00:00The Department of Science and Technology continues to encourage Filipino experts who are in other countries to return and provide services to the public.
00:08This is the Balik Scientist Program.
00:10One of the scientists that this program brought home is Dr. Joyce Porto from Japan.
00:15See, she is the only neurogeneticist in the country who is pioneering a neurogenetics program to address the alarming rise of early-onset stroke among Filipinos.
00:24In the recent 11th Balik Scientist Program convention, Dr. Porto shared her story.
00:30She said that among the reasons for her return to the country was her heart to serve the nation.
00:36It's really the heart of service to our nation that really brought me back home.
00:44The core of everything that I'm doing is how can I be of service to the Filipino people.
00:50And so, kumbaga, yun talaga ang aking primary reason.
00:57And to bring the expertise that I had accumulated or learned from sa Japan, pabalik naman sa Pilipinas.
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