Sex: Female

Education:

• University of Melbourne, Australia, Ph.D. (Microbial Immunology/Immunochemistry), 1988
• UP Institute of Public Health, UP College of Medicine, B.S.Hygiene (Public Health), 1979
• University of Melbourne, Australia, M.Sc. (Prelim.) First Honours, 1984

Field of Specialization:

Immunochemistry, Microbial Immunology

Researches:

Gloriani, N.G. et al, (1998) Hepatitis E virus infection diagnosed by serology : A report of cases at the San Lazaro Hospital, Manila
Transactions of the National Academy of Science

Katayama, Y., Gloriani, N. G., Alipio, A., (1996) Genotype analysis of hepatitis C among blood donors and inmates in Metro Manila
Microbiology Immunology Volume 40(7)

Chan, V.F., Mendoza, B.C., Gloriani, N.G., (2007) Detection of Anti-HBs, Anti-HBc and Anti-HbsAg among Pediatric Vaccinees tears after Primary Hepatitis B Immunization
Philippine Journal of Science Volume 136(1)

Gloriani-Barzaga, N., Shi, P. T., Anders, R. F., Leach, S. J. , (1985 D 3-6) Delineating epitopes of the malarial S-antigens using synthetic peptides (Abstract)
First Combined Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Societies for Immunology, Queenstown, New Zealand

RB Saint, RL Coppel, AF Cowman, GV Brown, PT Shi, Nina Gloriani Barzaga, DJ Kemp and RF Anders , (1987) Changes in repeat number, sequence and reading frame in the S-antigen genes of P.falciparum
Molecular Cell Biology Volume 7

RF Anders, Nina Gloriani Barzaga, PT Shi, BD Scanlon, LE Brown, LM Tomas, GV Brown, HD Stahl, RL Coppel and DJ Kemp, (1986) Repetitive Sequences in Malaria Antigens
In: Molecular strategies of Parasitic Invasion: UCLA Symposium on Molecular and Cellular Biology, New Series (N. Agabian, H. Goodman and N. Noguierra, eds.) Alan R. Liss, Inc. New York Volume 42

Brown, H., DJ Kemp, Nina Gloriani Barzaga, GV Brown, RF Anders and RL Coppel , (1987) Two forms of sequence variation in S-antigen genes of P. falciparum
Mol. Biol. Med. Volume 4

VF Chan, ED Madraso, Nina Gloriani Barzaga, and RB Gose, (1989) Research implications of the Expanded program of Immunization (EPI) in the Philippines
PCHRD State of the Art, Technical Report Series No. 5

Chan, V. F., Madraso, E. D., Gloriani-Barzaga, N. and Gose, R. B., (1989) Clinical trial of the b-CAPSA I vaccine against Hemophilus influenzae b among 2-4 year old Filipino children
Acta Medica Philippina Volume 25(3)

Gloriani-Barzaga, N., (1989) A Review of Japanese Encephalitis Cases in the Philippines: 1972-1985
SouthEast Asian J Tropmed Pub Health Volume 20(4)

Chou, C. C, Gudeman, U. K., Gloriani-Barzaga, N., Schmid, I., Shearer, G. M. and Giorgi, J. V., (1990) CD4 function and CD45RA phenotype in HIV-1 infection vs exposure
In: clinical applications of flow cytometry (abstract) Fifth Annual Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Gloriani-Barzaga, N., Hotta, H., Cabanban, A., Graham, R., Roxas, J., RH Florese, R. H. and Rodriguez, A., (1994) Serological and molecular studies on the hepatitis C virus infection in selected areas in Metro Manila
Supplement to JAMA SouthEast Asia Volume 10(3)

Gloriani-Barzaga, N., Roxas, J. and Florese, R. H., () Varicella zoster virus prevalence in Metro Manila, Philippines
Supplement to JAMA SouthEast Asia Volume 10(3)

Gloriani-Barzaga, N., (1994) Basic Science Review: Biology and immunology of HIV and AIDS
Phil. J. Allergy and Immunology Volume 1(2)

Gloriani-Barzaga, N. and Alipio, A. E., (1996) HCV infection and risk factors among inmates at Muntinlupa, Metro Manila: An emerging concern in the community
The Phil J Microbiology and Infectious diseases Volume 25(1)

Gloriani-Barzaga, N., (1996) Seroepidemiology of HIV infection in Metro Manila
The Phil J Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Volume 25(2)

Katayama, Y., Nina Gloriani-Barzaga, N., Soetjipto, H Doi, H., Ishido, S. and Hotta, H., (1996) Genotype analysis of hepatitis C virus among blood donors and inmates in Metro Manila, Philippines
Microbiolo. Immunology Volume 40(7)

Gloriani-Barzaga, N., Cabanban, A., Graham, R. R. and Florese, R. H., (1997) Hepatitis E virus infection diagnosed by serology: A Report of cases at the San Lazaro Hospital, Manila
The Phil J Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Volume 26(4)

Gloriani-Barzaga, N., Florese, R. H. and Roxas, J. R., (1998) Immunogenicity and reactogenicity of inactivated Hepatitis A vaccine in adult Filipinos
The Philippine J Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Volume 27(1)

Hotta, H., Kemapunmanus, M., Apichartpiyakul, C., Soetjipto, Handajani, R. and Gloriani- Barzaga, N., (1997) Differential dostribution of hepatitis C virus subtypes in Asia: Comparative study among Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan
SEAJTMPH Volume 28(Spl. 3)

Gloriani-Barzaga, N., Graham, R. R., Santiago, E. G., Manalo, M. A., Chan, V. F. and Valdez, M. T., (1998) Genotype analysis of HIV-1 isolates from various risk groups in Metro Manila
The Phil J Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Volume 27(4)

Gloriani-Barzaga, N., Cabanban, A., Graham, R. R. and Florese, R.H., (1999) Hantavirus infection in two Filipino Patients with Jaundice
The Phil J Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Volume 28(1)

Gloriani-Barzaga, N., (2000) Hepatitis A shifting epidemiology in Asia and China
Vaccine Volume 18

Gloriani-Barzaga, N. and AR Ortega, A. R. (editors), (2000) Diagnostic Microbiology and Serology Module
SEAMEO-CIDA supported project

Kawashima, T., Kihin-Sane-Win, Kawabata, M., Gloriani-Barzaga, N., Matsuda, H. andKonishi, E., (2000) Prevalence of Antibodies to Toxoplasma Gondii among Urban and Rural Residents in the Philippines
SEAJ Trop Med Public Health Volume 31(4)

Gloriani-Barzaga, N., Florese, R.H. and Bock, H.L., (2002) Reactogenicity and Immunogenicity of a Varicella Vaccine in Healthy Seronegative and Seropositive Subjects
SEAJTMPH Volume 33(2)

Sarol, L.C., Imai, K., Asamitsu, K., Tetsuka, T., Gloriani-Barzaga, N. and Okamoto, T., (2002) Inhibitory Effects of IFN-gamma on HIV-1 Replication in Latently Infected Cells
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications Volume 291

Cavinta, L., Gloriani-Barzaga, N., Ramos, S. and Regalia, R., (2003) Studies on the Immunomodulating Activity of the Polysaccharide Extracts from Momordica Charantia (Ampalaya)
Phil J Nutrition Volume 50

Gloriani-Barzaga, N., (2005 Mr) Edible Vaccine Cuisine
Croplife Biotechnology

Gloriani-Barzaga, N. , (2005 Ap) How safe to Human Health are our Modern Biotech Products?
Luntian, ISSN 0119-2108 Volume IV( 2)

Victoriano, A.F.B., Asamitsu, K., Hibi, Y., Imai, K., Gloriani-Barzaga, N. and Okamoto, T., (2006) Inhibition of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Replication in Latently Infected Cells by a Novel IkB Kinase Inhibitor
Antimicrobial agents and Chemotherapy Volume 50(2)

Nina Gloriani Barzaga , (2005) Food Safety of Modern Biotechnology Products
Science-Based Reviews: Issues and Concerns of Modern Biotechnology, Mendoza, E. M. T. (ed)

Chigusa, Y., Otake, H., Ohmae, H., Kirinoki, M., Ilagan, E., Gloriani-Barzaga, N., Kabawata, M., Hayasi, M. and Matsuda, H., (2006) Determination of the Period for Establishment of a Liver Network Echogenic Pattern in Schistosoma Japonicum Infection
Parasitology International Volume 55

Sarol, L.C., Victoriano, F.A., Gloriani- Barzaga, N., (2006) PCR Patterns of the Flagellin Gene of Local Isolates of Salmonella Typhi
Acta Medica Philippina Volume 40(1)

Mendoza, B., Chan, V. and Gloriani-Barzaga, N., (2007) Detection of Anti-HBs, Anti-HBc,and HBsAg among Pediatric Vaccinees Years after Primary Hepatitis B Immunization
- Volume 136(1)

Gloriani-Barzaga, N. , (2007) Statistical Definition of Biotechnology: Identifying Philippine Concerns-Asian Perspectives
In: Asian Biotechnology, Innovation and Development Issues in Measurement and Collection of Statistics

Gloriani-Barzaga, N., (2008 O) Human Leptospirosis and Hantavirus Infection, Straight Talk on Biotechnology and Food safety Nina Gloriani Barzaga
Philippine Rat book, in press (Ateneo Press): Peczon, B. D. and Manalo, A. J. (eds) Volume 2

Kreth, H.W., Lee, B.W., Kosuwon, P., Salazar, J., Gloriani-Barzaga, N., Bock, H.L. and Meurice, F., (2008) Sixteen Years of Global Experience with the First Refrigerator-stable Varicella Vaccine (Varilrix)
Biodrugs Volume 22, No. 6

Gloriani-Barzaga, N., Gatchalian, S., Hoet, B. and Bock, H.L., (2008) Comparison of Two Different Formulations of a Hepatitis B Vaccination in Filipino Adults
Phil J of Pediatrics, In press

Papers Presented:

• Polymerase Chain Reaction: Applications in HIV, HCV and Food-borne Infections, MCU-Med Tech Alumni Homecoming, El Tagala, Q.C.
• Issues on Hepatitis Laboratory, 3rd UPCM Grand Scientific Symposium, Midtown Hotel, Manila
• Hepatitis B and AIDS in the Philippines: Biological Hazards , Postgraduate course on Occupational health and Safety, UPM-CPH
• Selective Responses of CD4 and CD8 Subsets to Recall Antigens: Strong Response to Flu Involves CD8 Cells , UP-PGH Immunology Staff Conference
• Molecular Biology of HIV and its Relevance to Clinical Practice , Fatima College of Medicine Symposium
• The Teaching of Basic Immunology, Phil. Academic Society for Microbiology and Parasitology-4th Annual Convention
• Biology in Focus: HIV Immunology, UPM College of Arts and Sciences Biology Week
• The Problem of Non-A Non-B hepatitis (HCV) in Metro Manila , Perpetual Help College of Rizal Seminar
• The Biology of HIV, Grand Conference, UPM College of Medicine 85th Foundation Celebration
• Update on Hepatitis A in the Philippines, Scientific Meeting on Hepatitis: New Developments in an Old disease, Manila Mandarin Hotel, Davao Medical Society, Cebu Med. Society, Iloilo Med. Society
• Food and Water-borne Communicable Diseases and their Prevention, DECS Seminar-Workshop on Canteen-Cafeteria Management, Different School Divisions
• The Immunology of HIV infection and AIDS, 4th Annual Convention of the Philippine Society of Allergology and Immunology
• Quality Assurance in Infectious Diseases, Quezon Memorial Hospital, Lucena, Quezon
• Prevalence of VZV Infection in Metro Manila, 7th Asean Pediatric Federation Congress, Bangkok, Thailand
• Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Risk Factors Among Inmates at Muntinlupa, PSMID 17th Annual Convention, ShangriLa Manila
• Subtype Analysis of HCV Infection in Metro Manila, Philippines, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, USA
• Seroepidemiology of VZV in Metro Manila, SouthEast Asia Herpes Study Group, Pattaya, Thailand
• Epidemiology of Chicken pox in SouthEast Asia: Varicella initiatives, Vaccination and Anti-virals, Pre-congress Seminar and Workshop ?7th International Convention on Infectious Diseases, Hongkong
• Varicella Epidemiology: Recommendations and Prevention through Active Immunization, Cagayan de Oro City Medical Society Scientific Meeting, Dynasty Hotel and Association of Military Surgeons Postgraduate Convention-Baguio City, San Juan de Dios Hospital, Pasay City
• The Impact of Biotechnology on Community Development, Keynote Address: Biology Week UPM College of Arts and Sciences
• New Vaccines: Molecular Approaches in Vaccinology, 7th PSECP Annual Convention, PML, Manila
• Genotype Analysis of HCV in Metro Manila, Philippines, Seminar on Tropical Diseases in Asia, Surabaya, Indonesia
• Varicella Vaccination: The Asean Experience, Pediatric and Medical Societies of Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand
• Immunodiagnosis: Applications and Pitfalls in Clinical Practice, PAMET Postgraduate Course- Batangas Chapter
• Enzyme-based DOT immunoassays, Asian Convention of Medical Technologists-PICC, Manila
• Updates on Viral Hepatitis, 1st Postgraduate Course on Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine-CPH, UPM
• Molecular Updates on Viral hepatitis , PSM Convention- Manila Hotel, Philippines
• UPM Preparing for Science and Technology in the next 100 years, 1998 UP Faculty Conference, Diliman, Q.C.
• The Why's and How's of Varicella Vaccination, SB Bio Vaccine Forum- Cebu City and Iloilo City
• National Plan of Action for Poliomyelitis Eradication in the Philippines, WHO Regional Commission Meeting on Poliomyelitis Eradication, Brunei Darussalam
• Hepatitis A Epidemiology: Shifting patterns in Asia, International Congress on Viral Hepatitis A and B Warsaw, Poland
• Varicella Epidemiology and Prevention, National Neonatology Forum, Madras, India
• HIV genotypes in Metro Manila, Seminar in Molecular Medicine: Phil. Society of Biochem & Mol.Biology, PGH, Estrada Hall
• Varicella: A Preventable Infection, Phil. Academy of Family Physicians Convention, Midtown Hotel, Manila
• Varicella: Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Prevention, Phil. Pediatric Society, Baguio City, Concorde Hotel
• Biotechnology in the Phils. Applications in Med, PSM Seminar-workshop, ISMED, UP Diliman
• Adult immunizations: Issues and Concerns, Phil. Academy of Family Physicians post-grad course, United Laboratories
• Interpretative Bacteriology, St. Luke's Medical Center Institute of Pathology Postgraduate Course
• Health, Ethical, Social and Environmental Issues of GMOs, Women's Association of Scientists in the Philippines Symposium-NSRI, UP Diliman
• The Role of Biomolecular Techniques in Clinical Research, Biosafety Measures and Precautions in the Use of a P3 Laboratory (SACCL-DOH), Traders Hotel, Phils.
• Hepatitis B and Rubella : Concerns in OB Patients, Manila Sanitarium- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology seminar
• Utility of Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Clinical Microbiology, St. Luke's Medical Center Postgraduate Course in Infectious Diseases
• The Transmission of Emerging and Re-emerging Infections, Philippine Society of Microbiology Cluster I Postgraduate Course, Bayanihan Hall, UNILAB, Mandaluyong City
• Issues of Modernizing Agri-Fisheries and the Public's Health-Plenary Speaker, 1st International Conference on Agriculture Education and Environment-APEAN-PASSAGE; held at IRRI, Los Banos, Philippines
• GMOs: Human Health and Food Safety Issues: Various Fora on Biotechnology, Department of Agriculture, DOST-PCASTRD, Biotechnology Coalition of the Philippines, Various professional Societies, NAST and Office of the Senate Minority Floor Leader
• GMOS: Human health and Food Safety issues: Speaker, APEC Business meeting Hongkong
• Meeting the Challenges in the Lab Diagnosis of Viral Infections, St. Luke's Medical Center Postgraduate Course in PathologyCloning and Animal Pharming: Prospects and Concerns, Global Forum on Health, DOH ISSI, UP Diliman
• GMO Food and the Human Society, National Conference for Science Club Leaders, Calamba, Laguna
• Biological Food Contaminants, Biotechnology Information Unit Workshop, Department of Agriculture
• Emerging Issues in Food Biotechnology, Philippine Judicial Academy Workshop on S & T, Tagaytay City
• Nutritional Biotechnology, What is it for us?, Philippine Society of Nutritionists and Dietitians ?FOND Convention in Mindanao and Visayas ( Cagayan de Oro City and Iloilo )
• Case Studies of the regulatory process for Bt corn: The Philippine Experience, Asia Region Food Safety Short Course, TERI, New Delhi, India
• What?s in your Backpack for Vaccines?, UP Manila Immunization Week seminar- College of Public Health
• Cutting Edge Medicine in the Millenium, UPMAS & Class 79 Postgraduate course , Century Park Hotel
• The Safety of GMOs for Human Health, Second Asian Congress of Pediatric Nutrition, Jakarta, Indonesia
• Biosafety in Agricultural Biotechnology, National seminar & third Congress of the Indonesian Society of Agricultural Biotechnology, Malang, East Java, Indonesia
• Old and New Microbial Diseases (Plenary lecture), Philippine Society of Microbiology Annual meeting, Davao Waterfront Hotel, Philippines
• Medical & Food Biotechnology: Applications & Safety Issues, 5th National Scientific Meeting of the Philippine Federation of Private Medical Practitioners Annabels? Restaurant, Q.C.
• Seroepidemiology of Hepatitis A infection in the Philippines, First Avaxim 80 Ambassadors? Meeting in Asia, Phuket, Thailand
• Medical & Nutritional Biotechnology, National Biotechnology Week PHILRICE, Munoz,Nueva Ecija
• Edible Vaccines: Vaccine Cuisine, Forum on Biotechnology Research & Regulation National Biotechnology Week, BSWM Bldg, Quezon City
• Philippine Agriculture 2020 , Medical Biotechnology, NAST Annual Convention, Manila Hotel
• Food Safety Issues of GM crops, ISAAA Forum on Risk Communication, Oasis Hotel, Los Banos
• Edible Vaccines: From Conception to Fruition, National Institutes of Health Foundation Week Research Forum, UP Manila
• Tumor Immunology: Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Ateneo University- Special Seminar Series in Chemistry
• Food Safety issues in Biotechnology, Biotech Issues and Communications Workshop for decision makers in SouthEast Asia (ISAAA & US Grains Council), Intercontinental Hotel, Makati City, Philippines
• Edible Vaccines-Plant made pharmaceuticals, 3rd Asian Biotechnology Conference Diamond Hotel Manila, Philippines
• Immunodiagnosis in Infectious Diseases: What Else is New?, 17th Annual Convention Philippine Academic Society for Microbiology & Parastiology, PLM, Manila
• Statistical Definition of Biotechnology: Philippine Issues, Asian Biotechnology Innovation and Development Initiative, New Delhi, India
• Biotechnology and Microbiology for Countryside Empowerment, Keynote lecture: Phil Society of Microbiology Annual Convention, Manila
• Food Safety Risk Assessment: Principles, Science and Regulation, MARD-ISAAAA Workshop on Commercialization of GM Crops in Vietnam (Hanoi)
• Strengthening Oversight on Dual Use Biotech Research in Asia: The Philippine Perspectives on Bioterrorism, Centre on Asia and Globalization, Lee Kuan Yew School of Policy National University of Singapore in cooperation with the Center for Security Studies at Maryland
• Applications of rDNA technology and Biosafety Issues, Phil Society of Microbiology Mindanao Chapter Seminar workshop on rDNA Technology, Mindanao State University, Iligan
• Food Safety and Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures, 4th Round Table Discussion SEARCA and government of Lao-PDR Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Luang Prabang Lao-PDR
• Accomplishments of CPH-SEAMEO-TROPMED Regional Center 2006-07, SEAMEO TROPMED Network Meeting, Luang Prabang, Lao-PDR
• Philippine Experiences in Putting in Place, Biosafety Regulations for GMOs: The Science, the Culture and the Art, Regional Experiences in Biosafety Frameworks, Le Meridien Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation and MABIC)
• Programs for Public Health Practitioners in the Philippines and the South East Asian Region, 39th Congress of the Asia Pacific Consortium in Public Health Kagawa, Saitama , Japan
• The Great Upgrade: Infinity in Biotechnology, 3rd Business and Economics Convention for Students, De La Salle University, Taft, Manila
• The Philippine Experience in Regulatory Assessment of GM Crops, ISAAA and Vietnam Food Authority Training Workshop on Food Safety Assessment of GM Crops to Support Environmental Release and Commercialization Da Lai, Vietnam
• Biotechnology and Health, 5th National Corn Congress of PhilMaize, Iloilo City, Philippnes
• The Philippine Biotechnology Statistics Initiatives, OECD AdHoc Meeting on Biotech Statistics, Paris, France
• Various Topics on Good Clinical Practice, Building an Effective Team for GCP-Workshops for Clinical Researchers-Roche Philippines and Astra Zeneca
• The CPH and Global Dimensions in Public health: The Way Forward, Dean?s Oration delivered during the 80th Anniversary celebration of the College of Public Health, UP Manila, CPH Auditorium
• Talkshow on People Centered Health Care in the Continuum of Paramedical Education, Bi-regional Forum on People Centered Health Care, WHO-SEAMEO Tropmed Network, Bayview Hotel, Manila
• The CPH Mandate in the Education and Training of Health Professionals in the Philippines: Looking Back and Forward, Public Health and Medicine in the 20th Century Philippines: An Inter-disciplinary Conference Ateneo De Manila University, Loyola Heights , Quezon City, Philippines
• Genetically Modified Food and Human Safety, Science Club Advisers Association of the Philippines, Grand Caprice Convention Center, Cagayan De Oro City, Philippines
• Overview of Dual Use Research, Biosecurity and Dual Use Research Seminar-workshop, Linden Suites, Ortigas City
• Updates on HIV-AIDS Vaccines: Plenary, Phil Society of Microbiology-Visayas Chapter Convention, Mambukal Beach Resort, Negros Occidental, Phillippines
• GMOs: Characterization of Host and Donor Organisms, Seminar-Workshop on Risk Assessment of GM Food and Crops, Halong Bay, Vietnam
• Immunity to Infectious Diseases, Philippine Association of Schools of Medical Technology Convention, Fatima College, Bulacan, Philippines
• Use and Misuse of Life Science Research, PhBBA-BEP Symposium on Biosafety and Biosecurity, Makati City, Philippines
• The Philippine Biosafety Framework for Genetically Modified Organisms, 4th Asia Pacific Biosafety Association Conference on "Biosafety without Borders" Hyatt Hotel, Manila, Philippines
• Global Public Health Challenges and the Academe, UP Medical Alumni Society in America, Annual Grand Convention, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
• Accomplishments of CPH-Seameo Tropmed Regional Center 2008-2009, Seameo Tropmed Network Governing Board Meeting, Istana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Pandemic Influenza A H1N1 Preparedness in the Philippines, Citynet Academic Consortium Meeting, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan
• Current Perspectives in Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases, 58th Annual Convention of the Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science Inc (PhilAAS), SMX Convention Center, MOA Complex, Pasay City

Awards: 

• Postdoctoral fellowships (HIV/AIDS Immunology and Virology), UCLA, California, USA, 1990 February-August
• Postdoctoral fellowships (Biotechnology updates), Univ. Sains Malaysia, 1992 February 1-10Postdoctoral fellowships (Hepatitis C Virus), Kobe University, Japan (JSPS), 1992 October 1-31
• Postdoctoral fellowships (Sexually Transmitted Diseases), CDC and San Francisco, Department of Public Health, 1994 April 1-15
• WHO fellowship grant, Clinical Microbiology Updates (Molecular Diagnostics), George
• town Univ. Medical Center Washington DC, USA, 1999 October 1-31
• Medaglia D?Argento Dell Ordine Al Merito Melitense Award for Hospitalier Activities, Philippine Society of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, 1990 October 12
• Faculty Grant, University of the Philippines Manila, 1992-1993
• Professorial Chair, MMC Diamond Jubillee Foundation, 1993-1994
• Faculty Grant, University of the Philipines Medical Foundation, 1995-1997
• Research Poster Contest- Second Place, University of the Philippines Manila Foundation Week, 1997 June
• Outstanding Alumna for Research, UPCPHAS, 1998 June 26
• Professorial Chair, University of the Philippines Manila, 1998-1999
• Dr. Crispin Villanueva Professorial Chair, University of the Philippines Medical Alumni Society of America (UPMASA), 2001-2007
• University of the Philippines System International Publication Awards, University of the Philippines System, 2000, 2002, 2006-2007
• Most Outstanding Researcher for 2001, University of the Philippines Manila, 2001 October 26
• Citation in Centennial Women in Health and the Sciences, National Academy of Science and Technology ? DOST and the National Institutes of Health Philippines, 2000
• University of the Philippines Manila Gems Award- The Microbial Immunology Research Group, College of Public Health, UP Manila, 2005 October 20
• Outstanding Microbiologist, Philippine Society for Microbiology Annual Convention, Bohol, Philippines, 2006 May 9-10
• Outstanding Professional in Public Health, UP Alumni Association Annual Grand Alumni Homecoming, Bahay ng Alumni, University of the Philippines Diliman Campus, 2006 June 24
• Special Award for Contribution to Responsible Crop Biotech Introduction in the Philippines, Pioneer Hi-Bred Philippines 30th Year Anniversary, Crowne Plaza Galleria, Ortigas Center, 2006 September 1
• University of the Philippines Centennial Professorial Chair Awardee, University of the Philippines Manila, 2008 April 11
• UPM Gawad Sentenaryo Professional Chair, University of the Philippines Manila, 2009 July 29