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CEBU DOCTORS' UNIVERSITY

2024

2ND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONGRESS

Theme: Advancing Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation

towards Sustainable Development

18-19 April 2024 | Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines

A two-day learning experience filled with engaging research activities including podium presentations, poster exhibits, infographics, infomercials, and plenary lectures

DAY 1

April 18, 2024 (Thursday)

🧩 Opening Ceremony

🧩 Keynote Speech

🧩 Plenary Lecture on Protection against Tuberculosis

🧩 Research Poster, Infographics, and Infomercial Exhibit

🧩 Student Research Podium Presentation

DAY 2

April 19, 2024 (Friday)

🧩 Professional Research Podium Presentation

🧩 Plenary Lecture on Neglected Tropical Diseases

🧩 Plenary Lecture on Health Technology Innovations

🧩 Ceremonial Launching of the CDU WISE Innovation Hub

🧩 Closing and Awarding Ceremonies

A copy of the program book can be downloaded here.

[Program Book] CDU IRC 2024.pdf

CONFERENCE FEES

An avenue for disseminating the research outputs relevant to planning, decision-making, and policy development by the stakeholders

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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

The Call for Abstracts is now open with the theme: Advancing Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation towards Sustainable Development. Researchers from CDU and other local and international universities are invited to submit their research papers relevant to the theme.

Student Research Podium Presentation
Professional Research Podium Presentation
Research Poster Exhibit
Research Infographics
Research Infomercials

SUBMIT

PLENARY LECTURES

Keynote Speech

DR. DON ELISEO LUCERO-PRISNO III

Founder, Global Health Focus (GHF)

Editor-in-Chief, Public Health Challenges (Wiley) (DOAJ)

Deputy Editor-in-Chief, BMC Global Health Research and Policy (Scopus)

Editorial Board Member, International Maritime Health (Scopus)

Editorial Board Member, Kesmas National Journal of Public Health (Scopus)

PLENARY LECTURE 1:

Unraveling Protection against Tuberculosis

DR. JOANNE FLYNN

Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Member, Center for Vaccine Research

Distinguished Professor, Department of Immunology

Distinguished Professor, Department of Pediatrics

University of Pittsburgh

PLENARY LECTURE 2:

Recent Developments in Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Diagnostics and the Prospects of Elimination

DR. PAUL ROBERT SAUNDERSON

Senior Technical Advisor, American Leprosy Missions

Editor, Leprosy Review

Ålesund, Norway

PLENARY LECTURE 3:

Health Research and Health Technology Innovations

DR. JAIME MONTOYA

Executive Director

Philippine Council for Health Research and Development

Department of Science and Technology

BOARD OF JUDGES

DR. MARIA PHILINA PABLO-VILLAMOR

Head, Research Unit, Cebu Institute of Medicine

Head, Section of Pulmonary Medicine, VSMMC

DR. HELEN MADAMBA

Medical Specialist IV, VSMMC

Chief, Professional Allied Health Services (HIM, MSS)

Chair, VSMMC Research Institute

Chair, HIV/AIDS Core Team

DR. DAISY PALOMPON

Professor VI, Cebu Normal University

Fellow, American Academy of Nursing

Technical Evaluator in Nursing Education, Commission on Higher Edication

DR. JOHNNY YAO

Education Supervisor II

Commission on Higher Education Region VII

DR. AURELIO VILBAR

Professor, College of Social Sciences

Director, Ugnayan ng Pahinungod/ UP Cebu Oblation Corps

University of the Philippines Cebu

DR. BRYAN ALBERT LIM

Chief Medical Officer, Keralty Prime Cebu Incorporated

Research Coordinator, Chong Hua Mandaue

Research Mentor, Cebu Doctors’ University College of Medicine

DR. JOGI RIVAMONTE

Education Supervisor II

Commission on Higher Education Region VII

DR. JEZYL CUTAMORA

Director, Research Institute of Ageing and Health

Professor, College of Nursing

Cebu Normal University

DR. LAURENCE GARCIA

Professor, College of Nursing

Cebu Normal University

Vision

A leading hub in the Visayas propelling interdisciplinary technology diffusion and driving transformative healthcare innovations

Mission

To create a dynamic ecosystem that nurtures creativity, facilitates knowledge exchange, supports startups and innovators, and ensures the seamless diffusion of cutting-edge technologies from academia to industry in improving healthcare service delivery and overall quality of life