Research standing of Philippines

13 Scientific Divisions
Division I - Governmental, Educational, and International
Policies
Division II - Mathematical Sciences
Division III - Medical Sciences
Division IV - Pharmaceutical Sciences
Division V - Biological Sciences
Division VI - Agriculture and Forestry
Division VII - Engineering and Industrial Research
Division VIII - Social Sciences
Division IX - Physics
Division X - Chemical Sciences
Division XI - Humanities
Division XII - Earth and Space Sciences
Division XIII - Veterinary Medicine
ENVIRONMENT

1. Watershed Management

2. Disaster and hazard management
3. Global warming and climate change
4. Ecotourism and biodiversity
5. Pollution and Waste Management
6. Land
7. Water
8. Coastal Resources Management
Water Supply Development
1. Surface Water Assessment/Development
2. Groundwater assessment/development
3. Water for energy resources development
4. Hydroelectric development
5. Rural water supply and wastewater disposal
6. Urban water and sewerage system
7. Water for agriculture
8. Water for navigation
9. Erosion and sedimentation
10. Wetlands management
Water Quality Management
1. Point source pollution
2. Non-point source pollution
3. Acid precipitation
4. Groundwater pollution
5. Strategies for water quality control
6. Water quality monitoring
7. Analytical techniques for identification
and quantification of substance concentration
8. Safe drinking water
Multi-Natural Hazards
1. Geological (inside the earth)
2. Geomorphic (earth’s surface)
3. Atmospheric (weather)
Industrial and Chemical Hazards
1. Oil spills
2. Hazardous chemical leaks
3. Industrial wastes overflow
4. Biological radiological exposure
Human Epidemics
1. Dengue
2. Malaria
3. Influenza
Alternative Energy
1. Biofuel Performance Testing Program
2. Biodiesel R&D Program
3. Bioethanol R&D Program
Information Communications Technology
1. Grid and Cluster Computing
2. Open Source and Low-Cost Computing
3. Internet, Network and Wireless
Technologies
4. Digital Content Development
5. Foundation of Computer Science
6. Emerging Technologies
7. Small Satellites
Biotechnology
1. GM Crops
2. PRSV – resistant papaya
3. Delayed ripening papaya
4. Cloning of Coconut genes
5. Tissue Culture and regeneration of coconut
6. Recombinant vaccine
7. Edible vaccine
8. PCR based detection lists for food contaminants
9. Bioinformatics (microbial, plants, animal and
medical)
Herbal Medicine
1. Clinical evaluation of herbal medicines
for hyperuremia and constipation
2. Pre-clinical screening of plants for TB
and malaria
3. Clinical studies of plants for TB and
malaria
4. Basic research on tuba-tuba and yacon
5. Traditional knowledge on health and
establishment of digital library
Vaccines
1. Development of human influenza
vaccine
2. Development of edible vaccines
3. S. japonicum vaccine up-scaling and
animal testing
Studies on functional foods Essential
Drugs
1. Development of drugs using local
materials
2. Development/production of drugs
using imported materials
Man’s Major Needs
Man’s Major Needs and problems
demand research:
to reduce man’s burden of work
How to relieve suffering
Increase satisfaction in fulfilling his needs
Cravings
aspirations
Needs and Problems of Man where
product of research are born
PAST PROBLEMS PRESENT REMEDY
Difficulty in going to Elevators and
different floors Escalators
Hand washing of Washing machine
clothes
Difficulty in cooking
Rice cooker and
rice & reheating left-
over microwave oven
Difficulty in
commuting and heavy LRT (Light Rail
traffic Transit)
DR. LOURDES CRUZ
Awardee of the 12th Annual L’Oreal-UNESCO
(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization) awards for women in science

 Cruz was recognized for developing and converting

toxins emanating from marine snails and sea shells into
drugs used as painkiller for those afflicted with cancer,
epilepsy and brain disorder.