![]() ![]() “The three Keynote Speakers we’re announcing today are a perfect complement to our Conference lineup for SXSW Online 2021,” said Hugh Forrest, Chief Programming Officer. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, host New York Times podcast Together Apart Priya Parker, and Interior Chinatown author Charles Yu join the Keynote lineup that includes previously-announced sessions from political leader and game-changer Stacey Abrams as well as music icon Willie Nelson. The online iteration of the SXSW conference and festival is set to take place March 16-20. South by Southwest (aka SXSW) has revealed its final round for its already robust lineup of keynotes and featured sessions. Bush in Conversation with Evan Smith: 43rd President of the United States of America, and author of the upcoming book Out of Many. Newly-announced Featured Sessions include: President George W. More information about SXSW programming formats and themes can be found here. Jemisi and legendary musician, philanthropist and entrepreneur Willie Nelson in conversation with Texas Monthly writer at large Andy Langer. Buttigieg, Parker, and Yu join the Keynote lineup that includes previously-announced sessions from entrepreneur, political leader and author Stacey Abrams in a Keynote conversation with author N.K. The virtual event takes place from March 16-20, 2021. The official awarding by the PCP will be held during the live broadcast of the Virtual Convocation and Awards Cermonies of the PCP 51 st Annual Congress on May 2, 2021.South by Southwest Conference and Festivals has announced that Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg author and host of the New York Times podcast “Together Apart” Priya Parker in conversation with Anand Giridharadas and writer and author Charles Yu as Keynote Speakers, along with a new round of Featured Speakers for SXSW Online. Yu was elected as President of the Global TB Alliance Stakeholders Association and ex-officio Board Member in 2004-2006 and in 2009 was recognized as one of the Ten Outstanding Filipino Physicians (TOFP) by the JCI, PhilHealth, DOH, and PCSO.ĭr Yu is currently the Vice Chancellor for Research of the De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute and as an internist and pulmonologist, is among the many valiant frontliners in our continuing battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. As Chair of the Philippine Coalition Against Tuberculosis (PhilCAT) between 2001-2004, PhilCAT focused on building grassroots alliancesĪnd coalitions that contributed greatly toward institutionalizing DOTS TB and consequently, to the achievement of the TB targets of DOH and WHO in 2004 and the Medium Term Development Goals in TB in 2015.įor all of these and more, Dr. He strongly and successfully advocated for the Public-Private Mix framework that is the cornerstone of the success of the directly- observed treatment strategy (DOTS) for TB. Yu has really made an indelible mark not only in the country but in the world. ![]() In fact, that has been his secret for a successful advocacy in tuberculosis (TB) research where Dr. Building partnerships has always been the expertise of Dr. It is part of a multi-site trial being conducted in the Philippines for a COVID-19 vaccine candidate. Yu is also the principal investigator of an ongoing clinical trial for a new COVID-19 vaccine candidate which is being conducted at DLSMHSI. Charles Yu with Cavite Governor Jonvic Remulla during a pre- commissioning ocular of the state-of-the-art molecular laboratory at DLSMHSI where specimens of COVID suspects from all over Cavite are subjected to Rt-PCR testing for SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.ĭr. Today, the laboratory is testing close to a thousand specimens per day, providing real time results that enable the LGUs in Cavite to respond in real time to pocket outbreaks. As the country was grappling with the scarcity of testing laboratories for COVID-19, the Cavite-De La Salle COVID-19 Diagnostic Center (CDCDC) was certified in May 2020 and immediately started testing specimens coming from municipalities and cities all over Cavite, a cornerstone of Cavite’s response to the raging pandemic. Yu’s lifelong career devoted to medical research in various areas – TB, asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), influenza vaccination studies, clinical epidemiology, and now, COVID-19.Īs La Salle’s Vice Chancellor for Research, he led the institution in forging a partnership with the Provincial Government of Cavite to set up the first referral molecular laboratory in Cavite that will conduct Rt-PCR tests for SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This recognition from his fellow Filipino internists at the PCP is a culmination of Dr. ![]() Charles Yap Yu was recently recognized by his peers at the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP), as the PCP Exemplar Awardee as Distinguished Researcher of the year 2020-2021. ![]()
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