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The second call for applications for the 2024 DOST-PCHRD Undergraduate Thesis Grant in Natural Products is waving.

ABOUT THE AWARD

The Gelia Castillo Award for Research on Social Innovations in Health (GCARSIH) aims to recognize the outstanding social innovations that address persistent, societal and health systems challenges. Through the innovators’ experience, we can better understand why and how social innovations create impact, and discover the keys to scale up or integrate these effective interventions into the larger health system.

This Award is open to ongoing social innovations in health developed by Filipinos for the Filipinos. The entry must be implemented in the Philippines.

For the purposes of this Award, social innovations in health (SIH) are defined as new solutions (product, services, models, market mechanisms, processes) created by multi-sectoral health system actors. The solutions must address a health need more effectively than existing approaches, and have the ability to enhance people’s capacity to act and take ownership of their own health. Social innovations have health-system changing potential as it changes and strengthens relationships between people and results in a more effective use of available resources.

The Region 1 Health Research and Development Consortium (R1HRDC) had proven its award-winning research papers once again at the recently concluded 17^th Philippine National Health Research System (PNHRS) Week Celebration spearheaded by the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) which hosted by the CARAGA Health Research and Development Consortium (CHRDC) held at Almont Inland Resort, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte on August 13-16, 2024. 

The 17th Philippine National Health Research System (PNHRS) Week Celebration is fast approaching. With the theme, "Leveraging Global Networks in Advancing the National Health Research System." The event highlights not only the crucial role of research in improving health outcomes for Filipinos but also the importance of harnessing the power of joint efforts, local, national and global, in tackling complex health challenges and in accelerating health research and medical innovations.

PNHRS limits its participants on this week's celebration but fortunately, you can connect and join live on its DOST-PCHRD Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/dostpchrd on August 12-16, 2024. Don’t miss the chance to connect and innovate with fellow health research enthusiasts.

In partnership with Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation (VMUF), the Region 1 Health Research and Development Consortium (R1HRDC) through the Research Utilization Committee (RUC), successfully conducted a regional-wide 2024 R1HRDC Research Conference on June 21, 2024 in the said university. With the theme, "Empowering Health Innovations: Uniting Minds, Ensuring Ethics, and Celebrating Excellence in Research". Keynote speaker in this momentous event is Dr. Jaime C. Montoya, Executive Director, of the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD).

Aside from the competing papers, the other 33 completed research papers submitted by the different member institutions were all advanced for the oral and poster presentations - Professional and Student categories (Competing and Non-competing) to also showcase and to give recognition to the efforts of those institutions who are REC non-accredited institutions. The following research papers were awarded as winners.