The collaboratory is a four-part webinar series featuring Thomasian experts. Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Cheryl R. Peralta, DrPH provided the overview of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education on August 12, 2024, while Educational Technology Center Acting Director April Joy M. Gascon, MAN, RN spoke about Innovating Teaching and Learning with AI.

On August 28, 2024, College of Education Assistant Dean Louie B. Dasas, PhD will discuss (Re)Designing Learning Assessments with AI in Mind, while Institute of Religion academic researcher Leo-Martin Angelo R. Ocampo, MA will close the series with the talk 鈥淪trengthening Humanity and Human Agency in the Era of Artificial Intelligence,鈥� in a big to refocus the discourse on the role of humans in the use of technology.

Interested participants may register here:

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Winning the Third Prize is Inst. John Andrew C. Albay, PhD of the Department of Mathematics and Physics for his work聽 “Colloidal Heat Engine Driven by Engineered Active Noise.” Albay becomes the first NAST TSYS awardee of the Department.

Receiving citations are Inst. Katherine Yasmin M. Garcia, MS of the Department of Chemistry and Asst. Prof. Jame Monren T. Mercado, MA of the Department of Tourism Management.

Garcia was recognized for her work entitled 鈥淎ntiproliferative and Cytotoxic Cytochalasins from 饾槡饾槺饾槩饾槼饾樀饾槳饾槫饾槹饾槶饾槩 饾樀饾槼饾槳饾槾饾槮饾槺饾樀饾槩饾樀饾槩 Inhibit Action Polymerization and Aggregation.”

Meanwhile, Mercado, who is an academic researcher of the Research Center for Social Sciences and Education, was recognized for his work entitled 鈥淵sla de Panciteria: A Preliminary Study on the Culinary Heritage Significance of Pancit Using the Heritage Documentation Approach 鈥� the Case of Luzon Island, Philippines.鈥� Mercado co-authored the work with Dr. Avi Ben Andalecio, also of the College of Tourism and Hospitality Management.

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RCSSED Director Jeremaiah M. Opiniano (The University of Adelaide) won the 2024 Dissertation Award from the Mixed Methods International Research Association (MMIRA) for his doctoral project titled “Overseas Remittances and Rural 探花精选town Investing: Towards an Understanding of the Migration-and-Local Development Nexus.”聽

His PhD project, in May 2021, had already won the John Lewis Medal of Excellence for Outstanding Doctoral Research in Geography, from the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia (RGSSA), where Adelaide belongs.

MMIRA鈥檚 dissertation awards, the Association said, 鈥渞ecognize a beginning scholar completing original research whose dissertation has made an outstanding contribution to the field of mixed methods research鈥�.聽 Applicants to the 2024 MMIRA dissertation award must have the PhD thesis or dissertation defended / passed during the period December 1, 2020 to September 30, 2023.

Meanwhile, RCSSED Assistant Director Pia Patricia P. Tenedero (Macquarie University) will receive this year’s Virginia A. Miralao Excellence in Research Award (VAMERA) from the Philippine Social Science Council (PSSC).

Tenedero won the award for her book titled聽Communication that Counts: Language Practice and Ideology in Globalized Accounting聽that comes from her PhD thesis at Macquarie University. The book was published as part of the聽Language at Work聽series by publisher Multilingual Matters, based in Bristol in the United Kingdom.

VAMERA honors former PSSC Executive Director Dr. Virginia Miralao, and the prize comes from a 2012 grant to PSSC by Professor Emerita Dr. Belinda Aquino of the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the US. The award, handed out to a published journal article, book chapter or book, serves as an incentive (i.e., below 45 years old) 鈥渢o pursue original and meaningful research鈥�.

Tenedero, currently an honorary research fellow at Macquarie鈥檚 Department of Linguistics, will receive a unique trophy made by noted visual artist Toym Leon Imao.

Both awardees belong to the Faculty of Arts and Letters‘ Journalism and English programs, respectively.

Drs. Yan Tan (primary) and Dianne Marie Rudd (co-supervisor) advised Opiniano鈥檚 project, while Distinguished Professor Ingrid Piller and Dr. Loy Lising acted as primary and co-supervisors, respectively of Tenedero.

The individual citations of the two officials come as RCSSED received the Outstanding Research Institution Award, for Social Sciences and the Humanities, from the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) last March.

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NRCP approved Council Resolution 2024-06 to grant RCSSED the “Outstanding Institution Award (Cluster 1)” for the year 2023. The February 1, 2024 letter of NRCP writes that the Outstanding Institution Award “is given to outstanding institutions in recognition of their dedicated support and / or significant contribution to the growth and development of basic sciences, humanities, and the arts in the Philippines.”

NRCP will give the said award during its 2024 Annual Scientific Conference and General Assembly, slated this March 12 at the Philippine International Convention Center. 

RCSSED becomes the third UST research center to win this NRCP award, after the Research Center for the Natural and Applied Sciences (RCNAS, 2015) and the Research Center for Culture, Arts and Humanities (RCCAH, 2021).

RCSSED was formed in January 2017 as a spin-off center from the former Research Center for Culture, Education and Social Issues (RCCESI), where RCCAH also came from. Prof. Belinda D.V. de Castro, PhD of the College of Commerce and Business Administrator is RCSSED’s first director.

RCSSED took its roots from predecessor research centers that include the Social Research Center (SRC), the Institute of Development Education (IDE), and the Center for Educational Research and Development (CERD).

The criteria for NRCP’s outstanding institution award include:聽

• Publications in refereed and reputable journals (50 percent);
• External linkages and extension services, including support to policy formulation (20 percent);
• Research or service awards and recognitions received (15 percent); and
• Number of undergraduate and graduate students trained or number of personnel trained (15 percent).

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Navidad is the inaugural Chair of the Institutional Research Ethics Board, which oversees existing and helps establish new research ethics committees for accreditation by the Philippine Health Research Ethics Board (PHREB).

A longtime Social Health Studies research interest group member, she conducts researches on the interface of the social and allied health sciences, several of which have received grants from agencies such as the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development, Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care, and Porticus Asia. Currently, she is working on a two-part study on 鈥淗ealing Interventions from Local Traditions鈥� (HILOT), which involves a scoping review and cultural mapping of how hilot is practiced in the archipelago.

Navidad was nominated by the UST Department of Medical Technology and the Faculty of Pharmacy officials. After winning the regional search, she competed with all the regional winners to finally capture the award. Navidad expressed gratitude to her superiors and colleagues in the Faculty of Pharmacy, and acknowledged the Research Center for Social Sciences for providing support for her research undertakings. In an interview with the Communications Bureau, she advised Thomasians to 鈥渒now your goal and have passion for what you are doing.鈥�

Navidad is the latest Thomasian to win PAMET鈥檚 prized research plum, which was also conferred in the past to cancer researcher Pia Marie S.P. Albano, PhD.

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After registering 2,995 indexed entries last week, UST tallied on October 19, 2023 3,003 journal articles, book chapters, books, conference papers, and other research materials.

The eight most recent co-authored works, covering journal articles and conference papers, came from the following:

路       Ross Vasquez of the Faculty of Pharmacy (Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy);

路       Carlo Gabriel Casipit of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (IJC Heart and Vasculature);

路       Jojo Blanza of the Faculty of Engineering (International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering);

路       Frederick Masangkay of the Faculty of Pharmacy (three journals articles in Scientific Reports);

路       Marc Eric Reyes of the College of Science (BMC Psychology); and

路       Jame Monren Mercado and advisee students from the College of Tourism and Hospitality Management (Journal of Ethnic Foods).

Citing Scopus鈥� labels for disciplines and research themes, UST鈥檚 ten leading research themes in terms of total indexed works are Medicine (1,284); the Social Sciences (473); the Agricultural and Biological Sciences (432); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (367); Environmental Sciences (260); Engineering (233); Computer Science (209); Arts and Humanities (180); Immunology and Microbiology (147); and Neuroscience (139).

UST finally got ranked in TIMES Higher Education鈥檚 World University Rankings (particularly the 2024 edition) after meeting the minimum requirement for Scopus-indexed materials in the last five years: 150 per year and at least 1,000 in the last five years. The 2024 World University Rankings covered the years 2018 to 2022.

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UST REFI was awarded the grant by the Gerry Roxas Foundation (GRF) and the Philippine office of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for the project titled 鈥淪iquijor Island Conservation and Restoration: Toward a Regenerative Ecotourism Destination鈥�.

This action research project was among 11 recipients of grants from GRF鈥檚 program called INSPIRE or Investing in Sustainable Partnerships for Inclusive Growth and Regenerative Ecosystems.

Looking at both seascapes and landscapes, the project aims to ensure that the island鈥檚 natural ecosystems 鈥渨ill be conserved and restored, leading to a sustainable and regenerative Siquijor Island鈥�. For 2.5 years, this action research project hopes to aid Siquijor鈥檚 collaborative governance efforts on environmental protection, environmental conservation education, and achieving community-based sustainable livelihood.

The project seeks to empower Siquijor鈥檚 provincial and municipal governments to regulate the use of trees and medicinal plants, curb illegal and unregulated fishing activities, encourage tourism development, reduce solid and liquid wastes, and control freshwater consumption. These efforts contribute to the vision of making Siquijor a 鈥渮ero-waste island鈥�.

A team from REFI will spearhead the project, led by Executive Director Fr. Maximo Gatela, O.P. and Technical Team Leader Dr. Moises Norman Garcia of the College of Science. Team members include Dr. Maria Rosario Virginia Cobar-Garcia (Science), Dr. Arlen Ancheta and Dr. Alain Jomarie Santos (both from the Faculty of Arts and Letters), as well as Asst. Prof. Arnold Distor and Asst. Prof. Racquel Layco (Science).

Dr. Ancheta, Dr. Cobar-Garcia, Dr. Garcia, and Asst. Prof. Layco had done studies on the zero-waste island concept, covering solid waste management, energy efficiency, food and water, and sustainable use of natural resources. These previous studies were conducted for a global advocacy group, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), under the auspices of the Research Center for Social Sciences and Education (or RCSSED, UST鈥檚 social sciences research arm).

According to team leader Dr. Moises Norman Garcia, the previous studies and the current INSPIRE-funded project will capitalize on 鈥渆nvironmental advocacy to counter climate change and [take inspiration from] Pope Francis鈥檚 encyclical Laudato S铆.鈥�

This INSPIRE-funded project contributes to climate change action, says this full professor of Biological Sciences, by directly aligning the project to some of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations.

UST REFI formalized its receipt of the INSPIRE grants during a May 22 grants awarding ceremony at the National Museum of Natural History, with the US Ambassador to the Philippines, Her Excellency Mary Kay L. Carlson, gracing the event.

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The project aimed to assess the potential and development of the Barangay and its related stakeholders on sustainable community-based tourism. It was funded by the Department of Science and Technology 鈥� National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST NRCP) through the initiative of the House of Representatives Office of Hon. Faustino 鈥淚nno鈥� A. Dy V of the 6^th District of Isabela.

During the Policy Forum, Congressman Inno Dy V, who is also the Chair of the House Committee on Bases Conversion, shared the significance of sustainable tourism development to uplift the way of life of the local community and their related stakeholders in the municipality and even through its district and nearby provinces. The plan will provide them with a strategic and evidence-based approach to mechanizing their programs and projects for tourism development and resource conservation. 

After the research forum, Congressman Inno graced a ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the 探花精选 and the Municipal Government of Echague, Isabela. The MOA signified the strong relationship between the two parties, specifically on implementing the DOST NRCP Policy Funded Research Project. LGU Echague was represented by Hon. Francis Faustino 鈥淜iko鈥� A. Dy (Municipal Mayor), Hon. Allan P. Tupong, MD (Municipal Vice Mayor), the Members of the Sanggunian Bayan, and Mr. Louie C. Simbe (Municipal Tourism, Culture and Arts Officer).

#TeamKomunidad is headed by Inst. Jame Monren T. Mercado, MACHS of RCSSEd, CTHM, and UST Sentro Turismo. He was joined by the project team members, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Atty. Gezzez Giezi G. Granado (Dean), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Evangeline E. Timbang (Assistant Dean), Asst. Prof. Maria Concepcion A. Ang, Dr. Avi Ben P. Andalecio, and Dr. Fhamela F. Sarmiento. They were assisted by Inst. Danilo P. Bustillos II (Department of Hospitality Management) and Ms. Andrea Nicole D. Hernandez (CTHM Alumna Batch 2019).

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Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation Rev. fr. Jannel N. Abogado, O.P., DTPS will deliver the welcome remarks.

Asst. Prof. Maria Carinnes P. Alejandria, PhD of the University of Brunei Darussalam and Mr. Philippe Jose S. Hernandez, MEng, Communications Bureau Director and the Project Lead of National Youth Mental Health Mapping Project, will present their findings in relation to parents/grandparents and extended family members鈥� impact on mental wellness of students/children.

Meanwhile, Dr. Renz Christian C. Argao, faculty member of the UST Graduate School, will lecture on “Mental Health 101 for Parents, Guardians, and Grandparents”.

Panel discussions will also enrich the webinar, with “Confronting Traditional/Outdated Views, Stigma, and Stereotypes” discussed by Dr. Peejay Bengwasan of Saint Louis University – Baguio, Prof. Ma. Regina Hechanova, PhD of Ateneo de Manila University – Quezon City, and Prof. Rowena Guiang, PhD of the University of the Philippines Visayas – Tacloban. The three experts will zero-in on various forms of stigma and its effects, and then empower the viewers with proper approaches on how to address mental health problems.

The second set of panelists will tackle “Journeying with Your Children”. Prof. Ma. Claudette A. Agnes, PhD of the Department of Psychology , Ms. Jean Taypa of Palawan State University, and Ms. Alvie Timbancaya of Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology will likewise guide the parents/guardians/older adults on how they can help their children caught in mental struggles.

This webinar is through the initiative of Research Center for Social Sciences and Education, National Youth Mental Health Project, and Communications Bureau, and the Tiger Media Network.

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Karen Grace V. Aster, Jaime Ramir B. Castillo, Shekaina R. Cheng, John Paulo L. Trillana, and Ysabella Marie B. Varlez won 1^st Place with the research entitled 鈥�Sawsawan: Explicating the Culinary Heritage Significance of Philippine Condiments using Bibliometrics (1972 鈥� 2018)鈥�.

Meanwhile, Dylan M. Cari帽o, Victor Ian P. Cera, Ma. Sophia J. Medina, Louise Orlane R. Reyes, Arrian Karl A. Zaldivar, and Thomas Dominic M. Zambrano won 2^nd Place with the research entitled 鈥�Amputi Balitok (White Gold): Explicating the Culinary Significance and Safeguarding Dimensions of Puto Calasiao in Pangasinan, Philippines.鈥� The research was in partnership with the Municipal Government of Calasiao, Pangasinan, and the paper was co-authored by Ms. Tammy Marie C. Fernandez (Municipal Tourism Officer) and Mr. Gerald L. Quinit (Municipal Agriculturist).

KAIN Conference, now in its third year and part of the education campaign of the Filipino Food Month national celebration, aims to play a major role in achieving sustainable development goals by promoting agricultural development, food security, nutrition, sustainable food production, and the conservation of biodiversity. It was organized by the Slow Food Youth Movement Network Philippines, Philippine Culinary Heritage Movement, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and Jose Rizal University.

Both teams were mentored by Inst. Jame Monren T. Mercado, MACHS from the Department of Tourism Management and the Research Center for Social Sciences and Education. Mercado co-authored the work.

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