Seminar Date: March 7, 2014
Venue: Brother Andrew Gonzales Hall, A703 and A1703
On the second day of the symposium seminar, the first speaker was Dr. Julia Beltran. In her discussion about the new trends in Women's Health, I have learned a lot of medical terms and technologies currently used in the medical field such as Laparoscopy, Mammography and more. In my opinion, all of these technologies should not only be present at all health care establishments, but also for the masses. Nowadays, healthcare technologies are quite expensive and not all of the patients can afford to avail such services. And I believe that all companies should be able to create cheaper, mobile apparatus to be distributed and be used for free. Hopefully, as INSYS students, we would be able to contribute with the development of these machines in the near future.
The second speaker was Dr. Ayedee Domingo from UPCM. From his speech I learned a brief background of Leprosy and a mobile application system for the people to use. Similar to the first speaker, I wanted to know how mobile technologies could help in delivering healthcare for the masses, especially when doctors and hospitals are quite far from the patients’ locations. And with the system that he had presented, I believe that it has a great potential not only for the hospitals and health care professions but also for the government to improve better health care delivery. Also, I think that we INSYS students would also be able to contribute with the advancement of these applications.
Dr. Maria Tan started the second batch of speakers for the day. She talked about the Plasmon, and its usage in the medical field. I learned that this helps in producing the right formula for medicines, and as we all know, taking antibiotics are not the same as taking in vitamins. I believe that through the extensive studying of our cells, we may be able to create a machine that would be able to determine the right amount and contents in medicines that are safe for human consumption.
After Dr. Maria Tan, it was Dr. Angela Camagun’s turn to speak in front. Her topic was about the emerging technologies in skin tightening lasers. At first, I was thinking that she might not be able to present well because some would not be interested in such machines. But as soon as she progressed through her slides, it became even more interesting when she showed how effective the machines were. By the way I see it, these machines of today are not only used for beauty enhancements, but they have other purpose as well. I realized that while some think it is just a waste of money, I do strongly believe that with the help of lasers, ultrasounds, and others, we are able to preserve the health of our skin which is actually very important as they serve as the first layer of defense against viruses and diseases. In the near future, I hope that the inventors would be able to make other uses of them such as detecting skin disease causing germs and cancers. As IS students, although the topic was somewhat far from Computer Science, still, I think we could build a system that incorporates all the technologies and machines to create a single skin care solution for the masses.
Finally, the last speaker for the day was Dr. Gil Santos with his speech entitled Nanotechnology in Health. This is one of the topics I am really interested currently, with different applications, nanotechnology could be implemented in different ways. But with Dr. Santos’ speech, I found out that professionals from De La Salle University can already produce nanotechnology products today such as heat resistant glass coating. And somehow it made me realize how nanotechnology could also be used in surgeries wherein the apparatus and other components would be made even smaller to fit in the trickiest part of our bodies.
To summarize the symposium, I believe that all of the speakers were able to deliver their speech well, although there was a strict schedule to follow, some are still able to finish their presentation while making them enjoyable to hear.
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