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Perla Santos-Ocampo

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Perla Dizon Santos-Ocampo
3rd Chancellor of University of the Philippines Manila
In office
1993–1999
Preceded byErnesto Domingo
Succeeded byAlfredo T. Ramirez
Personal details
BornJuly 25, 1931
Dagupan, Pangasinan, Philippine Islands
DiedJune 29, 2012(2012-06-29) (aged 80)
Metro Manila, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines Manila
OccupationPediatrician
Known forNational Scientist of the Philippines
AwardsNational Scientist of the Philippines

Perla Dizon Santos Ocampo, MD ONS was a Filipina pediatrician.

Early life and education

Perla Santos-Ocampo was born in Dagupan, Pangasinan on July 25, 1931. She pursued a medical degree at the University of the Philippines Manila and graduated in 1955. She also pursued post-graduate pediatrics training at the UP-Philippine General Hospital, and a fellowship at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio in the United States.[1]

Career

The policy of the Philippine Department of Health on diarrhea-related health concerns was based on Santos-Ocampo's research on diarrheal disease. Her research on the relation of malnutrition and child growth and development was instrumental to the country's fight against child malnutrition.[2]

Santos-Ocampo also served as the Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Manila where she was noted for developing academic programs to increase the quality of health education offered by the university. She was also instrumental to the establishment of the National Institutes of Health, the National Graduate School of the Health Sciences, and the National Telehealth Center.[2]

Santos-Ocampo was honored as a National Scientist of the Philippines on 2011.[2]

Death

Perla Santos-Ocampo died on June 29, 2012. She died of respiratory failure due to colon cancer.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Farewell to a Great Woman". CMC Newsletter. Capitol Medical Center. 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "PNoy confers National Scientist Award to Dr. Santos-Ocampo". abs-cbnNEWS.com. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  3. ^ "National Scientist Perla Santos-Ocampo, 80". GMA News. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
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