Alumni Milestones

The UP College of Pharmacy would like to congratulate its 17 graduates for passing the recently-held November 2022 Pharmacist Licensure Examination! We would also like to extend our heart-felt felicitations to the other boardpassers who will all work together in building a stronger pharmacy workforce.

May you all serve the people, the country, and the profession!

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The UP College of Pharmacy would like to congratulate our UPCPAAI President, Ms. Hazel Faye R. Docuyanan, for bagging the Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Associations (FAPA) Ishidate Award for Hospital Pharmacy at the 28th FAPA Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia held 10th November 2022.

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Source: UP College of Pharmacy Facebook

Congratulations to Dr. Rolly G. Fuentes for winning 1st place in the regional search for Outstanding Novice Health Researcher Award. This award was given by the Eastern Visayas Research and Development Consortium (EVHRDC) during the Regional Health Research Symposium held from November 9-10, 2022 at Summit Hotel, Tacloban City. Dr. Fuentes received a cash prize and a plaque.

The Outstanding Novice Health Researcher Award is conferred to individuals who have made a significant contribution to health research. This award is given to young researchers not exceeding the age of 40 at the time of nomination.

Dr. Fuentes is a Professor 2 of Chemistry in the division. He was awarded the UP Scientist 1 from 2019 to 2021. His research interest is in natural products chemistry (pharmacognosy).

Source: UPV Tacloban College – Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Facebook

University of the Philippines Manila graduates top the October 2022 Physician Licensure Exam.

Justin Adriel Zent Gautier Togonon topped the list of passers with a rating of 89.00%, followed by Francesca Marie Aby Lagrosa, who scored 88.75%.

Also on the topnotchers’ list are Trisha Marie Ramos at seventh, Christopher Tabora Pilarta at eighth, and Christine Bernadette Orfano Lo at tenth.

Padayon, mga bagong doktor ng bayan!

Source: University of the Philippines Manila Facebook

Eight awardees who studied in the University of the Philippines (UP) were among the eleven recipients of the 2022 The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS) Awards given by the TOWNS Foundation, Inc. The awarding night was held on October 24 at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Makati City.

According to the TOWNS’ website, the award is given to Filipinas who have shown outstanding dedication, exceptional talent, and a history of contributing positively to society. This includes strengthening national capability, shaping the nation’s future, and serving as catalysts for economic, social and cultural development, national security, and national unity.

The following are the awardees from UP:

For Education and Entrepreneurship: Dr. Ani Rosa S. Almario, who graduated cum laude from the UP Diliman School of Economics and College of Education.

For Molecular Biology: Dr. Pia D. Bagamasbad, who graduated cum laude from the UP Diliman College of Science.

For Medicine: Dr. Beverly Lorraine C. Ho, who graduated cum laude from the UP Diliman College of Science and the UP Manila College of Medicine.

For Data Science: Dr. Erika Fille T. Legara, who earned her Bachelor of Science in Physics, cum laude, MS in Physics, and doctorate degrees in Physics from UP Diliman.

For Urban Transport: Keisha Alena L. Mayuga, who graduated from the UP Diliman College of Mass Communication. Her award was received by her family members as she is currently out of the country pursuing higher studies.

For Community Service: Ana Patricia Non, who studied at the UP College of Fine Arts.

For Marine Ecology Conservation: Anna Oposa Del Rosario, who graduated cum laude from UP Diliman College of Arts and Letters.

For Marine Science: Dr. Aletta Concepcion T. Yniguez, who graduated magna cum laude from the UP Los Baños College of Arts and Sciences.

The TOWNS award is given every three years, with the awarding ceremony held during the last week of October.

Dr. Regina Pascua Berba, head of the PGH Hospital Infection Control Unit (HICU), is one of the Filipino Women’s Network (FWN) 2022 Most Influential Filipina Women in the World in the Innovators and Thought Leaders Category.

Dr. Berba is an infectious disease specialist, researcher, and professor at the UP College of Medicine. She also chairs the Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee and is the head of the UP-PRIME TB DOTS and the UP Leptospirosis Taskforce. She is known as the ‘science’ behind the PGH Crisis Management Team and has led in transforming UPM-PGH into a COVID referral center.

“We were the go-to-hospital and took care of hundreds of COVID-19 patients and I was in charge of making sure that our hospital was safe not only for our patients, but also for the thousands of dedicated frontliners, doctors, nurses, support staff, UP faculty, trainees, and students,” recounted Dr. Berba in heading the COVID treatment protocols of UPM-PGH.

She asserted that in many ways, the things she and her team at HICU did in PGH defined how the country responded to the pandemic since their developed protocols would be cascaded to the platforms of social media and to other hospitals in the country. Dr. Berba spoke in several Stop C.O.V.I.D. Deaths webinar series, sharing her knowledge and expertise.

Dr. Berba was awarded the PeopleAsia’s “People of the Year 2022” on April 2022 and 2019 Distinguished Researcher by the Philippine College of Physicians for her researches on HIV and infection control.

Source: https://www.upm.edu.ph/node/4029

The University of the Philippines Alumni Association (UPAA) has chosen Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman as its most distinguished alumnus for 2022.

The award is the highest honor that is bestowed on a graduate of the University of the Philippines.

The UPAA announced in its website that “heading the elite group of University of the Philippines graduates is Albay Rep. Edcel C. Lagman (AB, 1962 cum laude; Bachelor of Laws, 1966) who has been named the year’s UPAA Most Distinguished Alumnus.”

Under its guidelines, the UPAA Most Distinguished Alumni Award is conferred on alumni “who have demonstrated, in their chosen field of endeavor, exceptional achievements and outstanding contributions that bring about substantial benefits to society and distinct honor to the university.

Recognition is given to achievements and contributions that impact the community in which the alumni are or have been active, whether this is at the local, national or international level.”

In its Sept. 20, the UPAA stated that “the UPAA Board of Directors is proud to announce that you are the recipient of the 2022 UPAA Most Distinguished Alumnus Award in recognition of your leadership and achievements in your field, and contributions that create change to benefit the lives of many.”

Lagman is recognized as a conscientious, credible and articulate opposition leader in the House of Representatives where he was minority leader in the 13th Congress, the leader of the Magnificent-7 opposition group in the 17th Congress, and remains an independent opposition member in the current 19th Congress.

He principally authored landmark laws, such as Republic Act 6657 or the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law, RA9346 abolishing the death penalty, RA 10868 or the Centenarian Act, various labor statutes for the benefit of the workingman and a triumvirate of human rights legislation which included RA 9745 or the Anti-Torture Act, RA 10353 or the Criminalization of Enforced Disappearance Act and RA 10368 or the Compensation to Martial Law Victims Act. Rio N. Araja

The Albay solon is also acknowledged as the father of the Reproductive Health Act or RA 10354 and a principal author of RA 11569 or the Prevention of Child Marriage Law. He is currently the President of the Liberal Party.

Source: https://manilastandard.net/news/national/314273617/lagman-is-up-most-distinguished-alumni.html