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The Scholarship Program and Development of De La Salle Health Sciences Institute in Response to the De La Salle Philippines’ 20% Full Scholarship Thrust by 2011 presented during the CHED Region IV-A CALABARZON Research Conference on the topic “Leveling Up Research: The Nexus of Accreditation and during the 2nd International Symposium on Lasallian Research held at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, USA on October 27-29, 2013. Outcomes-Based Education: A Welcome Development in the College of Humanities and Sciences of De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute presented during the 3rd Symposium on Lasallian Research held at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, USA on September 28-30, 2014. On September 27-29, 2015, his paper titled The De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute Special Health Sciences Senior High School featuring PUSH: Public Understanding of Science and Health was also presented at St. Mary’s University in Minnesota, USA during the 4th International Symposium on Lasallian Research and in 2017 during the 6th International Symposium on Lasallian Research, he presented his research titled In the Footsteps of De La Salle: On Becoming a Lasallian, which he also got the chance to present in Manama, Bahrain on January 25-26, 2017 and Berlin, Germany on July 17-19, 2017 during the International Conference on New Horizons in Education. Included in his greatest blessings as a researcher is the presentation of his research paper titled Evaluation of the Conduct of Executive Communication Course for the Graduate School of Business Students of the College of Business Administration and Accountancy of De La Salle University-Dasmarinas, Cavite, Philippines in Langkawi, Malaysia on August 15-17, 2017 during the 2017 International Conference on Art, Business, Education and Social Sciences (ABESS 2017) and in Paris, France on July 18-20, 2018 during the International Conference on New Horizons in Education. He was also appointed as a reviewer for the Volume 3 Issue 1 of the MALTESAS MULTI-DISCIPLINARY JOURNAL PUBLICATION in 2018. In 2019, he was chosen as a reviewer of the Athens Journal of Humanities and Arts. On March 15, 2019, Prof. Dr. Cabanias presented his research as a recipient of the Dr. Carlo R.H. Magno Professorial Chair in Business with his paper titled Communication within the Workplace in the Academics of De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute: Basis for Proposed Communication Strategic Model. Same paper was also presented at Harvard Faculty Club, Harvard University in Boston, MA, USA during the 2019 WEI International Conference on July 29, 2019. In 2020, he finished and published another research paper titled Why Does Choice Matter? The School and Course Preference of Select High School Students, SY 2007-2008 and SY 2018-2019 presented during The 7th Asian Conference on Education & International Development (ACEID2021) Online from Tokyo, Japan | March 22-24, 2021. In January 2026, he finished a research titled Development of Research Productivity Appraisal Tool (ReProdApT): Validity and Reliability together with his former colleagues in DLSMHSI and was published by the Lasallian Journal of Health. Prof. Dr. Cabanias, former Professor of Literary Theory and Criticism, The Teaching of Literature and Literary Masterpieces of the College of Liberal Arts and Communication Graduate Studies and Executive Communication of the College of Business Administration and Accountancy Graduate Studies of De La Salle University-Dasmarinas, was awarded Most Outstanding Faculty Member of Languages and Literature Department of the College of Liberal Arts in 2004 and Most Outstanding Faculty Member of the College of Business Administration and Accountancy Graduate Studies of DLSU-D in 2017, 2018 and 2019. He also received the Young Patriot Achiever Award in 2006 given by the DLSU Alumni Association Dasmariñas Chapter. On November of 2003, he was appointed as the first director of the DLSU-D Language Learning Center. He also served as the director of the Student Admissions Office of DLSU-D from 2004 to 2007. As a former director of the Student Admissions Office, he was responsible for the marketing of the University’s academic and scholarship programs here in the Philippines and abroad- Qatar, Bahrain, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, and Jeddah to promote DLSU-D, the first in the history of La Salle Philippines. Also, he became the director for academic services and chair for admissions and scholarships of De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute in 2008 up to 2012. On June 2012, he was appointed as the director for General Education and concurrent coordinator for scholarships of De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute. He founded and became the first president of the Cavite Association of Schools’ Student Admissions Officers (CASSAO), former chairman of the board of advisers of the Cavite Intersecondary Schools Athletic Association (CISAA) and the former vice president of the Speech Communication Association of Cavite (SPEAC). He has been a LIFE MEMBER of the Philippine Association for Graduate Education (PAGE) since March 8, 2019. Prof. Dr. Cabanias represented DLSMHSI in the Lasallian Higher Education Leadership Program sponsored by the International Association of Lasallian Universities in Rome, Italy on June 02-17, 2012. He was appointed as the first dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences of De La Salle Health Sciences Institute in 2014. In 2015, he was selected and appointed as the first non- Medical Doctor Vice Chancellor for Academics of DLSMHSI, which he held until October 2022. Recently, he was promoted and chosen by the ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance as one of its Lead Assessors in the South East Asian Region-the first Lead Assessor from the Colleges and Universities in the Province of Cavite. In 2024, he became The Alumni Leaders in Academe (TALA) Awardee given by the DLSU-D Alumni Association College of Education Chapter. After 22 years of service in the private sector, particularly in De La Salle, on May 18, 2023, Prof. Dr. Cabanias was appointed as the First President and College Administrator of the Kolehiyo ng Lungsod ng Dasmariñas-his first opportunity to serve the government sector which he still holds until now.