In 1996, St. Paul’s Hospital Iloilo Ethics Committee was constituted. This was the beginning of Bioethics Committee. It was on June 27, 2006 that the Ethics Committee revised their existing policies and guidelines for the comprehensive and efficient review of researches that involved human participants. In cases of research and experimentation involving human subjects, the Committee made sure that the Clinical researches conform to the moral and scientific principles that justify the research.
The participants were well informed of the Study. Informed consents were signed, the subjects were free to terminate the study on any stage and for whatever reason and that the clinical research followed the national and international guidelines for the protection of the safety and well-being of the participants.
On November 1, 2007, the name of Ethics Committee was changed to St. Paul’s Hospital Ethics Review Board (IERB). The following were the composition of the said Committee: Chairman - Fr. Paul Solomia (Priest); Co-Chair - Dr. Jaime Manila (Medical Doctor); Secretary - Joy Braza (Registered Nurse); Members - Sr. Donatilla Torres, SPC (Pharmacist), Atty. Luisito Hofilena (Lawyer), Dr. Levy Suyo (Medical Doctor), and Ms. Jemmayma Maybay (Lay).
In 2008, Ms. Joy Braza, the IERB Secretary, was replaced by Ms. Joan Marie Chiu,
also a Registered Nurse. In January 2011, the Administrator re-appointed Fr. Paul Solomia as Chair of the IERB, Ms. Joan Marie Chiu as Secretary, Sr. Donatilla Torres, Dr. Levy Suyo, and Ms. Jemmayma Maybay as IERB Members. Atty. Jose Mari Benjamin Tirol was appointed as a new member.
It was in August 2013 that Sr. Rosamond Marie Abadesco, SPC, Administrator, hired
Ms Eden Shiz Parpa as a Part-time staff for the Office. In November of that same year, she assumed fulltime responsibility as Office Secretary to manage documents for the function of the IERB in regulating Ethical Practices among the already existing /on-going Clinical trial groups.
On July 15, 2013, Sr. Rosamond Marie Abadesco, SPC appointed new members for the Committee. The compositions were: Chairman- Dr. Levy Suyo; Secretary- Eden Shiz Parpa; Members- Msgr. Paul Solomia, Dr. Jaime Manila, Maria Thelma Servidad, Sr. Rowena Rodil, SPC, and Atty. Jose Mari Benjamin Tirol.
In July 2014, the Administrator appointed Sr. Henrietta Esmero, SPC as a new member to replace Sr. Rowena Rodil, SPC who received a new assignment in Luzon. The Administrator also changed the name of St. Paul’s Hospital Ethics Review Board to Institutional Review Board Committee.
On February 27, 2015, Philippine Health Research Ethics Board released a memorandum addressing all the Ethics Review Committees to submit application for Accreditation in order to review clinical trials research protocols of drugs and devices for FDA registration. OnApril 30 of 2015, SPHI submitted an application for Level 3 Accreditation to the Philippines Health Research Ethics Board. This move was an evidence of SPHI’s commitment to submit to International and National Standard practices pertaining to the conduct of all types of researches.
1. Receive and evaluate research proposals as to adherence to accepted ethical principles.
2. Assure that evaluation is based on local, national and international guidelines.
3. Update members on latest national and international guidelines.
A Christ-centered accredited board for ethical review and monitoring of researches.
The following are the members of the organized committee
As of May 1, 2024
CHAIRMAN:
DR. JAIME MANILA
CO-CHAIR:
DR. ROWENA COSCA
MEMBER-SECRETARY:
DR. MA. CECILIA FLORETE
MEMBERS:
SR. GERTRUDE CARYLS N. KUEBLER, SPC
DR. VENERIO GASATAYA, JR.
ATTY. JOSE MARI BENJAMIN TIROL
MARIA THELMA SERVIDAD
CHRISTOPHER TABSING
MA. ROMY ALEXIS CONSULTA
DR. RONALD LATAP
June- June 13, 2024
July-July 11, 2024
August-August 8, 2024
September-September 12, 2024
October- October 10, 2024
November- November 14, 2024
December- December 12, 2024
Email: sphirbresearch@gmail.com
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