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Myla D. Levantino-Firmalo, RMT
- Research Associate, ACRI
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Mental Health
- Public Health
- Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Research Interests
- Research Assistant, Technological Transfer of Clinical and Molecular Advances in Autism
- Research Assistant, Prevalence of Fragile X Syndrome in Children with ASD in the Philippines
- Research Assistant, Evaluation of the Clinical Outcomes of the Early Start Denver Model: Philippine Revised (ESDM-PR) for Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Researcher, ASMPH Center for Research and Innovation hosts the Rise and Thrive program team during a three-day GEDSI Workshop
- Researcher, Rise and Thrive Program Team successfully concludes preparatory project design workshop
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Percival Ethan Lao, MD
- Research Associate, Environmental Health
- Climate Change and Health Infectious Diseases One Health Antimicrobial Resistance
Research Interests
- Researcher, Implementation Review of the Philippine National Action Plan (PNAP) to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) through One Health Approach 2019-2023 and the Development of a New Medium-Term AMR Action Plan for 2024-2028
- Researcher, Incorporating Climate Change Strategies into AMR Intervention and Implementation Research Projects: A Scoping Review
- Researcher, Understand and mitigating the influence of extreme weather events on HIV outcomes: A global investigation
- Researcher, Advancing vaccine uptake to mitigate antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in low and middle-income countries of South or South-East Asia
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Sary Valenzuela, MD
- Project Lead, ACRI
- Environmental Health
- Modelling
- Climate Change
- Climate Justice
- Infectious Diseases
Research Interests
- Environmental Health Specialist, ACRI bags honors at 2023 Healthy Pilipinas Awards
- Author, Policy Brief: Strengthening Regulation of PFAS in Food Packaging Perspectives from the Philippines
- Author, Policy Brief: Mitigating Dengue in a Warming World
- Author, Toxic Truths Unveiled: ACRI and EcoWaste Coalition’s seminar on Day-to-Day Chemical Hazards
- Assistant Program Head, Dr. Sary Valenzuela awarded the Fr. Bienvenido Nebres Scholarship, Georgetown University
- Researcher, POLICY BRIEF: From Research to Impact: Transformative Actions Against Arsenic Groundwater Contamination In Batangas
- Researcher, A TAALe of Arsenic: Sharing the narrative through an interactive map
- Researcher, Implementation Review of the Philippine National Action Plan (PNAP) to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) through One Health Approach 2019-2023 and the Development of a New Medium-Term AMR Action Plan for 2024-2028
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Veincent Christian F. Pepito
- Adjunct Research Faculty, ACRI
- Epidemiology
- HIV
- Leprosy
- Neglected Tropical Diseases
- Maternal and Child Health
- Public Health
Research Interests
- Co-Investigator, Secondary data analysis of surveys and other routine data for better health outcomes and improved health service delivery
- Project Manager, Mathematical Modelling for Universal Health Care in the Philippines
- Author, Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Collaborators
- Co-Author, Experiences and satisfaction of high-risk mothers who gave birth in select facilities in Legazpi City, Philippines
- Co-Author, Determinants of HIV testing among Filipino women: Results from the 2013 Philippine National Demographic and Health Survey
- Author, Mapping geographical inequalities in childhood diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries
- Author, Early response to COVID-19 in the Philippines
- Project Associate, Call for Workshop Applicants: Utilizing mathematical modelling to aid governance in Universal Healthcare in the Philippines
- Researcher, The Hidden Crisis: How Health Workforce Issues Are Undermining Universal Healthcare in the Philippines
- Co-Author, Health workforce issues and recommended practices in the implementation of Universal Health Coverage in the Philippines: a qualitative study.
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Xerxes Seposo, MENRM, MPH, MPM, PhD
- Senior Research Fellow, ACRI
- Climate Change and Health
- Air Pollution Epidemiology
Research Interests
- Researcher, POLICY BRIEF: From Research to Impact: Transformative Actions Against Arsenic Groundwater Contamination In Batangas
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Kriselle J. Abcede
- Office Staff, ACRI
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