Technology Transfer and Business Development Office continues its Technology Commercialization Learning Series for UP Mindanao constituents on 31 August 2021, Tuesday, 9:00 - 11:00 AM via Zoom Cloud Meeting. Webinar Day #4 “Transforming Science into Business” will have three resource speakers from various scientific fields – biomedical science, agri-biotechnology, and food technology – to talk about their experiences in commercializing their technologies. They will be sharing their success stories and milestones, challenges experienced, and lessons learned related to the setting up of their business.

 

                                                                                    

UP Mindanao's Center of Applied Modeling, Data Analytics, and Bioinformatics for Decision Support Systems in Health (AMDABIDSS-Health) will conduct a BioStatistics Workshop for students of state colleges and universities on August 25-27, 2021, online via Zoom. The workshop is a response to the number of applications received for the newly-opened internship slots in AMDABIDSS-Health. Assoc. Prof. May Anne E. Mata, AMDABIDSS program leader, said the applicants were students from varied academic degree courses under different universities. "One reason for this increased number of applications is the upcoming practicums and midterms in state universities," she said. "Our internships will offer valuable experience to these students and to prepare them we will be giving lectures from our well-trained instructors in the Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science (DMPCS) and researchers from the AMDABiDSS-Health," she said. The lecturers are Ms. Sherelyn Evangelio and Ms. Kim Dianne Ligue of the DMPCS, and Ms. Johanna Marie Peralta and Mr. Zython Paul Lachica of AMDABIDSS-Health. UP Mindanao Chancellor Larry Digal will contribute words of inspiration to the workshop participants at the close of the workshop on August 27, 2021. The BioStatistics Workshop addresses the sustainable development goals on health, education, life on land, and partnerships for the goals.

A research paper on B’laan communities earned a Best Presenter award for Instructor Ena Marie O. Dizon of the UP Mindanao Department of Humanities alongside three other UP Mindanao research papers in the 2nd International Conference on Multidisciplinary Industry and Academic Research (ICMIAR) last 31 July 2021 via Zoom with the theme, “The world in different perspectives: Re-building lessons after a Crisis.” 

Ms. Dizon’s paper "Transforming B'laan Communities through Communication: The Case of UP Manila Community Health Development Program” dwelled on identifying normative changes brought about by health communication strategies in Barangay Kalkam, Tupi, South Cotabato. 

Assoc. Prof. Karen Joyce G. Cayamanda, one of the Plenary Speakers, presented her research titled "Transcending the Pandemic: Flood-Risk Communication for Risk Reduction in Davao City, Southern Philippines” that showed the challenges in coordination between government agencies in flood-risk reduction, management, and response during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Humanities faculty Instructor Juven Nino Villacastin; and School of Management University Researcher Marilou O. Montiflor also presented papers at the conference under the Humanities and Social Sciences session. Villacastin’s paper “Distinguishing Rhetorics of Fear: Conceptual and Practical Implications in Distinguishing Fear Appeals from Medical vs. Militaristic COVID-19 Rhetorics in the Philippines” focused on the strategies adopted by the local government in producing health communication materials pertaining to COVID-19 and its persuasive effects in people’s behavior. Montiflor’s paper “Sowing Seeds of Hope: Building Resilience of Women in Agriculture during Pandemic Times” identified strategies adopted by women in the farming sector in the Davao Region.

ICMIAR 2021 is an international research conference that focuses on a multidisciplinary approach revolving around concerns in the pandemic - from health, economics, mental health, business and workplace, environment, and delivery systems. It was organized by the Institute of Industry and Academic Research Incorporated.