Among Castillo’s research highlights are drug delivery of natural products and product development. Her work with natural products and pharmacology have been published in journals such as Current Enzyme Inhibition, the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, and Neurotoxicology. Conditions that have been the subject of her studies include Alzheimer’s disease, osteoarthritis, and myeloid leukemia.

A decorated academic, she has been feted with the 2023 The Outstanding Pharmacist Award in Research by the Philippine Pharmacists Association, Inc. and the 2021 Best Mentor in Health Research Award by the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Health Research and Development. Recently, she was also named a recipient of the 2025 Faces of PACOP Award (Research Category) by the Philippine Association of College of Pharmacy.

Llamasares-Castillo teaches at the Faculty of Pharmacy and the Graduate School and is an academic researcher at the Research Center for the Natural and Applied Sciences. She has recently partnered with Assoc. Prof. Donald G. Manlapaz, PhD, PTRP to establish the GRACE HUB with support from the TOMASInno Technology Business Incubator of the University.

The NRCP Achievement Award was established in 1979 to recognize “members for their significant contributions to their respective fields.â€� Among UST’s NRCP Achievement Awardees are Prof. Mario A. Tan, PhD (Chemical Sciences, 2023), Prof. Jovencio G. Apostol, PhD (Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2017),  Prof. Allan B. de Guzman, PhD (Governmental, Educational, and International Policies, 2006), and Prof. Maria Natalia R. Dimaano, PhD (Engineering and Technology, 2009).

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In a social media post, Manahan dedicated the award to his “family for their unwavering support and to my students, who inspire me to improve my teaching. Most importantly, I thank Almighty God, the source of all blessings. I offer back to you the gift you have given me.�

A seasoned medical technology educator, Manahan has served as Chair of the UST Faculty of Pharmacy’s Department of Medical Technology. Under his term, the Department secured its international certification from the ASEAN University Network Quality Assurance. When UST General Santos opened its BS Pharmacy and BS Medical Technology programs in 2024, Manahan was named the inaugural Director of the School of Health Sciences.

The PFPA Distinction Award was first conferred in 2005 to recognize “the outstanding achievements and contributions of Filipino professionals to their respective professions, either locally or abroad.� Manahan was endorsed by the Philippine Association of Medical Technologists, Inc. (PAMET).

Among Thomasian awardees in past conferment rites is Psychology Professor Marc Eric S. Reyes, PhD.

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Arcalas won for the story “� that was published in his current news outfit The Philippine STAR.

A decorated journalist, Arcalas is the first Thomasian to receive the Bright Leaf Hall of Fame award for agriculture journalism. Last November 8, he also won the Agriculture and Mining Reporter of the Year award from the Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines.

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Ordinario and two BusinessMirror colleagues won Best Agriculture Feature Story – National award in 2023. In 2022, Ordinario and MA Journalism candidate Tyrone Jasper Piad won the Agriculture Story of the Year award. Ordinario had a bountiful 2021 by winning both the Tobacco Story of the Year and the Best Agriculture News Story – National. Her first Bright Leaf award came in 2018, copping the Best Agriculture News Story – National plum for a story she wrote together with former colleague and BA Journalism alumnus Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas.

Ordinario thus became the second UST product to become a Bright Leaf Hall of Famer, the first being Arcalas.

The MA in Journalism program is offered by the Graduate School.

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MA in Journalism candidate Tyrone Jasper Piad won the Best Business Feature Award for his three-part series in 2023 “The costs of mobility and the increasing use of cycling,� done for the Philippine Daily Inquirer. This series was the capstone requirement for the course Data Journalism. The articles are as follows:

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Piad is actually a back-to-back winner for Best Business Feature for EJAP. Last year, Piad won for his 2022 story with his former outlet BusinessMirror titled “.�

MA in Journalism lecturer Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas also won, this time as the Agriculture and Mining Reporter of the Year. Arcalas, a 2024 graduate who’s a newly hired lecturer at the BA in Journalism program, has been winning national awards and one international award while being a scholar for The Varsitarian, studying in the graduate journalism program.

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In an interview with the Communications Bureau, Caliwan said the recognition was “very fulfilling” as it recognizes “accounting teachers with outstanding achievement and distinguished performance as an educator, and whose outstanding contribution has a national impact.” Caliwan said the distinction is “a very big honor that I will treasure forever.”

Caliwan thanks the University community, particularly Accountancy Dean Patricia M. Empleo, PhD, Accountancy Regent fr. Franklin F. Beltran, O.P., PhD, and the college community, for their support. “UST allowed me to be actively involved in my professional organizations. A lot of activities for accounting teachers that we co-organized are held in UST. We showed the accounting education profession the Thomasian brand of service.”

Caliwan credits parts of his award to his recent stint as president of the National Association of CPAs in Education (NACPAE), during which time he championed the capacity-building of CPAs in education through a multi-part nationwide caravan of workshops on Outcomes-Based Education and updating on the CPA Licensure Exams based on recent pronouncements of the Professional Regulation Commission. The one-year term also gave a chance to broach the idea of a Magna Carts for Accounting Teachers, which is envisioned to “will answer the many concerns of accounting teachers.” Among these are the stringent and expensive continuing professional development unit requirements that make some CPAs shy away from teaching.

The awarding ceremonies will take place on November 21, 2024.

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With the award, Bernardo is slated to deliver a research-based lecture in February 2025. A scholar on World Englishes, particularly Philippine English and its pedagogy, Bernardo will discourse about: “Teaching, Teaching about, and Teaching in World Englishes: Twenty-First Century Perspectives for Diversity, Inclusivity, and Sustainability.�

Among Bernardo’s recent works are entitled “Teaching Philippine English through schoolscapes� (2024), “Philippine English and Global Englishes-inspired grammar teaching� (2024), and “Knowledge construction in World Englishes� (2021, with Ruanni Tupas).

Bernardo earned his doctoral degree in English Language Studies from the UST Graduate School, where he later served as Faculty Secretary. He is an academic researcher of the Research Center for Social Sciences and Education. Bernardo also served as Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Letters.

Established in 1996, the Distinguished Professorial Chair honors former Department of Education, Culture, and Sports (now the Department of Education) Secretary and former De La Salle University President Br. Andrew Gonzalez, FSC. According to the Linguistic Society of the Philippines, the honor is meant to remember Br. Gonzalez as “an intellectual giant, a distinguished linguist, teacher, scholar, humanist, writer, administrator, a builder of persons and institutions, a man of vision and mission, a doer, a Christian brother, and a Filipino patriot.�

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Peñamante, who is currently at the final stages of her Master of Science in Global Health Delivery at the Harvard Medical School, teaches psychology and clinical epidemiology courses in the College of Science and Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. For her second masteral degree, she is a Global Health Research Scholar at Harvard Medical School’s Program in Global Primary Care and Social Change and a Graduate Student Researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Department of Psychiatry. Her research, according to the BCPH website, “spans mental health, climate change, and healthcare workforce development.â€� Among her advocacies are reducing stigma and ultimately saving lives through mental health interventions. Peñamante previously earned her B.Sc. Psychology, M.A. Clinical Psychology and Doctor of Medicine degrees at the ¾ÅÉ«.

The Boston Congress of Public Health Inc., which bestows the award, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to democratize public health through the lens of social justice and envisions itself to transcending the traditional boundaries of academia and medicine by supporting emerging and established thought leaders, researchers and advocates committed to social justice and health equity and democratizes access to evidence-based public health thought. It was established in August 2021 by Drs. Candice Carpenter and Circe Gray Le Compte and conducts educational and policy trainings, television series and a Fellowship program. It also publishes the HPHR Journal, which promotes evidence-based discourse on health equity ().

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BS-SLP students Mariela Anya Soriño, Kathleen Megan Torres, Emilia Andrea Coronel, Robert Anthony Bertumen, and Vinz Adrian Chan were under the supervision of Inst. John Arden Romanillos, MHPEd, RSLP, who together showcased how UST runs its BS-SLP program. 

First offered in 2009, the four-year bachelor’s degree program involves at least 1,200 hours of supervised clinical training in various settings, such as the community and hospital. Such training endeavors allow students to screen, evaluate, and assess patients and help in individual and group therapy sessions. Apart from equipping students to handle concerns on speech, language, and swallowing disorders, aural habilitation and rehabilitation and augmentative and alternative communication are integrated in the curriculum.

Graduates of the program may proceed to take advanced studies in the fields of health professions education, clinical audiology, and medicine (all offered in UST), bringing with them sound training in practice and research. The Department of Speech-Language Pathology includes as part of its thrusts the conduct of research that will adapt and make culturally relevant SLP interventions, develop evidence-based practices, and promote professional growth and continuing education.

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In a message to the Thomasian community, Dones called on Thomasians to “be driven by a passion to serve others as a gift from God,� to whom he dedicates the victory, along with his family. As a lifelong member of a Dominican academic community, Dones shares the importance of prayer and “offering every action as a form of worship.� Dones said: “We are called to perform our duties with love, thank those who support us, forgive those who have wronged us, and see every task as an opportunity to thank and praise God.�

Dones was nominated by the accredited professional organization, the Philippine Physical Therapy Association (PPTA), which vetted nominees based on qualifications, professional activities, character, and most importantly, contributions to the profession. Dones’s nomination by PPTA emanated from the nominations of CHRMS academic researchers Asst. Prof. Lyle Patrick D. Tangcuangco and Inst. Mark Angel B. Serra.

Dones is a research fellow at St. Luke’s Medical Center and is involved in two projects funded by the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). His various research projects address issues such as hospitalized COVID-19 patient outcomes, hepatocellular carcinoma risks, hypertensive urgency and emergency, and the delivery of blended teaching in health science programs.

Also an innovator, he is the Chief Executive Officer of PainFree Management and Consulting, Inc., which is a grant awardee of the DOST-PCHRD and an incubatee of UST’s own TOMASInno Center, the in-house technology business incubator.

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