Dr. Maria Rosario Singh-Vergeire is the current Undersecretary for the Public Health Services Team and the official spokesperson of the Department. She was previously the OIC-Usec for the Health Regulation Team and Assistant Secretary in charge of the Public Health Services Team. She also acted as OIC- Deputy Director-General Field Regulatory Operation - Food and Drug Administration, Office Director of the Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau, and Chief of the Health Research Division of the Health Policy Development and Planning Bureau. Undersecretary Vergeire has committed decades to public service, having worked in Marikina City’s health office before joining the Department of Health in 2007. Aside from public service, she is also committed to nurturing our soon-to-be public health leaders serving as faculty at the Development Academy of the Philippines and part-time faculty at Ateneo School of Govt. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Zoology from the University of Santo Tomas, her MD from De La Salle University College of Medicine, and her MPH from the University of the Philippines, Manila.

Dr Ong-Lim is a Professor and Attending Pediatrician at the University of Philippines and the Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH). She is a fellow of the Philippine Pediatric Society, where she serves as a member of its Board of Trustees. She is also the Immediate Past President of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines.

Dr Ong-Lim received her MD from the University of the Philippines. She completed her residency in pediatrics and a post-residency fellowship in pediatric infectious disease at UP-PGH, where she is now the Chief of the Division of Infectious and Tropical Disease.

As part of the Philippines’ COVID19 response effort, Dr Ong-Lim serves as a member of the DOH Technical Advisory Group, the IATF Technical Working Group on COVID 19 Variants, as well as the Interim National Immunization Technical Advisory Group for COVID 19 Vaccines.

Lulu Bravo is a Professor Emeritus at the College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila. She is the former Vice Chancellor for Research and Executive Director of the National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila (2005 – 2011) and current head of the Vaccine Study Group of the NIH – UPM.

She is the President of the Immunization Partners in the Asia Pacific (IPAP), current Executive Director and past President of the International Society of Tropical Pediatrics (ISTP) 2008 – 2011, past Chair and Founder of the Asian Strategic Alliance for Pneumococcal Disease Prevention (ASAP) 2007 – 2011, and Executive Director, Sec-General (1998 – 2006) & past President of the Asian Society for Pediatric Infectious Disease (ASPID) 2006 – 2008.

Dr. Lulu Bravo completed her MD, pediatric residency, and subspecialty training in infectious disease at Philippine General Hospital-College of Medicine of the University of the Philippines Manila. She supplemented her fellowship in pediatric infectious disease at the University of Texas Southwestern Health Science Center in Dallas, the USA in 1986.

Dr. Imelda Mateo is the Medical Center Chief II of the Amang Rodriguez Medical Center, and also the Visiting Consultant of the Lung Center of the Philippines from June 2020 to present. She served as Medical Center Chief II at Valenzuela Medical Center and as Consultant for Hospital Operations Medical Center Chief II at Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital.

She is a graduate of BS Biology at the University of the Philippines Diliman. Also, she received her Doctor of Medicine degree from UERMMC. Further, she had her Medical Internship at The Medical City.

Dr. Benito Atienza is a registered Medical Technologist. He received his degree in Doctor of Medicine from De La Salle University, College of Medicine. He had his residency training in pediatrics at Fe Del Mundo Medical Center Foundation. Also, he was the former Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Mary Mediatrix Medical Center, and also served as the former PMA Vice President and Secretary-General.

He is the First Recipient of Dr. Jose P. Rizal Memorial Award of Distinction in Community Leadership. He was also awarded as Caring Physician of the World by the World Medical Association, and cited by the World Health Organization during the World Health Day last 2007.

Dr. Mario Panaligan is a Diplomate in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at St. Luke's Medical Center. He is also an assistant professor of Medicine at the College of Medicine of the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, Inc. (UERMMMCI). Furthermore, he is a Medical Specialist 2 and Head of the Section of Infectious Diseases of the Department of Medicine at Dr. Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center (JRRMMC) and Chair of the Infection Prevention and Control Committee (IPCC) and Overall Infection Control Service Coordinator at St. Luke’s Medical Center (SLMC).

He is pursuing a degree in Masters of Science in Tropical Medicine at the College of Graduate School of UERMMMCI. Also, he completed his fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH), and his Clinical Epidemiology Program at the University of the Philippines – College of Medicine (UP-CM).

Einstein Rojas is a board member of the Philippine Alliance of Patients Organizations, newly invited to be a part of the global advisory committee in NCD Alliance, Geneva Switzerland. Einstein is also an innovation consultant and an engagement manager of Embiggen Group, based in Delaware USA and Philippines.

Einstein is also a certified Innovation professional by the Global Innovation Management Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Einstein has a graduate degree in Master of Science in Innovation and Business at the Asian Institute of Management, He is also recognized as an innovation coach for undergrad students at the Far Eastern University Institute of Technology Innovation Center.

He expresses his curiosity about technology and innovative solutions on how it can be applied to NGO’s and private organizations by broadening the boundaries of worldviews.

Elena Lam is the Country Director of Medtronic Philippines, a leading medical device company headquartered in Minneapolis with presence in 150+ countries. She has been in the healthcare industry for close to 3 decades and has been involved in a range of healthcare sectors from pharma, retail, clinic operations to medical devices.

Prior to Medtronic, she spent 7 years as General Manager at IQVIA, a data analytics and research company where she led both the Philippines and Indonesia regions to growth by enabling pharma companies and other healthcare stakeholders to get better and more accurate market data. She also spent time at the frontline as Business Director of Fresenius Medical Care and led its dialysis clinic operations where she developed their brand identity and worked on improving service delivery for patients with chronic kidney disease.

Elena is a registered nurse from the University of Sto. Tomas with a masters’ degree in management from the Asian Institute of Management.