Carmencita Padilla

Carmencita M. David-Padilla[1] is a Filipino clinical geneticist and pediatrician who is recognized as a National Scientist of the Philippines.

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is M., the birth surname or paternal family name is David, and the marital name is Padilla.
Carmencita Padilla
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8th Chancellor of University of the Philippines Manila
Assumed office
November 1, 2014
Preceded byManuel B. Agulto
2nd Executive Director of the Philippine Genome Center
In office
2011–2016
Preceded byAmelia Guevara
Succeeded byCynthia Saloma
Personal details
Born
Carmencita M. David
NationalityFilipino
EducationUniversity of the Philippines Diliman (Premed)
University of the Philippines Manila (BS and Master's)
Known forNewborn screening advocacy
AwardsOrder of National Scientists (2023)

Education

Padilla accomplished her pre-medicine degree at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman in 1976. She moved to the UP Manila campus where she finished her bachelor's degree in medicine in 1981. Padilla underwent a fellowship in clinical genetics at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in Australia. She returned to UP Manila once again to obtain a master's degree in health policy studies in 2005.[2][3]

Career

Newborn screening

Padilla is an advocate of newborn screening.[4] She and her colleagues help establish a Newborn Screening System (NBS) in the Philippines in 1996. She is the founding president of the Newborn Screening Society of the Philippines.[5]

Philippine Genome Center

Padilla helped in the establishment of the Philippine Genome Center in 2009,[4] where she also served as executive director from 2011 to 2016.[2]

UP Manila

The University of the Philippines Manila has Padilla as its chancellor since 2014[6] and has been serving for at least three terms.[7] She was a professor in pediatrics in the institution.[7] She also helped set up a genetic services department in UP Manila in 1990.[4]

Other institutions

Padilla would also aid in founding a clinical services department at the Philippine General Hospital and laboratories at the National Institutes of Health's Institute of Human Genetics.[4]

Contributions to legislation

Padilla contributed on forming the basis of The Newborn Screening Act of 2004 (Republic Act No. 9288), with her knowledge on clinical genetics and her research on newborn screening.[2] Her work would also help draft the Rare Diseases Act of 2016 (Republic Act No. 10747).[8][9]

Honors and recognition

On August 31, 2023, Padilla was conferred the Order of National Scientists by President Bongbong Marcos for her contributions in the field of medicine.[10]

References
  1. "Governing Council". Philippine Council for Health Research and Development.
  2. Gozum, Iya (August 31, 2023). "Clinical geneticist Carmencita Padilla is 43rd National Scientist". Rappler. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  3. "Palace confers the Order of National Scientist on Dr. Carmencita Padilla". University of the Philippines Manila. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  4. "Newborn screening advocate named UPM chancellor". The Philippine Star. November 6, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  5. "Promoting newborn screening". The Philippine Star. April 8, 2010. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  6. "Newborn screening advocate named UPM chancellor". The Philippine Star. November 6, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  7. Mateo, Janvic (September 25, 2020). "New UP chancellors named". The Philippine Star. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  8. Gutierrez, Pia (August 31, 2023). "Marcos confers national scientist title to world-renowned clinical geneticist". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  9. Aning, Jerome (September 1, 2023). "Geneticist named 43rd nat'l scientist". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  10. Romero, Alexis (September 1, 2023). "Marcos fetes new national scientist, trade negotiator". The Philippine Star. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
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