With the intent to “balance the scholarly and policy dimensions of social science research” and in an attempt to address “Philippine socio-economic and education issues,” the RCSSED, specifically its newly minted Research Utilization Unit, provided the platform for researchers to use their study’s recommendations as bases for policy. Among the possibilities are inclusion as bases for bills and ordinances, among others.

The presenters were the following: Sr. Teacher Philippe Jose S. Hernandez (Social Health Studies); Prof. Moises Norman Z. Garcia, PhD (Sustainability Studies); Assoc. Prof. Ronaldo R. Cabauatan, PhD (Business Studies); Prof. Noel G. Asiones, PhD (Church and Society); Asst. Prof. Carol Geraldine C. Pablo, MSc (Social Health Studies); Asst. Prof. Frederick I. Rey, PhD (Politics and Public Policy); Prof. Rachelle B. Lintao, PhD (Language Studies); Asst. Prof. Jeremaiah M. Opiniano, PhD (Community-Engaged Studies); Asst. Prof. Joreen T. Rocamora, PhD (former academic researcher and incumbent Office of Public Affairs Director); Prof. Arlen A. Ancheta, PhD (Sustainability Studies); and Prof. Evelyn A. Songco, PhD (Education and Leadership).

The RCSSED’s Research Utilization Unit, headed by Rey, anchors itself on three pillars: life and dignity (buhay at dangal); human rights (karapatang pantao); and democracy (demokrasya). According to RCSSED Director Jeremaiah Opiniano, the Center aims to have more regular engagements with policy makers in the future and expressed openness to having the researchers work on topics/issues of interest to the local legislators and officials.

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The main objective of the project is to develop a contextualized over-all heritage-based framework contextualized. Also part of the project is the development of the municipality’s Sustainable Tourism and Strategic Development Plan 2021-2025 in partnership with Tourism Management faculty researcher Jame Monren T. Mercado, MACHS. The study aimed: (1) to determine the current situation of the municipality, specifically on its tourism industry development; (2) to analyze different related issues, constraints, and opportunities of the municipality on tourism industry development; (3) to assess the perspectives and views of different stakeholders on the sustainability and development of the municipality’s tourism resources; and (4) to justify tourism development impacts, specifically on the municipality’s economic, socio-cultural, and environmental aspects.

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A total of thirty-two fellows from different heathcare and educational institutions in the Philippines, including the Philippine General Hospital, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Philippine Orthopedic Center, University of Santo Tomas, University of the Philippines–Diliman, Los Baños, and Manila, De La Salle University, De La Salle College of Saint Benilde, Holy Angel University, University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, Inc., and Philippine Science High School, took part in the fellowship, with one fellow from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia).

This year’s Conveners were UST’s (who also introduced fellows to Social Health Research and conducted a demonstrated of the qualitative data analysis software MAXQDA), Nagoya City University’s Miki Enoki, PhD (who spoke about the case of Tibetan refugees in India), and Access Health International Founder Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III, who facilitated the workshop on “Practical Understanding of the Landscape of Social Health Research.”

Joining the conveners in introducing Social Health to fellows were: Carnegie Mellon University’s Noah Theriault, PhD (Principles of Collaborative Research for Social Justice); Nagoya City University’s Prof. Michiyo Higuchi (Migrant Health Issues) and Dr. Reginald Salonga (Healthcare for the ������Ƶless People in Nagoya City, Japan and Training Workshop on Crafting Proposals for Grant-in-aids); Access Health International’s Dr. Emmanuel Yujuico (Doing Health Policy and Systems Research); National Research Council of the Philippines’s Dr. Isidro Sia (Research Opportunities in Traditional Health and Medicine); The Forum for Family Planning and Development, Inc.’s Chi Laigo Vallido, who spoke about the reproductive health law; and UST’s Dr. Florence Co-Navidad, who spoke about research ethics as applied to social health research.

Now on its second year, the fellowship aims to build a good number of researchers who will investigate the interplay of health, culture, and society. UST’s efforts in social health research are led by Alejandria, who is the Social Health Studies Research Interest Group Lead at the Research Center for Social Sciences and Education. With her in the team are , Assoc. Prof. Florence C. Navidad, EdD, Asst. Prof. Jay P. Jazul, MS, Asst. Prof. Carol Geraldine Pablo, MS, , Mr. Charles Bermejo, MSOT. In 2017, the group launched the Journal of Social Health, a biannual peer-reviewed open-access journal.

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