Science and Public Service during a Pandemic: Reflections from the Scientists of the Philippine Government's COVID-19 Surveillance Platform

• Main Authors: Estuar, Ma. Regina Justina E, Uyheng, Joshua, De Leon, Marlene M, Benito, Daniel Joseph, De Lara-Tuprio, Elvira P, Estadilla, Carlo Delfin S, Teng, Timothy Robin Y
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: COVID-19; science-policy interactions; disease surveillance; boundary work; action research; Health Policy; Public Administration; Science and Technology Policy
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/mathematics-faculty-pubs/166; https://muse.jhu.edu/article/773021
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

During the Covid-19 pandemic, science plays an important role in understanding and intervening in local outbreaks. Conducting scientific operations for pandemic response also takes on unique human and social dimensions. Reflexivity is often a key to understanding the perspectives that scientists tak...