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The EVHRDC Awards is presented to researchers in Region 8 to recognize significant contributions to knowledge related to health. The awards will have two (2) categories: the Distinguished Health Researcher Award and the EVHRDC Outstanding Novice Researcher Award. Up to three awards may be given annually under the two award categories. The selection committee may not confer any of the awards once no one meets the qualifications.
Eligibility for Distinguished Health Researcher Award
The Distinguished Health Researcher Award is open to all Filipino Citizen researchers of Region 8-Eastern Visayas (whether individual or group/institutional categories) of the affiliated members of the Eastern Visayas Health Research Development Consortium (EVHRDC) and other interested colleges, universities, and agencies not affiliated with EVHRDC. The award shall have no age restrictions and can be granted posthumously.
Eligibility for EVHRDC Outstanding Novice Researcher Award
This aims to encourage young researchers to undertake work in all fields of health research. The award will be granted to researchers within Eastern Visayas region that are employed by the member institutions of the consortium. This award shall be conferred to young researchers not exceeding the age of 40 at the time of nomination.
Selection Criteria
The Distinguished Health Researcher Award may be conferred to an individual or a group while the EVHRDC Outstanding Novice Researcher Award is conferred to individuals who have made a significant contribution to health. This contribution could be a long-term, cumulative contribution or a single, particularly insightful idea, experiment, application, or interpretation.
The selection committee shall consider the following criteria in selecting the recipient:
- Demonstrated excellence in research, scholarly, and/or artistic work;
- Recognition by professional societies, community organizations, or other external bodies;
- Contributions to the research environment both locally, nationally, and internationally. This can include the development of major research installations (e.g. a research centre), participation in the deliberations of a major research granting agency (e.g. member and/or chair of a grant selection committee), or other prestigious forms of service to the field;
- Contributions to the training and education of highly qualified personnel (e.g., undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and technical staff);
- The selection committee reserves the right to make fewer than three awards or none at all in any year if there are no suitable candidates;
- The institution of the individual or group researcher/s shall also be recognized;
- The selection committee shall determine the award category of a candidate/nominee. Distinguished Health Researcher nominee should have a minimum of five (5) completed health researches conducted, and the EVHRDC Outstanding Novice Researcher nominee should have one or a maximum of four (4) researche/s.
The Distinguished Health Researcher Awardees and EVHRDC Outstanding Novice Researcher Awardees shall be chosen by the Board of Judges. Decisions of the Board of Judges shall be final and unappealable. The Board of Judges has the right not to declare any winner. The Board of Judges shall formulate their own guidelines of judging based on the suggested criteria:
| Extent of impact on health/quality of life | 40% |
| Economic benefits | 30% |
| S&T benefits | 10% |
| Research Pitching and Publications | 10% |
| Research Training Involvement | 10% |
| 100% |
Nomination Procedures
1.Candidates may be nominated by a colleague, any individual, any agency, or self-nomination may be allowed. The nominator should be of someone in higher stature than the nominee. It could be someone the nominee had worked with, i.e., mentor, consultant, or workmate.
2. The nomination package must include:
2.1. A letter from the nominator summarizing the candidate’s research achievements and outlining the national or international significance of the candidate’s scholarly work. (The nomination letter should not exceed 300 words);
2.2. Current curriculum vitae of the candidate;
2.3. Three letters of support from scholars in the candidate’s main or cognate fields, commenting on the impact of the candidates’ work regionally, nationally, and internationally. At least two of these letters must be from scholars outside the workplace.
Submit your nominations here: https://forms.gle/kSdg8UtBZJX1m9D66
==>EVHRDC Awards Nomination Form
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“Skills Development Training for Project Pitching”- this was the theme of the webinar attended by 93 participants who are researchers from member institutions of Eastern Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium (EVHRDC). The activity was held last August 26, 2021, via Zoom Conference.
Dir, Ernesto M. Granada, DOST 8 Regional Director and Co-chair of EVHRDC Executive committee, opened and welcomed all participants to the activity. Dr. Sherrie Ann C. Labid, RUC Chair, delivered the rationale of the webinar. Ms. Jean Gay O. Ragub, the EVHRD Coordinator, introduced the resource speaker Dr. Gloria Nenita Velasco, The Chief Health Policy Development and Planning Bureau Health Research Division DOH.
Among the topics highlighted are Health Policy, Types of Policy Instruments Concept of Policy Cycle, Gap and window, how to develop a policy brief or presentation and its types, Difference between the policy presentation and the research presentation.
She emphasized that the policy presentation must be specific and actionable, deter the use of the same presentation for all target audiences in all instances, and should not get discouraged if they do not get the response they were expecting.
After the presentation, the workshop commenced, wherein participants were grouped and moved to their break-out rooms. The participants should reflect their presentation on the answer to the questions provided.The workshop was followed by presentations of their outputs and critiquing of presentations by Dr. Velasco.
Ms. Alysya Marie Pedraza, the Cluster Head of PCHRD Visayas, delivered her insight and inspirational message. A certificate was awarded to the resource speaker by Dr. Reynaldo Garnace, CBC Member. The activity was formally closed with his closing remark.
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Eastern Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium (EVHRDC) thru the Capacity Building Committee conducted a 2-day Webinar on Statistical Analysis for Scientific Research last July 21-22, 2021. This was participated by 18 researchers coming from member institutions. The activity was graced during the Opening Program by the Dr. Exuperia B. Sabalberino, EVHRDC Chairperson and DOH EVCHD Regional Director, by a Welcome Message. Dr. Virgilio E. Sabalo, Capacity Building Committee Chairperson, delivered the rationale of the activity. Resource Speakers were invited namely: Dr. Norberto E. Milla, Head of the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Statistics of Visayas State College, Prof. Ferdinand Abocejo, Associate Professor V of Eastern Visayas State University, and Dr. Sherrie Ann C. Labid, from Samar State University who is also the Research Utilization Committee Chairperson. Dr. Milla gave an overview about the JASP software and demonstrated on how to use the software. He discussed in detail the concepts of data transformation and descriptive statistics, among others. Prof. Abocejo discussed about correlation analysis and the linear regression . On the other hand, Dr. Labid discussed about the Relative Risk and Odds Ratio on the 2nd day.
Ms. Anicia P. Catameo, the Office-In-Charge of the Institution Development Division of DOST-PCHRD and the former Regional Project Officer for EVHRDC delivered her insights on the said training, which was followed by an inspirational message for the participants.
To formally close the training, Dr. Lucia P. Dauz, EVHRDC Director, delivered her closing message.
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Palo, Leyte – The Department of Education Regional Office VIII, led by its Regional Director Ma. Gemma Mercado Ledesma, started its vaccination roll out for its employees on August 2021. It can be noted that DepEd personnel has been included in the A4 category as approved by the President and the National IAFT.
To ensure that all DepEd employees in the region will get equal opportunity to get vaccinated, Regional Director Ledesma requested the Department of Health Regional Office VIII to immediately accommodate its employees through their respective Local Government Units despite being classified under A4 category. The said request was then approved by the Department of Interior and Local Government and DepEd employees are now being entertained by their respective LGUs on scheduled basis.
RD Ledesma further emphasized during the Regional Management Committee meeting that teachers will be discouraged to serve in the upcoming 2022 National Elections unless vaccinated.
As of August 16, 2021, out of 51,042 teaching and non-teaching personnel eligible population for vaccination all over the region, 11,473 (22%) had been vaccinated. Among these belong to A1-4 categories. A series of vaccination information dissemination and advocacies are being undertaken per division. DepEd hopes that as early of September this year, almost all of its school population will be vaccinated. This prepare the schools for the face to face resumption of classes once permitted.
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The Eastern Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium (EVHRDC) conducted a Research Proposal Enhancement Workshop on 8-9 July 2021 via Zoom.
During the two-day workshop, researchers were partnered with a mentor who helped enhance their proposals. Other mentors assigned on the overall methods and statistical aspects of the proposals moved from one breakout room to another providing one-on-one coaching and mentoring.
Day 1 of the workshop focused on the review and refinement of the statement of the research question or problem, objectives of the study, significance of the study, and review of related literature; while day 2 focused on the conceptual framework, methodology, limitations of the study and LIB.
The enhanced proposals were presented by the researchers after the workshop. They were:
- Factors Affecting Low Hemoglobin Deferral Among Voluntary Blood Donors of a Government Tertiary Hospital Blood Bank;
- Establishment of a Monitoring System Using Service Delivery Network (SDN For Postpartum Mothers With Hypertensive Disorders;
- A Father’s Relational Presence in Young Adult Filipino Psychiatric Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in Eastern Visayas, Philippines; and
- Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Palliative Care Among Primary Care Providers
The activity was initiated to provide researchers with a one-on-one mentoring and coaching session with Basic Research Methods trainers to guide them in developing full-blown proposals following the standard Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) format so they can later be funded by the Consortium.
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| Participants of the Research Proposal Enhancement Workshop during the opening ceremonies. |
