CIM Wins Third Place in 8th PNHRS Student Research Category-Oral Presentation

     The 8th Philippine National Health Research System (PNHRS) Week Celebration was held in Radisson Blu Hotel, Cebu City from August 12 to 14, 2014. This year's theme was "Research and Innovation in Health for Disaster and Emergency Management". The 8th PNHRS Research Contest Oral Presentation for the Undergraduate Category was held on August 12, 2014 as part of the 8 parallel sessions of the day.

The Winners of the 8th PNHRS Research Contest Oral Presentation
(c) Dr. Narciso Tapia

     Two out of six contenders in the said event were from CIM. The research presented by Geraldine Cercado from the Cebu Institute of Medicine entitled "Antidevelopmental Effects of Callistemon viminalis (Weeping Bottlebrush) Leaf Extract on the Early Development of Tripneustes gratilla L. (Sea Urchin) Embryos" took home the third place award. Another research presented by Elizabeth Grace Alcazar entitled "Mangosteen Extract, A Comparable Anti-angiogenic Substance to Bevacizumab on Duck Chorioallantoic Membrane" made it to the list of finalists.

The trophy and certificate of recognition awarded to the winner.
(c) Geraldine Cercado

     The research presented by Sheriah Laine M. de Paz, from the University of the Philippines-Manila (UPM), entitled "Not All Taua-Tauas Are Alike: A Morphological, Molecular, Genetic, Phytochemical, and Anti-thrombocytopenic Profiling of Different Euphorbia hirta Linn. Plants from the Philippines," won 1st place while Jonnel Poblete, also from UPM, with the research entitled "Nephroprotective Effects of Cogon (Imperata cylindrica) Root Aqueous Extract on Sprague-Dawley Rats with Gentamicin-induced Acute Kidney Injury" garnered second place. Cash prizes and plaques were awarded to the winners in the fellowship dinner later that evening. CIMphony graced the said fellowship dinner attended by esteemed guests of honor from different institutions of the country (DOH, DOST, and PGH, to name a few) by singing the invocation song "Light of a Million Mornings" and the Lupang Hinirang.

(c) PNHRS 2014

Written by Elizabeth Grace Alcazar of Batch Asterion