic Communication on Health Research Training and Workshop last May 16-17, 2023 at El Cielito Hotel, Baguio City. Since CBC members have identified a challenge that not all researchers are equipped with the strategic communication skills to convey the outcome and recommendations of their research, thus the said training was conducted. Their objective is to enhance the knowledge of the participants on the use of basic principles use in strategic communication and to develop their skills on effective written, oral, non-verbal and visual communications gearing focusing on health research. Dr. Marvin F. Munar was the resource speaker of the training.

Headed by Dr. Maria Lourdes K. Otayza as the Chair, the Research Agenda Management Committee (RAMC) of the Philippine National Health Research System (PNHRS) conducted a 2-day face-to-face Annual Strategic Planning and Meeting for the Development of NUHRA 2023-2028 on April 26-27, 2023 at the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center, City of Batac, Ilocos Norte. Members from the PCHRD Research and Development Management Division were also present during the event.