Field
Location (during time of takeover)
School/Institution
| Undergrad | University of the Philippines Diliman Biology |
|---|---|
| MD | University Of The Philippines Manila Medicine |
| Masters | Development Academy of the Philippines Public Management |
| Masters | Jagiellonian University University of Sheffield Public Management |
| PhD | University of Bern Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
| Postdoc | University of Basel Health Economics |
Featured on February 25, 2024
To close off the month of February, we have Pinoy Scientist Dr. Dante Salvador, a medical doctor, epidemiologist, and health economist currently working as a postdoctoral research scientist at the University of Basel’s European Center of Pharmaceutical Medicine, Switzerland.
In 2007, Dante graduated Cum Laude from the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. He then moved to UP Manila where he earned his degree as a Doctor of Medicine. He jumped back into the academe right after, receiving a Master of Public Management from the Development Academy of the Philippines then leaving for Europe under the EuroPubHealth Erasmus Mundus Program. There, he earned his Master of Public Health from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom and the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. His PhD was completed at the University of Bern, Switzerland, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. While taking his PhD, Dante also co-founded and served as the director for CrunchLab Health Analytics, Inc., a health economics and technology assessment firm.
He is now a postdoctoral research scientist in Health Economics at the University of Basel, European Center of Pharmaceutical Medicine where he conducts economic evaluation studies on clinical interventions and public health strategies.
Some fun facts about Dante:
- Sir Isaac Newton described binomial expansion as a “power of 11” when he was 22. Dante described it to his teacher and classmates during his 2nd year high school Mathematics class when he was 12.
- Before being deployed as a doctor to the Barrio in Northern Samar, he only spoke Ilocano and Filipino. Within 6 months, he learnt enough Waray to do clinic consultations and make announcements at the municipal hall during flag ceremonies.
- He was accepted into his PhD program despite having no publications and not knowing how to use either R or Stata, these being major considerations for acceptance into most quantitative PhD programs.
