Research Interests
CVM Faculty members have engagements that are not confined to their fields of specialization. Opportunities for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaborations can often be witnessed.
Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences (DBVS)
Chair: Jussiaea V. Bariuan
MARY JASMIN C. ANG, DVM
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Behavioral Neuroscience; Brain Dysfunctions; Hippocampal Neurogenesis; Neuroanatomy; Neurodegenerative Diseases
ARROL JAN B. AQUINO, BS Bio, DVM
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Macroscopic and Microscopic Anatomy of Domestic and Wildlife Animals; Public Health; Ruminant Medicine; Veterinary Microbiology
JUSSIAEA V. BARIUAN, DVM, MAgrSc
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Branched Chain Amino Acids; Brown Adipose Tissue; Obesity and other Metabolic Diseases Concerning Proteins and Lipid
ARIEL M. BOMBIO, DVM
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Applied Anatomy; Diagnostic Imaging
BELLA C. CRUZANA, DVM, PhD
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Comparative Study of Alternative Solutions for Embalming Dogs for Gross Dissection Studies, and Immuno-histochemical Detection of Proteins in the Male and Female Reproductive Organs
JOSEPH F. DE LA CRUZ, DVM, MS, PhD
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Animal Biotechnology; Cell Culture; Molecular Genetics
MARK JOSEPH M. DESAMERO, DVM, PhD
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Animal Modeling of Human Diseases; Bioactivity Testing; Cancer Research; Gene Manipulation using GONAD Technique; Interleukin-11, and Tandem Repeat-type Galectin
MARIA AMELITA C. ESTACIO, DVM, MAgrSc, DAgrSci, DPCLAM
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Animal Modelling for Human Diseases; Apitherapy; Biomedical Product Development; Cardiovascular Diseases; Diabetes Mellitus; Inflammation, Pain, Stroke, and Wound Healing
ROXANNE P. GAPASIN, DVM
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Biomedical Research; Preclinical Efficacy and Toxicity Tests in Laboratory Animals, particularly Rodents
CEFERINO P. MAALA, DVM, MVSc, PhD
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Gross and Microscopic Anatomy of Domestic and Wild Animals
JOSEPH P. OLARVE, DVM, MS
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Antibiotic Combination; Feeds and Feeding, and Feeds Supplement
MICHELLE GRACE V. PARASO, DVM, MSc, PhD
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Endocrine Disruption in Fish; Environmental Impacts on Animal Health; Fish Biomarkers for Environmental Monitoring
GRACE R. SACNAHON, BS Pharmacy, DVM
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance; Pharmacologenetics
Department of Veterinary Paraclinical Sciences (DVPS)
Chair: Cherry P. Fernandez-Colorado
DJ DARWIN R. BANDOY, DVM
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interest: Pathobiology
JOHN MICHAEL G. BERNARDO, DVM
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interest: Molecular Detection of and Epidemiological Studies on Animal Diseases
THERESE MARIE A. COLLANTES, DVM, MS
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interest: Molecular diagnostics of bacterial and viral diseases
BILLY P. DIVINA, DVM, MSc
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Parasite epidemiology, diagnosis and control; Natural antiparasitic agents
SALCEDO L. EDUARDO, DVM, MS, PhD
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Veterinary Parasitology; Systematic Helminthology; Immunology of Helmith Infections
CHERRY P. FERNANDEZ-COLORADO, DVM, MS, PhD
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Molecular and cellular microbiology (Host-pathogen interactions; Pathogenesis; Immune responses to infection)
REMIL L. GALAY, DVM, DVSc
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Arthropod vector biology and control; Arthropod-borne diseases
EMMANUEL P. HERNANDEZ, DVM, DVSc
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Parasitic Zoonoses
MERIAM C. LAURON, DVM
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Veterinary Entomology and Parasitology; Parasitic arthropods, helminths and protozoa biology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and control.
SUZANNETH EPIFANIA G. LOLA, BSZoo, DVM, MSV Pathology
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Immune responses; Biomarkers for neoplastic processes
SHEINA MACY P. MANALO, DVM, MZOH
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Zoonoses; One Health
CRIS NIÑO BON B. MARASIGAN, DVM
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Clinical and diagnostic pathology; Infectious diseases, Paraneoplastic syndromes
BENJAMIN REUEL G. MARTE, DVM, MS
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Nutritional Pathology; Feed Additives Development; Natural Products Development
JOSEPH S. MASANGKAY, DVM, MAgr, DAgrSc
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Laboratory Animal Science Wildlife Diseases; Management Animal Genetics
ALISHA WEHDNESDAY B. REYES, DVM, PHD
- E-mail Address: [email protected]
- Research Interest: Finding Alternative and Natural Treatment Against Infectious or Zoonotic Diseases
ROMEO E. SANCHEZ JR., DVM, MSc, PhD
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Molecular Biology; Pathogenic features of Swine circovirus, Diseases of Swine
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences (DVCS)
Chair: Emilia A. Lastica-Ternura
JOVENCIO HUBERT A. ABALOS, DVM, MS
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interest: Equine Production Medicine
JEZIE A. ACORDA, DVM, MAgr, PhD
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Application of acupuncture in domestic animals; Ultrasonography in domestic animals and wildlife
AMADEO A. ALCANTARA, DVM, MS
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interest: Swine Production Medicine
FRANCIS ANDREW EUGENE M. BERNARDO, DVM, MVSt
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interest: Poultry Production Medicine
MATTHEW BENEDICT T. CALIBO, DVM
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Soft tissue Surgery; Internal Medicine
JESALYN L. CONSTANTE, DVM, MS
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Ruminant Production Medicine
FLETCHER P. DEL VALLE, DVM, PhD
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interest: Viral Diseases
RIO JOHN T. DUCUSIN, DVM, MAgr, PhD
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Ruminant Production Medicine; Applied Anatomy
MARIANNE LEILA S. FLORES, DVM, MHA
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Small Animal Internal Medicine; Hospital Administration; Hair and Feather Microscopic Morphology
KARLO ROMANO B. GICANA, DVM, MS
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interest: Small Animal Internal Medicine
EMILIA A. LASTICA-TERNURA, DVM, Postgraduate Diploma
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interest: Wildlife Management/ Conservation Medicine
REY B. ORONAN, DVM, MS
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Small Animal Medicine and Surgery; Zoonotic Infections (Wildlife)
ARVILLE MAR GREGORIO A. PAJAS, DVM, MS
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interest: Veterinary Medical Imaging
FLOR MARIE IMMANUELLE R. PILAPIL-AMANTE, DVM, MS
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Theriogenology/Clinical Reproduction; Veterinary Public Health; Veterinary Epidemiology; Ruminant Production and Medicine
MARIA ROSARIO S. RACHO, DVM
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interest: Small Animal Surgery
MARCO F. REYES, DVM, MS
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interests: Small Animal Medicine and Surgery; Small Animal Theriogenology; Surveillance of Zoonotic Diseases of Dogs and Cats
DENNIS V. UMALI, DVM, DVSc
- E-mail address: [email protected]
- Research Interest: Poultry Production Medicine