Dr Bernadette J Madrid is the Director of the Child Protection Unit (CPU) at University of the Philippines, Manila - Philippine General Hospital where she is concurrently Associate Clinical Professor of Paediatrics. The UN Secretary General's Report on Children and Violence has cited the CPU for best practice. Dr Madrid is the Executive Director of the Child Protection Network Foundation, Inc., an NGO that supports the training of Child Protection Professionals and the development of Child Protection Units in the Philippines. Dr Madrid is a member of several government committees on health, social welfare, law enforcement and the judiciary. She is Professorial Lecturer II & member of the Research Committee of the Philippine Judicial Academy of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She serves in the Multi-Sectoral Governance Council of the Philippine National Police and the Committee for the Special Protection of Children chaired by the Department of Justice. Dr Madrid has published several papers, which have led to changes in policy and practice in the Philippines. She is a reviewer for Child Abuse & Neglect, the International Journal and the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Dr Madrid has received several awards for her work in Child Protection: The Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service 2001; 5 Most Outstanding Philippine Doctors 2004; Outstanding Woman Leaders of the City of Manila 2009; Outstanding Service Award for Child Protective Services by the National Children's Advocacy Center, Alabama, USA in 2012. She has also received alumnus awards from the University of the Philippines.She was elected to the Executive Council of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect from 2004-2010. She is presently a member of the Steering Committee of the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance.