Dr. Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa is currently a special adviser to the Philippines’ National Task Force Against COVID-19. He is also a professor of Emergency Medicine and Trauma Surgery at the UP-PGH, and faculty at the National Telehealth Center at UP Manila.

He was the Executive Vice President of the University of the Philippines System from 2017 to 2021. During his term he has several accomplishments, as a Chair, the university hosted two international conferences, the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Conference in 2017 and ASEAN University Network (AUN) 2nd International Health Promotion Conference in 2019, and strengthened relations with Southern Taiwan University. He further expanded knowledge of the university on the Road Safety Emerging Interdisciplinary Research and created the UP COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team which has been overseeing the safety of all the university’s employees across the country.

Furthermore, he was the Health Undersecretary of the Philippines from 2010 to 2015. One of his important accomplishments during his term was helping achieve Universal Health Coverage. He also led the modernization of public hospitals through Health Facilities Enhancement Funds and the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP). As CIO, he achieved COBIT 5 Certification, and developed and implemented the National eHealth Strategic Framework Plan. He also served as the Coordinator of Foreign Medical Teams that responded after Typhoon Haiyan struck in 2013.

Infectious Disease Specialist with M.Sc. and Diploma in Clinical Tropical Medicine from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, U.K., and certified by both the Royal College of Physicians, London, U.K., and the Philippine Board of Internal Medicine and the Philippine Board of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, MSc in Bioethics from the University of the Philippines Manila College of Medicine and Ph.D. in Medicine from the Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

He is a Fellow of the Philippine College of Physicians, Fellow of the Philippine Society of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Thailand. He is currently a Professor at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Chair of the Health Sciences Division and Secretary, National Academy of Science and Technology, and the Executive Director of the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development, Department of Science and Technology.

He is currently also the President of the Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology (PhilAAST). He is also currently a member of the Board of Advisers of the ASEAN Committee on Science, Technology, and Innovation.

Dr. Regina “Nina” Berba, UPCM 1987, has dedicated her career to the service of patients and the practice of Infectious Diseases at the PGH. Previously a recipient of the Outstanding Researcher Award has successfully translated her work in research into tangible benefit in the clinical practice of Infectious Diseases in the Philippines. She is the National Chair of the Philippine Coalition against Tuberculosis and Head of the Infection Control Unit of the PGH. She also leads the Blood Infection Committee and the Leptospirosis Task Force, putting to good use her experience in policy shaping and program management for the improvement of health outcomes among the poor and indigent patients of PGH. She is a leading force in the national Antimicrobial Stewardship Program cited by the WHO.