ABOUT US

The Institute of Human Genetics (IHG) began in 1990 as the Medical Genetics Unit of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine which in 1999 became as one of the service and research oriented institutes of the National Institutes of Health-University of the Philippines Manila (NIH-UP). Since then all services of the Medical Genetics Unit were transferred to the Institute and is now the largest provider of genetic services in the country.

 

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MSGC GRADUATES PUBLICATIONS

 

Lagarde JB, Cauyan J, Laurino M, Tumulak MJ, San Juan M, & Ventura E (2022). Qualitative inquiry on the experiences of Filipino women living with a sister with breast cancer: insights for psycho-oncology, Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, DOI: 10.1080/21507686.2022.2036210
 
Felipe-Dimog EB, Tumulak MJR, Laurino MY, Daack-Hirsch S, Silao CLT, Conaco MCG, Padilla CD, Estacio LR Jr. Beliefs on the causes of birth defects as perceived by mothers of children with birth defects in a tertiary care hospital in the Philippines. J Community Genet. 2022 Jan 7. doi: 10.1007/s12687-021-00543-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34993741
 
Tumulak, M.-A. J. R., Pascua, A. V., Jover, E. J. M., Guerbo, R. J., Canoy, G. M. R., & Laurino, M. Y. (2021). Genetic counseling in the time of COVID-19: The Philippine experience with telegenetics. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 00, 1– 7. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgc4.1518
 
Guerbo RJ, Padilla CD, Laurino MY, Regalado ES, Silao CLT, Gregorio Jr. ER (2020). Filipino Midwives’ Knowledge, Self-perceived Role and Experiences in Educating Parents of Families with Newborns who are Confirmed Cases of Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency. Acta Medica Philippina 54(4) (2020): Genetics Issue 6. https://doi.org/10.47895/amp.v54i4.1915
 
Lagarde JBB, Laurino MY, San Juan MD, Cauyan JML, Tumulak MJR, Ventura ER (2018).  Risk perception and screening behavior of Filipino women at risk for breast cancer: implications for cancer genetic counseling. J Community Genet. 2018 Sep 27. doi: 10.1007/s12687-018-0391-3
 
Abad, P.J.B., Laurino, M.Y., Daack-Hirsch, S., Abad, L., & Padilla, C.D. (2017). Parent Child Communication about Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Filipino Mothers’ Experience. Acta Medica Philippina. 51(3): 175-180.
 
Abad, P.J.B., & Laurino, M.Y. (2017). Preconception Genetic Counseling in a Filipino Couple with a Previous Child with Trisomy 18. Acta Medica Philippina. 51(3): 248-251
 
Abad, P.J.B., Anonuevo, C.A., Daack-Hirsch., S., Abad, L.R., Padilla, C.D., Laurino, M.Y. (2017). Communication about Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Perspective of Filipino Families. Journal of Genetic Counseling. Doi: 10.1007/s10897-016-0043-x
 
Abad, P. J. B., Tan, M. L., Baluyot, M. M. P., Villa, A. Q., Talapian, G. L., Reyes, M. E., … Laurino, M. Y. (2014). Cultural beliefs on disease causation in the Philippines: challenge and implications in genetic counseling. Journal of Community Genetics. doi:10.1007/s12687-014-0193-1
 
Abad, P.J.B. (2012). Explanatory Models of Illness may Facilitate Cultural Competence in Genetic Counseling. Journal of Genetic Counseling. 21 (4): 612-614. DOI: 10.1007/s10897-012-9487-9. 
 
 

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