The Philippine Association of Medical Technologists (PAMET) awarded Prof. Florence Navidad, Ed.D., the 2023 Crisanto G. Almario Memorial Award for Research “for her exceptional contributions in the field of Medical Technology and Social Science Research, and her exemplary service in her profession as member of PAMET Committee on Research.” The award was conferred on December 5, 2023, during the 59th PAMET Convention at the Manila Hotel.
Navidad, an academic staff of the Department of Medical Technology, serves as the inaugural Chair of the University’s Institutional Research Ethics Board, which oversees existing and helps establish new research ethics committees for accreditation by the Philippine Health Research Ethics Board (PHREB). She is also a member of the Social Health Studies research interest group of the Research Center for Social Sciences and Education.
Previous awardees include Asst. Prof. Giovanni Milanez, Ph.D., Prof. Edilberto Manahan, Ph.D., Prof. Pia Marie Albano, Ph.D., and Assoc. Prof. Maria Ruth B. Pineda-Cortel, Ph.D., among others.
