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Fernando B. Garcia, Jr., MPA, PhD
Professor and Dean
Department of Health Policy and Administration

Career Summary: Dr. Fernando B. Garcia Jr. is a Professor of Health Policy and Administration; and the Dean and Centre Director of the College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Tropical Medicine and Public Health (TROPMED) Regional Center for Public Health, Hospital Administration, Environmental and Occupational Health. He is also the Director of the Asian Health Literacy Association (AHLA) Country Office in the Philippines.

He has held several administrative and academic/teaching committee chairmanships at the university. Some of these were: Assistant to the Dean for Planning & Development (2021-2022); Chairperson of the Department of Health Policy and Administration (2016-2019); PH 280 Committee (Field Practice) for both the regular students (2019-2022) and the Doctors To The Barrio students (2020-2022) of the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program; Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) Program Committee (2018-2019); and Master of Hospital Administration (MHA) Program Committee (2015-2018).

He received his Bachelor of Science degree, major in Economics (1997) and Master of Public Administration (2006) both at UP Diliman. He was conferred with a Ph.D. in Public Health (Health Economics) in 2017 at the School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia. He has completed his Doctor of Public Administration (DPA) program coursework at UP Diliman in 2012. With his diverse background, which combines academic degrees, professional trainings, and experiences, his research interests include General and Health Economics, Public Health, Public Management, Health Systems Strengthening, and Health Policy.

Prof. Garcia is a recipient of the following awards and grants: i) Faculty of Health Equity Award from the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 2014; ii) University of the Philippines Manila Professorial Chair, 2019; iii) The One-UP Professorial Chair Award in Public Health (Health Services Administration) for Outstanding Teaching and Public Service from the University of the Philippines, 2019-2021; iv) University of the Philippines Research Dissemination Grant, 2017; v) National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) scholarship grant, Australia, 2012-2017; and vi) Netherlands Fellowship Programme on Urban Planning and Land Administration (UPLA.2) from the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). Enschede, The Netherlands, 2004.

Research and Consultancy Support: Prof. Garcia is involved as Principal Investigator/Co-Investigator/Consultant in the following research projects/consultancies: i) Integrating Non-Communicable Diseases management in primary health care: a population health survey and action initiative (CHED-PCARI); ii) All Case Rates Policy: Assessment and Evaluation of Policy Goals (PCHRD); iii) Improving NCD Program Management in an Environment with Communicable Disease Pandemic (NECoD) Study (UK-BHP); iv) Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of 10-valent versus 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines in Preventing Mortality and Hospitalization due to Pneumococcal Diseases (Faberco Life Sciences, Inc.); v) Assessment of the Socio-Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak. (PCHRD. DOST); and vi) Center for Innovations for Cost-Effective Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in Health (DRMM-H) outcomes in NCR and the Philippines (PCHRD-DOST).

Some of Prof. Garcia’s concluded research projects/consultancies include: i) Operations and Legal Research and Modelling on the Implementation of Telehealth Services within the Universal Health Care (UHC) Vision (PCHRD-DOH-UPM); ii) Assessment of Engagement of Standalone Physicians and Private Hospitals for Tuberculosis Control, Innovations and Multi-sectoral Partnerships to Achieve Control of TB (IMPACT) Project (PBSP); iii) Validation System for LGU Scorecard (DOH-UNICEF); iv) Patient’s Equity to Support Out-of-Pocket Expense for the Schizophrenia and Colon Cancer Patients (Johnson & Johnson Phils., Inc.); v) Malaria Program Expenditure Study (WHO); vi) Burden of Disease of Cardio Vascular Diseases and Diabetes Mellitus in the Philippines (DOH); vii) Conduct of Climate Change for the MDG Achievement Fund (DOH-UNFPA); and viii) An Economic Evaluation of Multi-Parasite Control Strategies in the Philippines (NHMRC-QUT, Australia).

Public Service/Community engagement and participation: Aside from department-led training and short course offerings, Prof. Garcia has also served as coordinator, resource person, and/or facilitator in the following: i) Angat Buhay Leadership Training and Fellowship Journey, a leadership and governance capability building program for Luzon Cluster Local Government Units (LGUs) geared towards raising the quality of life of every Filipino family and focusing on six key advocacy areas: Rural Development, Universal Healthcare, Education, Hunger & Food Security, Women Empowerment, and Housing or Rural Development; ii) Health Leadership and Management for the Poor for DOH Regions IVA, V, and X ; and iii) Leadership for Convergence Training Program (LCTP), a capacity enhancement training for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for both NCR and Region IV-B Field offices.

He is a reviewer of manuscripts submitted to the Acta Medica Philippina, Philippine Journal for Health Research and Development, and Philippine Journal of Public Administration, among others; technical reviewer/evaluator of project proposals submitted in Scientific Review Council (SRC), University of the Philippines-Manila National Institutes of Health, Advancing Health through Evidence-Assisted Decisions with Health Policy and Systems Research (AHEAD-HPSR) Program, Department of Science and Technology, Philippine Council for Health Research and Development; and judge in poster, oral, and case study presentations in conference competitions.

Prof. Garcia has been appointed as resource person and fellow of UP Resilience Institute (UPRI) in the response efforts of the University of the Philippines for the Covid-19 Pandemic. Moreover, he also served as volunteer at the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital’s Bayanihan Na! Covid-19 Action Center (BNOC), 2019; member of the UP Manila’s Sub-Committee on Faculty and Staff in Distress; and Planning Officer of the College’ Crisis Management Committee in response to the pandemic, 2021-2022.

International standing: Prof Garcia has presented works in numerous international scientific conferences such as International Conference on Disasters, Indigenous Knowledge, and Resilience (Center for Applied Research in the Social Sciences); 2016 GIS and Health Symposium (Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)); Public Health Conference: Promoting Socially Relevant Public Health Projects and Researches (Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) TROPMED Philippines); and 64th Annual Meeting. American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTMH).

He served as speaker in the “SIS-1 ASEAN+AHLA health literacy strategies” and co-chair of the session on GS-3 Health literacy and modern technology in the 8th AHLA International Conference held at Taiwan in 2022; reviewer of applications for the annual (2020, 2021) ASTMH pitch competition; session/panel chair in the Sixth International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation 2017 organized by the Unique Conferences Canada, and International Center for Research and Development held at University of Toronto, Canada; and was invited as keynote speaker to the Fourth International Conference on Global Public Health 2018 (GPH2018) in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has served as an evaluator of the Blended Learning Course on “International Approaches to Health Financing and Health Insurance (2005-2008)” which was organized by the InWent Germany as part of their international capacity building, held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2010.

Professional activities: Prof Garcia is a member of the following university-based study groups and professional societies: Health Emergencies and Disasters (HEAD) Study Group, National Institutes of Health, UP Manila; Universal Health Care (UHC) Study Group, UP Manila; and Health Policy Study Group, Institute of Health Policy and Development Studies, National Institutes of Health, UPM. He is also a member of the following international associations/network: Systems Thinking Accelerator (SYSTAC); International Health Economics Association; Alliance for Health Promotion; Health Systems Global (HSG); Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Economic and Finance Society; and Netherlands Fellows Foundation of the Philippines (NFFPI).

Teaching, Supervision and Mentoring: Prof Garcia has supervised /co-supervised and mentored 4 PhD (Public Health, Medicine, and Social Science, UP Manila), 25 Masters (Master of Hospital Administration, Master of Public Health), and 15 Bachelor of Science (Public Health) students for their terminal research study requirements (i.e., dissertation, thesis, and special studies). He has been handling an average of 12 teaching units per semester at the College of Public Health, UP Manila. He co-teaches and co-supervises a global teaching collaboration course on Health Economics with the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) offered to both UPM and University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) graduate students since 2017. Currently, he is supervising a local team of 11 co-investigators, 6 research assistants, 2 project managers, and 3 state university partners. He has served as field supervisor and mentor to graduate students from Boston University, School of Public Health (MPH); University of Minnesota, School of Public Health (MPH); and University of the Ryukyus, Graduate School of Health Sciences.


Other Intellectual Property Output: Copyrighted Products (for items 1-8, Period of Protection: Lifetime of the authors and for fifty (50) years after the authors’ death)

  1. Certificate No. A-2021-01954. U. P. Manila DRRM-H Center: Command, Communication and Collaboration Participant’s Module. Class A. Creation Date: 25 May 2020. Certificate issued on 18 November 2021.
  2. Certificate No. A-2021-01955. U. P. Manila DRRM-H Center: Mass Casualty Incident and Triage Training Participant’s Module. Class A. Creation Date: 25 May 2020. Certificate issued on 18 November 2021.
  3. Certificate No. A-2021-01956. U. P. Manila DRRM-H Center: Hazardous Materials Accident Management Participant’s Module. Class A. Creation Date: 25 May 2020. Certificate issued on 18 November 2021.
  4. Certificate No. A-2021-01957. U. P. Manila DRRM-H Center: Earthquake Incident Management Participant’s Module. Class A. Creation Date: 25 May 2020. Certificate issued on 18 November 2021.
  5. Certificate No. A-2021-01958. U. P. Manila DRRM-H Center: Fire Incident Management Participant’s Module. Class A. Creation Date: 25 May 2020. Certificate issued on 18 November 2021.
  6. Certificate No. A-2021-01959. U. P. Manila DRRM-H Center: Stampede Incident Management Participant’s Module. Class A. Creation Date: 25 May 2020. Certificate issued on 18 November 2021.
  7. Certificate No. A-2021-01960. U. P. Manila DRRM-H Center: Typhoon and Flood Incident Management Participant’s Module. Class A. Creation Date: 25 May 2020. Certificate issued on 18 November 2021.
  8. Certificate No. A-2021-01961. U. P. Manila DRRM-H Center: Vehicular Accident Management Participant’s Module. Class A. Creation Date: 25 May 2020. Certificate issued on 18 November 2021.
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Publications

  • Foo CD, Verma M, Tan SM, Haldane V, Reyes K, Garcia F, et al . COVID-19 public health and social measures: a comprehensive picture of six Asian countries. BMJ Global Health 2022;7:e009863. https://gh.bmj.com/content/7/11/e009863. . (2022); ;
  • Valdestamon DM, Urbano BM, Gaudia JT, Septimo LV, Mariano RE , Latorre AE, Garcia, Jr. FB. Association of comprehensive knowledge on HIV/AIDS and discriminatory attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) among Filipino women. Phil J Health Res Dev. July-September. (2022); 26 (3); 73-82
  • Saulnier DD, Blanchet K, Canila CC, Muñoz DC, Zennaro LD, Savigny D, Durski KN, Garcia FB, et al. A health systems resilience research agenda: moving from concept to practice. BMJ Global Health 2021; 6:e006779. https://gh.bmj.com/content/6/8/e006779. (2021); ;
  • Samonte FGR, De Guzman MT, Garcia Jr FB, Molina V, Gonzales R. The use of predictive modeling in determining the relationship of physical activity and mental health in older adults. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Vol. 24, Issue 09, 2020 ISSN: 1475-7192. 4569-4671https://www.psychosocial.com/article/PR2904897/33308/. (2020); ;
  • Garcia Jr FB, Balcon KH, Graves N, Soares Magalhães RJ, Yakob L and Clements A. Estimation of Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) Averted Over a 10-Year Period as Outcome Measure for Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis (STH) Control Strategies in the Philippines. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. SEAMEO Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network (SEAMEO TROPMED Network). (2020); 51 (Suppl 1); 47-66
  • Cagayan MSFS., Ang-Bon RM, Salonga RD, Garcia Jr FB, et. al. Barriers to an Effective Maternal Health Service Delivery Network: A Qualitative Study among Health Providers in Legazpi City, Albay. Acta Medica Philippina https://doi.org/10.47895/amp.v54i5.664. (2020); 54 (5); 462-471
  • Garcia Jr FB, Balcon-Halton K, Graves N, Leonardo LR, Soares-Magalhaes R, Clements A, Yakob L. A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal of the Quality of Studies Looking into the Economic Evaluation of Control Strategies for Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis and Schistosomiasis. Acta Medica Philippina https://doi.org/10.47895/amp.v53i1.217. (2019); 53 (1); 80-89
  • Cagayan MSFS., Ang-Bon RM, Salonga RD, Garcia Jr FB, et. al. Analysis of trends in maternal mortalities in Bicol region using national health surveys and maternal death reviews. Philippine Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology http://pjog.org/article-detail.php?id=188. ; 43 (6); 39-48
  • Garcia Jr FB, Halton K, Graves N, Soares-Magalhaes R, Clements A. Economic cost estimation of selected strategies to control Soil Transmitted Helminth infections in the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Health Research and Development, https://pjhrd.upm.edu.ph/index.php/main/article/view/204. ; 21 (4); 37-44
  • Antonio CT, Bermudez AC, Cochon KL, Garcia Jr FB, Gueverra JP, Manalo JA, Quizon RR, Salvino RP, Benedicto EG. Stakeholder Perceptions on the Challenges of Financing Debilitating Illnesses: The Case of Colorectal Cancer and Schizophrenia in the Philippines. Phil. Journal of Health Research and Development, https://pjhrd.upm.edu.ph/index.php/main/article/view/171. ; 21 (2); 17-19
  • Carlos Primero D. Gundran, Hilton Y. Lam, Anna Cristina A. Tuazon, Jerome V. Cleofas, Fernando B. Garcia, Trisha Ericka M. Puli, Ma Sarina I. Magdales. Enhancing mass casualty disaster management competencies through an integrated disaster simulation training program. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. ; 103124, ISSN 2212-4209;
  • Gundran, Carlos Primero; Lam, Hilton; Tuazon, Anna Cristina; Cleofas, Jerome; Garcia Jr., Fernando; and Puli, Trisha Ericka. Simulation Training Needs Assessment for Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Response Among Selected Agencies in National Capital Region, Philippines. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4187685 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4187685. ; ;
  • Rowena F. Genuino, MD, FPDS, Maria Christina Filomena R. Batac, MD, FPDS, Francis R. Capule, RPh, MS, PhD, Kimberly Anne G. Ednalino, MD, Fernando B. Garcia, Jr., PhD, Mary Ann J. Ladia, PhD, Malaya P. Santos, MD, FPDS, Ailyn M. Yabes, PhD, Maria Stepha. Comparative efficacy and safety of oral ivermectin, topical permethrin, and its combination in the treatment of scabies: a systematic literature review. J Phil Dermatol Soc. May 2022 · ISSN 2094-201X. pp 7-19. https://journal.pds.org.ph/issues/may-2022/. ; ;
  • Guevarra JP, Antonio CAT, Cochon KL, Bermudez ANC, Garcia Jr. FB, Manalo JA, Pagtiilan GT, Guevara EGM, Lao SM, Benedicto EG. Financial Assistance for the Treatment of Schizophrenia in Select Institutions in the Philippines. Acta Med Philipp [Internet]2022Mar.30 [cited 2022Mar.30];56(5). Available from: https://actamedicaphilippina.upm.edu.ph/index.php/acta/article/view/3376. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47895/amp.vi0.3376. ; ;
  • Cagayan MSFS, Ang-Bon RM, Garcia Jr FB, San Juan FS, Llave CL, Banwell C, Llamas-Clar EF. The Effect of a two-day Training and Refresher Program on the Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care Knowledge and Skills of Health Workers in Legazpi City, Albay. Acta Medica Philippina https://doi.org/10.47895/amp.vi0.3151. ; ;
  • Lim KL, Rivera BI, Samson RC, Garcia FB. Factors associated with hypertension and diabetes among risk-assessed patients in a Pasig City health center. Phil J Health Res Dev https://pjhrd.upm.edu.ph/index.php/main/article/view/550/277. ; 25 (4); 53-60