The Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) has recognized this year's Outstanding Health Research Awardees as part of its effort to advance studies on health problems besetting the country.

The 2010 Outstanding Health Research Award (OHRA) winners were cited during the 4th Philippine National Health Research System (PNHRS) Week celebration.

The award also known as "Parangal Saliksik Pangkalusugan" is given to an individual researcher or study group whose work has been translated to policy and practice. OHRA is given in two categories: Biomedical research and health services research category.

For the Biomedical Research Category, the award was given to the Institute of Human Genetics, University of the Philippines Manila-National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH), represented by Dr. Carmencita Padilla and unit heads of the Institute of Human Genetics.

The Institute has made invaluable contributions in spearheading the development of the field of human genetics in the country as well as providing central resource facility committed to make genetic testing accessible to Filipinos all over the country.

Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/274864/health-researches-cited