List of RUC Projects (2018 - March 2026) 

RUC’s Active Projects


  1. PCEDM Registry and Research Initiative for Diabetes, Endocrine, and Metabolic Disorders
  2. Immunological Models for Medically Useful Novel Entities (IMMUNE)
  3. Online Registry of Carbapenemase Producing Gram Negative Organisms for Evaluating the Clinical Profile, Outcomes, Mechanisms of Resistance and Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices of Two Tertiary Hospitals (OriGin)
  4. MORPH Program: Monitoring Drug Efficacy through Multi-Omics Research Initiative in Alzheimer’s Disease (MEMORI-AD)
  5. MORPH Program: Determinants of acquisition, persistence, and clearance of oncogenic cervical human papillomavirus infection in a cohort of women in rural and urban Philippines using a multi-OMICS approach (DEFEAT HPV)
  6. MORPH Program: Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Immunophenotyping of Adult Filipino TB/HIV Co-infected Patients (TB-HIV)
  7. Vaccine Immune Response and Outcome Monitoring with Epitope Sequences (VIROMES): Application to WHO SOLIDARITY COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

RUC’s Completed Projects

  1. Philippines HIV Observational Database
  2. Clinical and Laboratory Profile, Management and Outcome of Pediatric SARS CoV-2 Infection Admitted in Selected Public and Private Hospitals in the Philippines: A Multicenter Study (PIDSP)
  3. Genetics, Immunological and Neurological Long-Term Consequences in prospective Covid-19 Cohort in Thailand, Japan, Philippines and USA (GINCO Cohort e-ASIA)
  4. Convalescent Plasma as Adjunctive Therapy for  Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19
  5. Utility of Various Biomarkers in Detecting Cytokine Storm Syndromes and Predicting In-Hospital Mortality Among Patients with Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 at a Philippine Tertiary Hospital
  6. Public Health Emergency SOLIDARITY TRIAL: An International Randomised Trial of Additional Treatments for Covid-19 in Hospitalized Patients Who Are All Receiving the Local Standard of Care
  7. Collection and Archiving of Patient Sera and Plasma for Immunochemical Analysis to Detect Antibodies Against Infectious Pathogens
  8. Intravenous Tocilizumab in the Treatment of Patients with Severe and Critical COVID-19-related Pneumonia
  9. Virgin Coconut Oil as Adjunctive Therapy for Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients