Romeo Batacan

About Me

Dr. Romeo B. Batacan Jr. obtained his Bachelor of Science in Biology (major in Microbiology) degree, from the University of the Philippines Los Baños. He then proceeded to pursue a career in Medicine at the College of Medicine of the University of the Philippines Manila (2001). Although active in the practice of his medical profession, Dr. Batacan returned to UP Los Baños and joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Microbiology at the Institute of Biological Sciences from 2002 to 2007. In 2010, he moved to Australia and obtained his Biomedical Science Honours (2011) and PhD degree from CQUniversity Australia (2016).

He is a lecturer (Medical Science) in the School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences at CQUniversity and a member of the Stanley Research Group (Microbial Genomics Cluster). He is also a Fellow of Advance HE (UK). His research interests are focused on understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying human diseases, particularly the role of gut microbiota in health and disease.

General

Background

Microbiology

Medical Pathophysiology

Intestinal microbiota

Metagenomics

Universities Studied At

University of the Philippines (Bachelor, MD)

Central Queensland University (Honours, PhD)

Universities Worked At

University of the Philippines

Awards

Strategic Research Scholarship (PhD Biomedical Science)

Vice Chancellor Scholarship (Honours Biomedical Science)

Previous teaching

General Microbiology

Virology

Food Microbiology

Clinical Microbiology

Professional Experience

General Practitioner, Intellicare Asalus Corporation

Senior Lecturer, University of the Philippines

Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines

Professional Memberships

CQUniversity Human Research Ethics Committee

Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service Human Research Ethics Committee

Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators

The Learner Research Network

Research Supervision

Accreditation

I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:

3107 Microbiology
3201 Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology

Current Capacity

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Research Interests

Biological Sciences

Microbiology - Microbial Ecology

Medical And Health Sciences

Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology - Cardiology (incl. Cardiovascular Diseases)

Publications

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Teaching

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Vocational Education and Training