Dr. Alberto "JR" Ong Jr., MD, MPM, MPH
Local Health Systems
Health Regulations
Community Health Workers (BHW)
Private Sector Engagement
Tuberculosis
Social Entrepreneurship
AIHO Engagements
- Executive Director, August 2017-July 2019, August 2024 to present
- President of the Board of Trustees, August 2022 - July 2024
- Project Manager, Assessment of Readiness of BARMM Government in Managing DOH Hospitals
- Project Lead, Demonstration of Engagement of Private Konsulta Clinics in the Tuberculosis Program
- Project Lead, Writing of the Philippine DRTB Survey Report
- Project Lead, Development of Training Manual on Cancer Care for Primary Care Workers
- Project Co-Lead, Philhealth Share Ratio Project
- Project Lead, Assessment of Health Information System in Prisons
- Project Lead, Event Management of the 17th National Health Research Forum for Action
- Project Lead, Event Management of the 7th Human Resources for Health Network Research Forum
- Project Lead, Event Management of the 2018 Access to Medicine Research and Policy Forum
- Project Manager, Development of Guidelines Implementation Tool for DOH Omnibus Health Guidelines for Children and Adolescents
Other Professional Works
- Consultant for Health Regulations, Asian Development Bank BUILD UHC Project, 2022-2024
- Consultant for Data Quality Assessment, Tuberculosis Implementation Framework Agreement (TIFA) Project, John Snow Institute
- Public Health Specialist, Strategic Planning for the Implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reporductive Health Act, USAID-ReachHealth Project by RTI
- Project Lead, Demonstration of Third-Party Hospital-Based TB Clinic in Engaging Private Sector, StopTB Partnership-Funded Project by Culion Foundation and AIHO
- Project Lead, Implementation of Active TB Case Finding in NCR, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, and Bicol, PBSP-Global Fund by Culion Foundation
- Development of the Department of Health - 2022 Barangay Health Workers (BHW) Reference Manual, WHO-Philippines by Culion Foundation
- Technical Writer, 2020 Annual Report of the Implementation of Responsible Parenthood and Reporductive Health Act, by Population Commission
- Area Facilitator for Romblon and Masbate, USAID-IMPACT Project on Tuberculosis by Philippine Business for Social Progress
- Municipal Health Officer, San Sebastian, Western Samar under the Department of Health - Doctors to the Barrios Program
Leadership and Volunteer Works
- Deputy Secretary-General, Philippine Society of Public Health Physicians, 2024-present
- Secretary-General, Philippine Society of Public Health Physicians, 2020-2024
- President, Doctors to the Barrios Batch 30 (2012-2014)
- Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Damiana Social Ventures, 2022-present
- Fellow, ASEAN-Australia Emerging Leaders for Health by Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 2024
- Fellow, Emerging Voice for Global Health 2022
- Member, WHO Technical Committee on the Development of Global Curriculum for Training of Community Health Workers, 2022-2024
Educational Background
- Master of Science in Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, 2020
- Master of Public Management, major in Health Systems and Development, Development Academy of the Philippines, 2014
- Doctor of Medicine, University of the Philippines - Manila, 2012
- Diploma in Project Management, De La Salle - College of St. Benilde, 2024
- Certificate in Design Thinking, University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, 2022
- Bachelor of Science in Biology, University of the Philippines - Diliman, 2006
Trainings
- e-Certificate on Monitoring and Evaluation, Public Health Institute of India, 2018
- Specialization on Social Entrepreneurship, Copenhagen Business School by Coursera