Researcher & Advocate
Researcher & Advocate
A global health policy researcher & advocate from the Philippines with a focus on alcohol and tobacco control in the Asia Pacific and an interdisciplinary perspective on the wider political, commercial and legal determinants of health
FORUT, Solidaritetsaksjon for utvikling, Norway
Adviser for Alcohol, Drugs and Development Programme, June 2024-December 2024
Senior Adviser for Alcohol, Drugs and Development Programme, January 2025-present
World Health Organization
Consultant
School of Government, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Non-Resident Research Fellow
Research For Impact, Singapore
Senior Policy Researcher & Director for Communications (Social Media)
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Research Associate (Global Health Policy)
RSIS Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Senior Analyst (Health Security)
The Collective for the Political Determinants of Health
Member
Globalization and Health
Member, Editorial Board
National University of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Teaching Assistant, Global Health Policy
De La Salle Lipa
Lecturer, Philippine Politics and Governance (Undergraduate)
Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines - Diliman
Teaching Assistant, Social, Economic and Political Thought (Undergraduate)
PhD (Global Health)
2018- 2024, University of Geneva, SwitzerlandBest PhD Article in Public Health, Swiss School of Public Health (2024)MSc Asian Studies
2011-2012, Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeResearch Assistantship Study Award (2011-2012)BA Political Science
2003 - 2007, University of the Philippines - Diliman, PhilippinesAsia Pacific Alcohol Policy Alliance
Secretary
Actively engaged in the WHO global public consultation on the development of the Action Plan for the WHO Global Strategy to Reduce Harmful Use of Alcohol
Active in speaking engagements on various platforms (conferences, seminars, workshops, forums, webinars) on alcohol policy
Active in contributing feedback in public consultations on alcohol policy
Global Alcohol Policy Alliance
Member of the Advisory Council
Global Alcohol Policy Alliance
Member of the Board
Actively supported the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance in engaging in the WHO global public consultation on the development of the Action Plan for the WHO Global Strategy to Reduce Harmful Use of Alcohol
Actively participated in the development and organization of the Global Alcohol Policy Conference 2020 and Global Alcohol Policy Alliance Virtual Event in 2022