BENJAMIN CABRERA

( March 18, 1920- ? )

Prepared by: JAMES ULYSSES A. GASTADOR BSED- 3

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
2. What is his academic background and achievements?

1. Who is Benjamin Cabrera?

4. What are his contributions to STS?

Who is Benjamin Cabrera?

He was born on the 18th day of March in the year 1920. He is a physician who has focused his research on public health and parasitology.

What are his academic background and achievements?

He earned his Medicine degree at the University of the Philippines in 1945. He decided to carry on his education at Tulane University in New Orleans, USA.

What are his academic background and achievements?

Over his career, Cabrera published over a hundred studies concerning his major focus of public health and parasitology.

What are his academic background and achievements?

For his work on filariasis, Dr. Cabrera received the Philippine Legion of Honor, a Presidential Award in 1966.

What are his academic background and achievements?

For his work on filariasis, Dr. Cabrera received the Philippine Legion of Honor, a Presidential Award in 1966.

What are his contributions to STS?

He helped to develop innovations in drug treatments against disease caused by mosquitoes and agricultural soil.

What are his contributions to STS?

He helped to develop innovations in drug treatments against disease caused by mosquitoes and agricultural soil.

What are his contributions to STS?

In 1961 Cabrera and Lee M. Howard made the very first study of simian malaria in the Philippines, finding the startling result that the disease occurred in 8.6 % of the animals tested.

What are his contributions to STS?

Dr. Cabrera also worked on studying ascariasis, and with the model he proposed, the hazards produced by the soiltransmitted helminths were reduced.