Jose Joshua Mari G. Ubaña

Bacteriologist II

Microbiology Department

I am a young and inquisitive medical technologist that currently embarks on research about emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. I am presently doing a study that aims to determine the biovar, toxigenicity, and antimicrobial resistance of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Moreover, to support the national welfare in response to the pandemic, I also took part in the RITM COVID-19 saliva study and co-infection research in the hope of aiding public health officials and policymakers in developing guidelines to help improve the health of our community.

CAREERRESEARCH PROGRAMONGOING RESEARCHCONTACT

EDUCATION

	PROGRAM/COURSE/SPECIALIZATION	UNIVERSITY	YEAR COMPLETED	ACADEMIC HONOR/S
UNDERGRADUATE	B.S. Medical Technology	Centro Escolar University – Makati	2010 – 2014	Dean’s Lister Academic Scholar
MS	MSPH Medical Microbiology	University of the Philippines – Manila	2017 – Present

Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases

RESEARCH TITLE	FUNDING AGENCY	EXPECTED DURATION
Co-investigator: Suitability of Saliva as an Alternative Clinical Specimen for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2	DOST-PCHRD	2021
Co-investigator: Bacterial and Fungal Co-infections in Respiratory Specimens of COVID-19 Patients Admitted in a Tertiary Hospital in the Philippines	RITM	2021
Principal Investigator: Biovar Characterization Toxigenicity and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Corynebacterium diphtheriae Isolates at the RITM from 2013 to 2020	RITM	2021-2022

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