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Pilarita Tongol-Rivera MD, PhD Office Address: Department of Parasitology, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila

625 Pedro Gil St., Ermita, Manila

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

PERSONAL DATA:

Date and Place of Birth: March 9, 1959/Manila

Nationality: Filipino

Home Address: No. 3 Miles St., Filinvest 2-H

Quezon City, Philippines

Tel. No. 951-3173 (Home) 523-5929 (Office) 09189302421 (Personal) E-mail address: [email protected]; [email protected]

Spouse: Manuel Michael Z. Rivera MD, FPOA

62 years old

Doctor of Medicine

B.S. PreMed

Children: Tara T. Rivera MD, DPPS

29 years old

Doctor of Medicine

B.S. Basic Medical Sciences

Manuel Gregorio T. Rivera

27 years old

B.S. Biology

TEACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Educational Background

1989-94 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Gunma University, Japan

Dissertation: Immunologic Epidemiology of Malaria in the

Philippines

1979-83 Doctor of Medicine

University of the Philippines Manila

1975-79 B.S. Zoology (cum laude)

University of the Philippines Diliman

mailto:[email protected]



Postgraduate Trainings

2016 Ethics Review of Academic Research with Human Subjects

National Institutes of Health, University of the

Philippines, Manila

2014 Research Ethics for Public Health Practitioners Training Course

College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila

2007 Workshop on new in vitro techniques to test P. falciparum

sensitivity against antimalarial drugs

Institute Pasteur

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

1997 Post-Doctoral Fellow

Cloning of Plasmodial Proteases and Antigens, DOST-ESEP

Scholarship

Department of Medicine, University of California, San

Francisco, USA

1990 Visiting Researcher

Serology of Malaria

Department of Parasitology,

Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan

1989 Research Exchange Fellow

Immunology of Malaria

JSPS-DOST/Department of Parasitology

Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan

1987 Participant

ASEAN Tropmed Short Course on Application of Molecular

Biology in Parasitic Diseases

Institute of Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1986 Participant

International Workshop on Molecular Biology Techniques

Applicable to the Study of Tropical Disease Pathogens

National University of Singapore

1983-84 Medical Internship,

University of the Philippines-PGH

Professional Background

2001-Present Professor

Department of Parasitology

College of Public Health


1994-2001 Associate Professor




1988-1994 Assistant Professor




1985-1988 Instructor IV




Titles of classroom/laboratory/ward instructional materials, syllabi, workbooks, modules, course guides produced and used for the improvement of teaching

Syllabi for the following courses in parasitology:

Para 202, Para 207, Para 210, Para 212, Para 301, Para 302, Para 307,

Para 397.1, Para 397.2, Para 399

Academic programs and courses prepared:

MPH TropMed

Organ System Integration (HS 202, OS214, OS217)

MSPH (Para)

DrPH (Para)

List of books, chapters in books, professional articles other than research)

Rivera P, Belizario V, Solon JA. Commensal Amebae: Protozoan Infections.

In Belizario VY, de Leon WU (eds). Medical Parasitology in the Philippines.

Quezon City: UP Press, 2015.

Rivera P, Rivera W, Solon JA. Intestinal Amebae: Protozoan Infections. In

Belizario VY, de Leon WU (eds). Medical Parasitology in the Philippines.

Quezon City: UP Press, 2015.

Rivera P, Rivera W and Solon J. Intestinal Amebae. In Belizario V and

De Leon W (eds). Philippine Textbook of Medical Parasitology, 2nd edition,

University of the Philippines, Manila, 2004

List/description of creative works

2013 Module on Integrated Microscopy for Medical Technologists

Editor and Contributor

2013 Manual on Integrated Microscopy for Medical Technologists


2002 Laboratory Manual for Nursing, Public Health and Medical

Students


2000 A Distance Education Pilot Training Course in Diagnostic

Medical Parasitology- Entomology

Contributor

1999, 2008 Parasitology Module, National Sanitarian Training Program,

Contributor and Editor

1999 Parasitology Module, Laboratory Management Course

Contributor

1997 Study Guide in Medical Parasitology

Contributor

1995 Public Health - 201/202. Man, Health and Environment,

Module II

Contributor

1990 Textbook Writing: Parasites and Parasitic Disease in the

Philippines

Speaking Engagements

2015 Situation of Malaria in ASEAN countries and Need for

Research: Philippine Report. Kickoff Workshop on ASEAN-

India Flagship Programme on Science and Technology for

Combating Malaria: A Public Health Challenge

New Delhi, India

2015 Biliary Ascariasis

Department of Pediatrics

College of Medicine-Philippine General Hospital

2014 Parasitic Diseases

NIPH Japan Infectious Disease Control Training


2014 Research and Practice in Public Health: Paving the Way

Towards Malaria Elimination in the Philippines

Scientific Session and General Meeting of the NRCP Division

III-Medical Sciences

The National Research Council of the Philippines, Department

of Science and Technology

2014 Introduction to Parasitic Diseases, Plasmodium and Intestinal

Protozoans

25th

Intensive Training Course on Diagnostic Parasitology



2014 Factors Associated with non-compliance to anti-malaria

treatment regimen among patients in Puerto Princesa, Palawan

55th

Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine

and 29th

Annual Meeting of Japan Association of International

Health

Tokyo, Japan

2013 Research and Practice in Public Health: Paving the Way for

Malaria Elimination in the Philippines, Lecture of the

Masamichi Aikawa Award 2013

53rd

Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Tropical

Medicine

Nagasaki, Japan

2012 Serologic Test Using Schistosoma japonicum Recombinant

Antigens

Consultative Meeting on Schistosomiasis Control and

Elimination Program: Preliminary Desk Review

Manila, Philippines

2010 Malaria Research in the Philippines

70th

Annual Meeting of Eastern Branch of Japanese Society of

Parasitology,

Tochigi, Japan

2009 Revised Policy and Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment

of Malaria in the Philippines: ACT as the First-line Treatment

50th


Medicine

Okinawa, Japan

2009 Global Warming and Change in Malaria Distribution in

Palawan, the Philippines

43rd

Joint Conference on Parasitic Diseases “Japan-United

States Cooperative Medical Science Program”, International

Medical Center of Japan

Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

2009 Epidemiology of Schistosomiasis japonicum, “Agro-ecosystem

health unit” 1st workshop, Global Center of Excellence Program

Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine,

Hokkaido, Japan

2008 Community-based Malaria Control in Palawan, the Philippines

Plenary, Symposium “International Health, Community-based

Malaria Control: From Asia to Africa”, 17th

International

Congress of Tropical Medicine and Malaria,

Jeju, Korea

2008 Community-based Malaria Control

Joint Conference of the 49th

Annual Meeting of the Japanese

Society of Tropical Medicine and the 23rd

Annual Meeting of

Japan Association for International Health

Tokyo, Japan

2008 Panel Discussant in “Science in Action: Prospects for the

Future”, Global Health Symposium: Malaria in the 21st Century

University of California Irvine, USA

2007 A Study of Climate Change and Malaria in Palawan, the

Philippines

48th


Medicine

Oita, Japan

2005 Burden of Disease of Malaria in the Philippines

Scientific Meeting on Technologies and Strategies for the

Control of Parasitic Diseases,

UP College of Medicine Centennial

Manila

2004 Diagnosis of Malaria

16th Annual Convention of the Philippine Academic Society for

Microbiology and Parasitology Inc.,

Caloocan City, Philippines

2004 Emerging and Problematic Parasitic Infections in the

Philippines: An Overview

26th

Annual Convention of Philippine Society for Microbiology

and Infectious Diseases

Mandaluyong City, Philippines

2003 Virulence Markers of Plasmodium falciparum

Scientific Meeting of the Philippine Society of Parasitology


2003 Monitoring Chloroquine Resistance: In vitro sensitivity test and

polymerase chain reaction, The Report Meeting of the US-

Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program, Asian region

Collaboration Research Project 2002

Dhaka, Bangladesh

2002 Monitoring Chloroquine Resistance: In vitro sensitivity test and

polymerase chain reaction, The Report Meeting of the US-

Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program, Asian region

Collaboration Research Project 2001,

Shanghai, China

2001 Epidemiology and Control of Schistosomiasis

23rd Annual Convention of the Philippine Society for

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Manila

2001 Diagnosis of Cryptosporidium Infection

37th Annual Convention of the Philippine Association of

Medical Technologists

Manila

1999 Country Report: Schistosomiasis japonicum

4th International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases

in the Pacific Rim

Bangkok, Thailand

1999 Diagnosis of Malaria

16th Annual Convention of the Philippine Blood Coordinating

Council


1999 Serologic Diagnosis of Malaria

21st Annual Convention of the Philippine Society for

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Manila

1998 Country Report: Malaria

3rd International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases

in the Pacific Rim

Bali, Indonesia

1998 Amoebiasis

Postgraduate Course in Tropical Medicine,

UP Manila

1998 Clinical and Laboratory Correlates of Cerebral Malaria

IX International Congress of Parasitology

Chiba, Japan

1998 Management of Malaria

Postgraduate Course in Internal Medicine,

Phil. College of Physicians, Southern Luzon Chapter

Palawan

1997 Malaria Control in the Philippines and Costs

Economic Loss Caused by Parasitic Diseases: A Monbusho

Grant Meeting,

Tokyo, Japan

1996 Clinical Manifestations of Cerebral Malaria

14th International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria,

Nagasaki, Japan.

1996 Serologic Diagnosis of Parasitic Infections

Annual Convention of the Philippine Society for Microbiology

and Infectious Diseases

Manila

1995 Epidemiology and Control of Malaria in the Philippines

8th SEAMIC/IMFJ Technical Meeting on Molecular Biology

and Immunology in the Diagnosis of Parasitic Diseases with

emphasis on Malaria

Bangkok, Thailand


Palawan Medical Society’s First Post Graduate Course

Puerto Princesa City, Palawan


Philippine Medical Association-Davao del Norte Chapter

Meeting on Management of Malaria

Tagum, Davao del Norte


Philippine Society of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases-

South Mindanao Chapter Meeting on Management of Malaria

Davao City


Agusan del Norte Medical Society Meeting on Malaria

Butuan City

1995 Seroepidemiology of Malaria

Philippines-U.S. Conference on Study of Host Parasite

Relationships: Application of Biotechnology

College of Public Health, UP Manila

1993 Epidemiology of Malaria

Japan-U.S.A. Medical Science Collaboration Meeting

Tokyo University, Japan

1993 Application of Seroepidemiology in Malaria Control in Palawan

Philippine Society of Parasitology Annual Meeting

UP College of Public Health, Manila

1992 The Epidemiology and Control of Malaria in the Philippines

Japan Meeting on Vector-borne Diseases

Nagasaki University, Japan.

1992 A Seroepidemiologic Study for Malaria Control in Palawan,

The Philippines Japan-U.S. Meeting for the Study and Research

of Tropical Diseases

Maebashi, Japan

1992 The Epidemiology of Malaria in the Philippines

Japan Society of Parasitology Eastern Bloc Meeting

Kitasato University, Japan

RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS List of Published Researches

1. Agoncillo AR, Coronacion KAEB, Dagdag JTT, Matira MSC, Pamintuan

NKE, Soriano CSM, Salamat MSS, Saniel OP, and Rivera PT. Factors

Associated with Non-Compliance with Anti-Malarial Treatment among

Malaria Patients in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Acta Medica 2015

2. Soares Magalhães RJ, Salamat MS, Leonardo L, Gray DS, Carabin H,

Halton K, McManus DP, Williams GP, Rivera P, Saniel O, Hernandez L,

Yakob L, McGarvey ST and Clements ACA. Mapping the Risk of Soil-

transmitted Helminthic Infections in the Philippines. PLOS Neglected

Tropical Diseases 2015; 9(9):C0003915.doi:10.1371/Journal.pntd.0003915

3. Emilie Louise Akiko Matsumoto-Takahashi, Pilarita Tongol-Rivera,

Elena A Villacorte, Ray U Angluben, Masamine Jimba and Shigeyuki

Kano. 2015. Patient Knowledge on Malaria Symptoms Is a Key to

Promoting Universal Access of Patients to Effective Malaria Treatment in

Palawan, the Philippines. PLOS/One DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127858

4. Maria Luz B. Belleza, Jessa Louise C. Cadacio, Maridel P. Borja, Juan

Antonio A. Solon, Mildred A. Padilla, Pilarita N. Tongol-Rivera, and

Windell L. Rivera. Epidemiologic Study of Blastocystis Infection in an

Urban Community in the Philippines. Journal of Environmental and Public

Health Volume 2015, Article ID 894297, 7 pages

http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/894297

5. Moendeg KJ, Angeles JM, Goto Y, Leonardo LR, Kirinoki M, Villacorte

EA, Rivera PT, Inoue N, Chigusa Y, Kawazu S. 2015. Development and

optimization of cocktail-ELISA for a unified surveillance of zoonotic

schistosomiasis in multiple host species. Parasitol Res. 2015 Mar;

114(3):1225-8. doi: 10.1007/s00436-015-4312-7. Epub 2015 Jan 18.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/894297

6. Emilie Louise Akiko Matsumoto-Takahashi, Pilarita Tongol-Rivera,

Elena A Villacorte, Ray U Angluben, Junko Yasuoka, Shigeyuki Kano and

Masamine Jimba. 2014. Determining the impact of community awareness-

raising activities on the prevention of malaria transmission in Palawan, the

Philippines. Parasitology International 63:519-526.

7. Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães, Maria Sonia Salamat, Lydia Leonardo,

Darren J. Gray Hélène Carabin, Kate Halton, Donald P. McManus, Gail M.

Williams, Pilarita T. Rivera, Ofelia Saniel, Leda Hernandez, Laith

Yakob, Stephen McGarvey & Archie Clements. 2014. Geographical

distribution of human Schistosoma japonicum infection in The Philippines:

tools to support disease control and further elimination.

8. Emilie LA Matsumoto-Takahashi, Pilarita Tongol-Rivera, Elena A

Villacorte, Ray U Angluben, Junko Yasuoka, Shigeyuki Kano and

Masamine Jimba. 2013. Determining the active role of microscopists in

community awareness-raising activities for malaria prevention: a cross-

sectional study in Palawan, the Philippines. Malaria Journal, 12:384. (ISI

listed journal)

9. Denise Mirano-Bascos, Pilarita T. Rivera, Elena A. Villacorte, Aleyla D.

Escueta, Shin-ichiro Kawazu and Shigeyuki Kano. Characterization of the

Population Demographics and the MSP-1 Block 2 Allele Gene Frequencies

of P. falciparum Infected Individuals in Davao, Philippines. Tropical

Medicine and Health Vol. 41 No. 1, 2013, pp. 1-6

10. Lydia Leonardo, Pilarita Rivera, Ofelia Saniel, Juan Antonio Solon,

Yuichi Chigusa, Elena Villacorte, James Christoper Chua, Kharleezelle

Moendeg, Daria Manalo, Bobby Cirsostomo, Louie Sunico, Nicasio

Boldero, Lara Payne, Leda Hernandez and Raman Velayudhan. New

endemic foci of schistosomiasis infections in the Philippines. 2013. Acta

Tropica on line.

11. Jose Ma. M. Angeles, Yasuyuki Goto, Masashi Kirinoki, Masahito

Asada, Lydia R. Leonardo, Pilarita T. Rivera, Elena A. Villacorte,

Noboru Inoue, Yuichi Chigusa, Shin-ichiro Kawazu. Utilization of

ELISA Using Thioredoxin Peroxidase-1 and Tandem Repeat Proteins

for Diagnosis of Schistosoma japonicum Infection among Water

Buffaloes. PLOS, Neglected Tropical Diseases, A peer Reviewed, open

access journal. August 28, 2012.

12. Jose Ma. M. Angeles, Masashi Kirinoki, Yasuyuki Goto, Masahito

Asada, Hassan Hakimi, Lydia R. Leonardo, Pilarita Tongol-Rivera,

Elena A. Villacorte, Noboru Inoue, Yuichi Chigusa and Shin-ichiro

Kawazu. 2012. Localization and expression profiling of a 31 kDa

antigenic repetitive protein Sjp 0110390 in Schistosoma japonicum life

stages. Molecular & Biochemical Parasitology.

13. Leonardo, Pilarita Rivera, Ofelia Saniel, Elena Villacorte, May

Antonnette Lebanan, Bobby Crisostomo, Leda Hernandez, Mario

Baquilod, Edgardo Erce, Ruth Martinez and Raman Velayudhan. 2012

A National Baseline Prevalence Survey of Schistosomiasis in the

Philippines Using Stratified Two-Step Systematic Cluster Sampling

Design. Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volume 2012, Article ID 936128, 8 pages doi: 10.1155/2012/936128

14. Angeles JM, Goto Y, Kirinoki M, Leonardo L, Rivera PT, Villacorte

E, Inoue N, Chigusa Y and Kawazu S. (2011) Human Antibody

response to thioredoxin peroxidase-1 and tandem repeat protein as

immunodiagnostic antigen candidates for Schistosoma japonicum

infection. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 85 (4)

pp 674-679 (ISI listed journal)

15. Rivera P, Kano S, Saniel O, Solon JA, Villacorte E. Social Capital and

Malaria Control in Palawan, the Philippines (2010) Free Press Co. Tokyo,

Japan (in press)

16. Rivera PT, Crisostomo B, Villacorte EA, Escueta AS, Conrado EM, Cruz

de la DR, Angluben RU, Samaniego JB, Trudeau MR, Maekawa M,

Takagi M, Kano S. (2009). Climate Change and Malaria: A baseline Study

in Palawan, the Philippines. Pilarita T. Rivera, Bobby A. Crisostomo, Ray

U. Angluben and Shigeyuki Kano (ed) Free Press Co. Tokyo, Japan

17. Iwagami M, Rivera PT, Villacorte EA, Escueta AD, Hatabu T, Kawazu S,

Hayakawa T, Tanabe K, Kano S. (2009). Genetic diversity and population

structure of Plasmodium falciparum in the Philippines. Malaria Journal

8:96 (ISI listed journal)

18. Hatabu T, Iwagami M, Kawazu S, Taguchi N, Escueta A, Villacorte E,

Rivera P and Kano S (2009). Association of molecular markers in

Plasmodium falciparum crt and mdr1 with in vitro choloroquine resistance:

A Philippine Study. Parasitology International, 58: 166-170 (ISI listed

journal)

19. Angluben RU, Trudeau M, Kano S and Rivera PT (2008). Kilusan

Ligtas Malaria: Advancing Social Mobilization Towards sustainable

Malaria Control in the province of Palawan. Tropical Medicine and

Health, 36 (1): 45-49.

20. Iwagami M, Hatabu T, Kawazu S, Escueta AS, Villacorte EA, Rivera

PT and Kano S (2008). Phylogenetic Relationship of Plasmodium

falciparum population in the Philippines. Southeast Asian Journal of

Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 39 (2): 202-204.

21. Leonardo LR, Rivera PT, Saniel OP, Villacorte, EA, Hernandez LM,

Martinez R, Baquilod M, Erce E, Velayudhan R (2008). Prevalence

Survey of Schistosomiasis in the Visayas and Mindanao in the

Philippines. Parasitology International (ISI listed journal)

22. Rivera PT, Crisostomo B, Villacorte E, Escueta A, Maekawa Y, Tagaki

M, Samaniego J, Ebol A, Kano S (2007) GIS and Malaria Surveillance.

A Study in Disaster-prone provinces in the Philippines. Pilarita Tongol-

Rivera and Shigeyuki Kano (ed), Free Press Co, Tokyo Japan

23. Leonardo LR, Crisostomo, BA, Solon JAA, Rivera PT, Marcelo AB,

Villasper JA (2007). Geographical Information System in health

research and services delivery in the Philippines. Geospatial Health,

147-155.

24. Iwagami M, Taguchi N, Angluben RU, Escueta AS, Villacorte EA,

Rivera PT, Kano S and Kawazu S. (2007). Evaluation of blood

preservation methods in the performance of the WHO in vitro micro-test

for Plasmodium falciparum in the field. Tropical Medicine and Health,

35 (4): 337-341.

25. Rivera PT, Rivera WL, Escueta AD, Villacorte EA, Limlangan ET,

Lazaro CM, and Kanbara M (2007). Prevalence of serologically

positive amebic liver abcess cases in the Philippines. Acta Medica

Philippina, 41 (2): 31-36.

26. Leonardo LR, Rivera PT, Crisostomo BA, Sarol JN, Bantayan NC, Tiu

WT, Berquist NR (2005). A study of the environmental determinants in the

Philippines using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems.

Parasitologia, 47: 105-114 (ISI listed journal)

27. Rivera PT, Villacorte EA, Escueta AS, Hatabu T, Iwagami M, Kawazu S,

Kano S (2005). A study of the chloroquine resistance of Plasmodium

falciparum using the in-vitro sensitivity test and polymerase chain reaction.

Acta Medica Philippina, 39(2): 7-10.

28. Rivera W, Yuson JA and Rivera PT (2005) Serological Detection of

Cryptosporidium among Filipino Cancer Patients. Parasitology

Research, 98: 75-76 (ISI listed journal).

29. Rivera PT. 2005. Milestones in the History of Malaria Research and its

Control in the Philippines pp 135 - 166. In Asian Parasitology series

monograph Vol. 6 Malaria in Asia. Shigeyuki Kano and Pilarita Tongol-

Rivera (ed). Japan

30. Hatabu T, Kawazu S, Suzuki J, Valenzuela R, Villacorte E, Suzuki M,

Rivera P and Kano S (2003). In vitro susceptibility of P. falciparum

isolates to Chloroquine and Mefloquine in Southeastern Mindanao Island,

the Philippines. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine & Public

Health, 34(3), 546-551

31. Ikenoue N, Kawazu S, Hatabu T, Villacorte E, Tongol- Rivera P and

Kano S (2002). PCR amplification, sequencing and comparison of the

VAR / PfEMP-1 gene from the blood of patients with falciparum malaria in

the Philippines. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine & Public

Health, 33(3), 8-13

32. Rama R, Padoran J, Rivera PT, Villacorte EA, Hayashi M, Matsuda H,

Kawazu S and Kano S (1999). Chronic Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis in

Mindanao, the Philippines: A Case Study (in Japanese). Clinical

Parasitology, 10 (1), 34-36.

33. Tongol-Rivera P, Prudencio, MAB, Sarol, JN, Balingit FG, Villacorte EA,

Darilag AA, Kano S, and Suzuki, M (1999). Clinical and Laboratory

Correlates of Cerebral Malaria in the Philippines. Japanese Journal of

Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 27(4), 487-495.

34. Tongol-Rivera P, Kano S, Villacorte E, Darilag A, Miguel E, and Suzuki

M (1999). Application of Seroepidemiology in the Evaluation of a

Community-Based Malaria Control Program in Palawan, the Philippines.

Japanese Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 27 (2), 161-165

35. Tongol-Rivera P, Kano S, Canete-Miguel E and Suzuki M (1997). A

23KD molecule of Plasmodium falciparum binds specific IgG from

splenomegalic, parasitemic but asymptomatic children-A pilot study in a

malarious community in Palawan, the Philippines. Japanese Journal of

Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 25 (1), 1-5.

36. Kano S, Suzuki M, Tongol-Rivera P, Villacorte EA, Darilag AA,

Looareesuwan S, Matsumoto Y, Himeno K and Aikawa M (1997)

Management of Severe Malaria in Asian Countries (in Japanese). Clinical

Parasitology, 8 (1), 36-37.

37. Tongol-Rivera P, Monzon RB, Sarol JN, Esparar DE, Villacorte EA,

Yanilla OO and de Leon WU, and (1996). Studies on Potential Anti-

malarial Plant Extracts in the Philippines. Acta Medica Philippina, 32 (3),

15-21.

38. Tongol-Rivera P, Borja MP, Villacorte EA, and Yanilla OO, Baluyot

KBS, Bongcayao MMS and Diza VA (1996). The common clinical signs

and symptoms of malaria in the endemic area. Acta Medica Philippina, 32

(3), 1-5.

39. Tongol-Rivera P, Kano S, Miguel E, and Suzuki M (1995). A Western

Blot Study of the IgG response of asymptomatic, splenomegalic children in

a focus of malaria transmission in Palawan, the Philippines. Proceedings.

Philippines-U.S. Conference on Study of Host-Parasite Relationships:

Application of Biotechnology. Acta Medica Philippina, 31 (3), 164-167.

40. Garcia EG, Mitchell GF, Tiu WU, and Rivera PT (1992). Anti-

embryonation immunity as a granuloma modulating mechanism in

Schistosomiasis caused by S. japonicum. In: National Research Council

1992. “Aquaculture and Schistosomiasis.” Proceedings of a Network

Meeting, Manila, Philippines. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.

167-177.

41. Kano S, El Safi S, Omer F, Rivera P, El Gaddal AA and Suzuki M (1993).

Antibody frequency distribution curve for risk assessment of Malaria

epidemics in the Sudan. Japanese Journal of Tropical Medicine and

Hygiene, 21 (4): 207-211.

42. Tongol-Rivera PT, Kano S, Miguel E, Tongol P, and Suzuki M (1993).

Application of Seroepidemiology in identification of local foci in a

malarious community in Palawan, The Philippines. American Journal of

Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 49 (5) 608-612. (ISI listed journal)

43. Kano S, Rivera PT, Nakamura M, and Suzuki, M (1993). A specific

characteristic of Malaria Epidemiology in the Philippines (in Japanese).

Nettai 2, 141-147.

44. Garcia EG, Rivera PT, Mitchell GF, Evardome RR, Almonte RE and Tiu

WU (1989). Effects of Induction of Anti-Embryonation Immunity on Liver

Granulomas, Spleen Weight, and Portal Pressure in Mice Infected with S.

japonicum. Acta Tropica, 46:93-99. (ISI listed journal)

45. Garcia EG, Mitchell GF, Rivera PT, Evardome RR, Almonte RE, and Tiu

WU (1987). Evidence of Anti-Embryonation Immunity and Egg

Destruction in Mice Sensitized with Immature Eggs of S. japonicum. Asian

Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology, 5:135-41. (ISI listed journal)

List of Unpublished Researches

1. Rivera, Maramba and Villacorte. The effect of Quassia amara L. and

Momordica charantia L. on selected parasites. PCHRD. 2014-2015

2. Leonardo, LR, Rivera PT, Villacorte EA, Saniel OP. Surveillance of Snail

and Animal Transmission Towards Elimination of Schistosomiasis in

Bohol.DOH. 2013-2014

3. Leonardo, Rivera, Gloriani, Saniel, Molina, Villacorte. Risk Factors

Associated with Outbreak of Infectious Diseases and Emergence of

Psychiatric Problems in the Aftermath of Disasters in Marikina, Areas

Around Laguna de Bay such as Sta. Cruz and Pagsanjan and Around Manila

Bay such as Manila, Batangas and Cavite. UP CIDS. 2013-2015

4. Leonardo, Rivera, Saniel, Villacorte. Provision of technical assistance for

the development of strategic plan framework and 5-year strategic plan for

shistosomiasis control and elimination program. DOH. 2013-2014

5. Rivera, Maramba, Villacorte. In vitro Screening of Anti-amebic Properties

of Tsaang gubat (Carmona retusa) and Ulasimang bato (Peperomia

pellucida) National Integrated Research Program on Medicinal Plants,

Department of Health Philippines. 2012 – 2014

6. Rivera P, Maramba C, Villacorte E. In vitro and in vivo (Plasmodium

berghei-murine model) Screening of Anti-malarial Properties of Sambong

(Blumea balsamifera) Guava (Psidium guajava), and Korales (Quassia

amara). National Integrated Research Program on Medicinal Plants,

Department of Health Philippines. 2012-2013

7. Angeles, Leonardo, Rivera, Villacorte, Kawazu. Development of ELISA

based test for detection of Schistosomiasis in animals. Obihiro University,

Japan. 2011-2013

8. Leonardo L, Rivera P, Saniel O, Solon JA. JICA Special Assistance for

Project implementation for “Help for Catubig Agricultural Advancement

Project 2011

9. Rivera P, Maramba C,In-vitro and In-vivo Screening of anti malaria

properties of Aqeous and Alcoholic Extracts of Damong Maria (Artemesia

vulgaris) and Lagundi (vitex negundo) 2009-2010. National Integrated

Research Program on Medicinal Plants, Department of Health Philippines

List of Ongoing Projects

Rivera P, Naval P and Soriano M. Customization and Deployment of an

Information Technology-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System for

Medical Technologists Trained on Integrated Microscopy (ReMiDi). DOH.

2016-2017

ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Assistant to the Dean for Academic Affairs, Research and Planning and

Development

College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila 2010-2011

Assistant to the Dean for Research and Planning and Development

College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila 2010-2011

Chair, Department of Parasitology


University of the Philippines Manila 2001-2010

Reviewer (Medicine Board)

College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila

2009-2010

Curriculum Committee Chair


2009-2010

MPH Review


2009-2010

MPH Committee-member


2008-2010

PH 301 Committee-member


2008-2010

PH 201/202 Teaching Committee/V-Chair


2008-2010

Library and Seminars Committee/Member


2008-2010

DAPC, UAPC


2001-2010

DAPC, UAPC


2001-2010

Research Committee (chair)


2010-2013

University Research Executive Committee


2010-2013

SERVICE / EXTENSION

Member, Technical Working Group, National Malaria Control Program.

2003– Present

Participant - Consultative Workshops for Crafting the National Strategic Plan

for Control and Elimination of Malaria in the Philippines. 2014-2020. DOH.

2015

Participant - Review, Revision and Write-up of the Manual of Operations,

National Malaria Program. DOH.

2014-2015

Trainer - Catch-up Training on Integrated Microscopy for Medical

Technologists, DOH.

2015-2016

Resource Person – Pure Research Methodologies Module 1:Research Methods,

Training of Staff of Philippine Traditional and Alternative Healthcare

(PTAHC).

2015

Participant, 4th

National NTD Stakeholders Forum. DOH.

2015

Participant, Linkaging Workshop for Global Forum on Research and

Innovation for Health. PCHRD.

2015

Participant, Global Forum on Research. PCHRD.

2015

Participant - Consultative Meeting on Enhancement of Malaria Case

Reporting, Investigation and Response in the Philippines.

2015

Trainer - Integrated Microscopy Training for Medical Technologists. CAR and

Region I.

2015

External Examiner - 45th

Diploma in Applied Parasitology and Entomology

Course, Institute of Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2014

Lecturer – National Sanitarian Training Center.

2014-2015

Participant – 6th

Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) Annual

Meeting.

2014

Member, Panel of Judges – Research Forum, 36th

Annual Convention of the

Philippine Society of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

2014

Trainer - Diagnostic training for Schistosomiasis, Soil-transmitted

helminthiases and Lymphatic filariasis.

2013

Participant, Stakeholder’s Meeting, Association of South East Asian Nations

Network for Drugs, Diagnostics, Vaccines and Traditional Medicine

Innovation (ASEAN-NDI).

2013

Reviewer of Journal Article – Science Diliman.

2013

Organizing Committee – 4th

International Academic Consortium For

Sustainable Cities Symposium.

2013

Team Leader - Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria for Desk Review of

National Malaria Program.

2013

Lecturer and Laboratory Preceptor - Intensive Course on Diagnostic

Parasitology.

1989-2015

Lecturer - National Institute of Public Health, Japan. Japan Infectious Disease

Control Training.

2012-2015

Training Module and Manual Writer, Editor, and Trainer - Development of

Training Package for Integrated Microscopy and Technical Assistance on the

Roll-out of the Integrated Package.

2012-2013

Member, Technical Working Group of Integrated Helminth Control Program.

DOH.

2006-2015

Participant, Write-up of the Integrated Helminth Control Program, Mass

Treatment Guide, Conceptual Framework and 2006-2010 Strategic Plan,

Review of the Mass Treatment Guide, Conceptual Framework and Strategic

Plan of the Integrated Helminth Control Program, DOH.

2013

Guest Lecturer, AusAID funded “Customized Management Training

Community-based Malaria Prevention Program”

Curtin Univeristy of Technology, Perth Australia

2002

Member, Technical Review Committee (National Institutes of Health)

University of the Philippines-Manila

2001-2003

Trainor, Shell Phil. Funded Palawan

“Training of Trainors for Community Based Malaria Microscopy

2001

Member, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

1994-present

Councilor, Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

2009-present

Member, Manila Medical Society

Member, Philippine Medical Association

Member, Philippine Society of Parasitology

Associate Member, National Research Council of the Philippines

AWARDS / GRANTS

Metro Manila Commission Professorial Chair in Protozoology and Public

Health Parasitology

2015

Service Awardee, Araw ng Parangal

2015

Masamichi Aikawa Medal

2013

Gawad Sentenaryo Professorial Chair

2013

Metro Manila Commission Professorial Chair

2012

Centennial Professorial Chair

2008

UP Manila Publication Award

2007

Outstanding Research Paper Award from PGH – College of Medicine and

Gregorio Alvior Foundation for the project “A study of the environmental

determinants in the Philippines using Remote Sensing and Geographic

Information Systems”

2005

International Publication Award

2005

Drs. Pedro and Avelina Cabrera Chanco Chair for Professor in Parasitology

2001-2005

MMC Diamond Jubilee Chair for Associate Professor of Parasitology

1998

DOST Engineering and Science Education Project (ESEP) Postdoctoral

Research Fellowship

1997

U.P. Faculty Grant

1994/2004-2005

Monbusho Research Training Grant

1992-1993

WHO-Tropical Diseases (TDR) Research Training Grant

1991

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship Grant

1989

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