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The leading research center that addresses the need to achieve a health-resilient Philippines.

The official page for The Mindanao Center for Disease Watch and Analytics (DiWA).

19/06/2026

๐Ÿ“ ๐๐„๐– ๐๐”๐๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ | ๐ƒ๐ข๐–๐€ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ

The DiWA Center congratulates ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—˜. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ, ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐——, ๐—œ๐˜ƒ๐˜† ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐— . ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ด, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—๐—ฟ. ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ on the publication of โ€œ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข: ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.โ€

The study used hospital admission and weather data to examine diarrhea transmission among children under five, highlighting the influence of rainfall, humidity, and temperature on outbreak patterns and the value of meteorologically informed surveillance for public health planning.

The Center also extends its heartfelt acknowledgements to its Affiliates, Alexis Erich S. Almocera, PhD, and Asst. Prof. Sherelyn A. Evangelio, MSc, for providing valuable insights that contributed to the publication of this study.

This milestone advances the DiWA Centerโ€™s pillars of ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป and ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ & ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด by producing, disseminating, and translating locally grounded evidence into insights for disease surveillance and decision-making.

๐ŸŒ Read here: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1nG9p5pvHiOjB

๐Ÿ”— DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2026.109732

Photos from DiWA's post 18/06/2026

๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š | ๐ƒ๐ข๐–๐€ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐š๐ง๐š๐จ ๐š๐ญ ๐ƒ๐‘๐‘๐Œ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ

Last June 10-11, the DiWA Centerโ€”with Affiliate Dennis John Sumaylo, PhD, and Junior Extension Associate Joshua Merallesโ€”represented the Mindanao academe sector at LOKALISASYON: National Multistakeholder Summit on Locally-Led DRRM. The event, which gathered representatives of different city LGUs, academe, CSOs, and the private sector, was held at the Citadines Roces in Quezon City.

Organized by the Philippine Preparedness Partnership (PHILPREP), the summit aimed to gather voices of stakeholders and establish a localized agenda for disaster risk reduction and management across the country. It featured UP Resilience Institute Executive Director Dr. Alfredo Mahar Francisco Lagmay, who highlighted the critical value of an all-encompasing and multisectoral approach to disaster risk reduction.

During the workshops, Dr. Sumaylo leveraged his expertise in risk and disaster communication and contributed suggestions on institutionalizing and formalizing the role of the academe within Davaoโ€™s current DRRM landscapes. Mr. Meralles also served to communicate the voices of Davao & Surigao, ensuring that unique regional contexts and needs were integrated in the summit's presentation segments.

Recognizing that public health crises and infectious diseases frequently thrive in the aftermath of disasters, the DiWA Center shows full support to the agenda and vision of PHILPREP as it supports our core pillar of ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

Cheers to more impactful partnerships towards a resilient Philippines! ๐Ÿ’ช

17/06/2026

๐Ÿ“ข ๐Ÿ”ฌ ๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—– ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—˜ | The DiWA Center would like to invite all students, researchers, and healthcare professionals to a special lecture on cancer care specialisation modelling this ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ at the ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‡๐—ผ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น.

The speaker, Zython Paul Lachica, MSc, is a Fellow of the DiWA Center and a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) candidate in Primary Health Care at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. He is specializing in Oxford Precision Oncology for Sarcoma (OxPOS) and holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Modelling for Global Health from the same institution.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ June 26, 2026, 1-3pm
๐Ÿ“ Lorenzo Hall, Admin Building, UP Mindanao
๐Ÿ”— To secure your seat, you are highly encouraged to pre-register (slots are limited!): tinyurl.com/diwacancerlecture

Reserve your slot now and see you there!

Photos from DiWA's post 16/06/2026

๐ˆ๐‚๐˜๐Œ๐ˆ | ๐ƒ๐ข๐–๐€ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐Œ๐ˆ๐ƒ๐’๐„๐€ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

The DiWA Center, represented by Center Director Prof. May Anne E. Mata, PhD, and MIDSEA scholars SRA Ivy Grace M. Panogalinog and JRA Gessfer Dorado, joined the Modeling Infectious Diseases in Southeast Asia (MIDSEA) Summer School 2026 held on June 7โ€“12, 2026, in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.

A key highlight of Prof. Mataโ€™s participation was her plenary workshop, โ€œFrom Projections to Decisions: Operations Research as the Decision Layer of Infectious Disease Modeling,โ€ where she shared how operations research can bridge infectious disease projections and practical public health decisions.

Meanwhile, Panogalinog joined Track 4: Modeling Heterogeneity, while Dorado joined Track 2: Inference. During the poster sessions, Panogalinog presented โ€œWavelet Cross-Correlation Analysis of Influenza-Like Illnesses and Short-Term Weather Variability in Davao City,โ€ while Dorado presented โ€œShort-Term Delayed Effects of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions on COVID-19 Spread in a Highly Urbanized City in Southern Philippines during the Pre-Vaccination Period.โ€

The Philippine team will host the next MIDSEA Summer School and the International Workshop on Mathematical Biology (IWOMB), creating another platform for regional learning and collaboration.

This engagement advances the DiWA Centerโ€™s pillars of Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Transfer & Sharing, and Knowledge Application through research, regional exchange, and evidence-informed decision-making for a more health-resilient Mindanao and beyond.

15/06/2026

๐–๐„ ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š๐ˆ๐๐† ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐•๐Ž๐‹๐”๐๐“๐„๐„๐‘๐’ | ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐’ ๐ƒ๐’ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐’ ๐€๐Œ๐€๐“ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ!

The DiWA Center is looking for student volunteers for the ๐™€-๐˜พ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™Ÿ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ. This opportunity is open exclusively to bona fide students currently enrolled in BS Data Science and BS Applied Mathematics.

Join us in supporting health research and contributing to the development of data-driven solutions by joining our ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€.

Why volunteer for the E-Care Project?

โœ… Connect with research professionals
โœ… Gain hands-on research experience and knowledge
โœ… Contribute to meaningful public health research

Scan the QR code or visit bit.ly/DiWACenterVolunteerForm2025 to sign up. โœจ

Photos from DiWA's post 15/06/2026

๐ˆ๐‚๐˜๐Œ๐ˆ | ๐ƒ๐ข๐–๐€ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Œ๐’๐ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

The DiWA Center, represented by Prof. May Anne E. Mata, PhD, and the Research and Development Division, joined the Mathematical Society of the Philippines (MSP) 2026 Annual Convention on June 3โ€“5, 2026, at Pangasinan State University.

The convention gathered mathematicians, educators, researchers, and students from across the country to exchange knowledge and present studies in mathematics and its applications.

As President of the MSP Davao Region Chapter, Prof. Mata attended the business meeting, where the MSP National Board also recognized her inclusion in the Asian Scientist 100 list for 2026.

During the poster sessions, SRA Ivy Grace M. Panogalinog presented โ€œ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด-๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ป๐˜ข-๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต-๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ,โ€ JRA Mamerto Jr. Brina presented โ€œ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜œ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜๐˜™๐˜š ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด,โ€ and JRA Gessfer Dorado presented โ€œ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต-๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Œ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ-๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜–๐˜๐˜๐˜‹-19 ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜œ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ-๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ.โ€

This engagement advances the DiWA Centerโ€™s pillars of ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป and ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ & ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด by producing and disseminating mathematical research for public health.

11/06/2026

REGISTRATION FEES โš•๏ธ๐ŸŒŽ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก โ€” ๐ˆ๐‚๐ˆ๐€๐‡ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” (A Virtual Conference)

The International Conference for Interdisciplinary Approaches to Health 2026 (ICIAH 2026) has officially opened its doors for registration! By shifting to a ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ and offering accessible rates across all tiers, we aim to foster a truly inclusive and equitable global discourse for all delegates.

Scan the QR code or visit our website to submit your abstract and secure your slot to the conference: ๐Ÿ”— tinyurl.com/ICIAH2026

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Abstract Submission Deadline: 30 June 2026
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Notification of Acceptance: 15 July 2026
๐Ÿ“ Conference Dates: 8โ€“9 September 2026

11/06/2026

๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š | ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ž ๐„. ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐š ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐€๐ฌ๐ข๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

The DiWA Center celebrates a proud milestone as Prof. May Anne E. Mata, PhD, Center Director, is named among Asiaโ€™s Top 100 Researchers for 2026 under the Asian Scientist 100 (AS100) list.

Prof. Mata continues to advance work that turns evidence into action. She leads and strengthens interdisciplinary efforts that use mathematics, modeling, and data analytics to support disease surveillance, improve decision-making, and guide public health responses that serve communities.

This recognition affirms the DiWA Centerโ€™s pillars in practice. Prof. Mataโ€™s work strengthens ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป through research and analytics, advances ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ by supporting partners with technical expertise for planning and decision-making, and drives ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป through tools and decision-support approaches that translate data into real-world public health action for Mindanao and beyond.

Congratulations, Prof. Mata! We celebrate this milestone with you and look forward to the impact your work will continue to create for a more health-resilient Mindanao and beyond. ๐Ÿ’™โœจ

Read the Inquirer feature: https://globalnation.inquirer.net/.../6-filipino...
View the AS100 reference list: https://www.asianscientist.com/as100/

Photos from DiWA's post 04/06/2026

๐ˆ๐‚๐˜๐Œ๐ˆ | ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ž ๐„. ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐š ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ข๐–๐€โ€™๐ฌ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐„๐€ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐…๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

Prof. May Anne E. Mata, PhD, DiWA Center Director, represented UP Mindanao in Singapore at the PREPARE โ€“ Temasek Foundation READI Programme Policy-driven Infectious Diseases Modelling Workshop held on 11โ€“15 May 2026.

During the workshop, Prof. Mata delivered her talk, โ€œ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ: ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ž๐˜ˆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ-๐˜œ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ,โ€ featured under the AI/ML โ€“ New Methods for Infectious Diseases Modelling and Policy Making subtheme.

Prof. Mata also joined the NEA Mosquito Production Facility Visit, aligned with Project Wolbachia, to gain practical insights on operational systems that support vector control and infectious disease prevention.

Prof. Mata joined a delegation of seven (7) Philippine delegates and served as the sole representative from Mindanao, alongside delegates from Ateneo de Manila University, UP Los Baรฑos, the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, and the Department of Health Central.

This engagement strengthens DiWA Centerโ€™s pillars of ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ & ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด through regional learning and exchange, ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ through expert participation in policy-driven modelling discussions, and Knowledge Application by translating global practices into locally grounded decision-support approaches for Mindanao and beyond.

Photos from DiWA's post 02/06/2026

๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š | Are you ready to make a real impact in public health and analytics? The ๐——๐—ถ๐—ช๐—” ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ'๐˜€ ๐™„๐™๐˜ฟ๐™Ž๐™Ž ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™Ÿ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ-๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ. Help us shape a healthier Mindanao through innovation, research, and collaboration.

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Center Director, DiWA Center
University of the Philippines Mindanao

Email: [email protected]
Subject: [๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ - ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐——๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜] ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป_๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ก๐—”๐— ๐—˜
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