Ian Kim B. Tabios, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Physiology Academic Group Member MD-PhD in Molecular Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila (2021) ibtabios2@up.edu.ph Research Lab: Public Health Biology Research and Innovations Laboratory [PHBRIL]

Bio 1 Contemporary Topics in Biology
Bio 120 General Microbiology (Laboratory)
Bio 122.1 Animal Physiology Laboratory
Bio 125 Medical Microbiology
Bio 151 Fundamentals of Immunology

Multi-Omics Approaches in Health, Innovations in the Control and Prevention of Neglected Tropical Diseases, Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases

Aaron Vince T. Catipon (MS Biology candidate)
Janella Redrino (MS Microbiology student)
Kim Dominic Aguilar (MS MBB candidate)
Samantha Nicole Gaw (BS Biology student)
Dodge Carl Nabua (BS Biology student)

• Cando LF, Perias GA, Tantengco OA, Dispo MD, Ceriales JA, Girasol MJ, Leonardo LR, Tabios IK. The Global Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni, S. japonicum, and S. haematobium in Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2022 Nov 4;7(11):354.

• Apostol-Nicodemus L, Tabios IKB, Limpoco AGO, Domingo GDP, Tantengco OAG. Psychosocial Distress among Family Members of COVID-19 Patients Admitted to Hospital and Isolation Facilities in the Philippines: A Prospective Cohort Study. J Clin Med. 2022 Sep 5;11(17):5236.

• Tabios IKB, Sato MO, Tantengco OAG, Fornillos RJC, Kirinoki M, Sato M, Rojo RD, Fontanilla IKC, Chigusa Y, Medina PMB, Kikuchi M, Leonardo LR. Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers of hepatic fibrosis in schistosomiasis japonica patients in the Philippines. Diagnostics. 2022 (accepted for publication; article in press)

• Tabios IKB, Sato MO, Tantengco OAG, Fornillos RJC, Kirinoki M, Sato M, Rojo RD, Fontanilla IKC, Chigusa Y, Medina PMB, Kikuchi M, Leonardo LR. Diagnostic Performance of Parasitological, Immunological, Molecular, and Ultrasonographic Tests in Diagnosing Intestinal Schistosomiasis in Fieldworkers From Endemic Municipalities in the Philippines. Front Immunol. 2022 Jun 14;13:899311. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.899311. PMID: 35774791; PMCID: PMC9237846.

• Lintao RCV, Cando LFT, Perias GAS, Tantengco OAG, Tabios IKB, Velayo CL, de Paz-Silava SLM. Current Status of Human Papillomavirus Infection and Cervical Cancer in the Philippines. Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Jun 20;9:929062. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.929062. PMID: 35795639; PMCID: PMC9251542.

• Leonardo, L., Varona, G., Fornillos, R.J., Manalo, D., Tabios, I.K., Moendeg, K., de Cadiz, A., Kikuchi, M., Chigusa, Y., Mistica, M. and Hernandez, L., 2020. Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi: Snail intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum in the Philippines. Acta Tropica, 210, p.105547.

• Nicodemus L, Espallardo N, Carpio L, Joves P, Cruz M, Tabios IK, Domingo. 2020. Primary care orientation of family practice in the Philippines: Cross-sectional study in pilot sites. The Filipino Family Physician 58(2):101-105.

• Fornillos RJC, Sato MO, Tabios IK, Sato M, Leonardo LR, Chigusa Y, Minamoto T, Kikuchi M, Legaspi ER, Fontanilla IKC. 2019. Detection of Schistosoma japonicum and Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi environmental DNA and its potential utility to schistosomiasis japonica surveillance in the Philippines. PLoS One 14(11), p.e0224617.

• Leonardo L, Hernandez, L., Magturo, T.C., Palasi, W., Rubite, J.M., de Cadiz, A., Moendeg, K., Fornillos, R., Tabios, I.K., Mistica, M. and Fontanilla, I.K., 2019. Current Status of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in the Philippines. Acta Tropica, p.105284.

• Calata FIC, Caranguian CZ, Mendoza JEM, Fornillos RJC, Tabios IK, Fontanilla IKC, Leonardo LR, Sunico LS, Kawai S, Chigusa Y, Kikuchi M, Sato M, Minamoto T, Baoanan Z G, Sato MO. 2019. Analysis of Environmental DNA and Edaphic Factors for the Detection of the Snail Intermediate Host Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi. Pathogens, 8(4),160.

• Fornillos RJ, Fontanilla IK, Chigusa Y, Kikuchi M, Kirinoki M, Kato-Hayashi N, Kawazu S, Angeles JM, Tabios IK, Moendeg K, Goto Y. 2019. Infection rate of Schistosoma japonicum in the snail Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi in endemic villages in the Philippines: Need for snail surveillance technique. Tropical Biomedicine 36(2):402-11.

• Nicodemus L, Tabios IK, Tantengco O, Alejo G. 2018. Medical Students Career Choices and Perceptions in Family Medicine and Primary Care. The Filipino Family Physician 56(4):175-181.

• Chua JC, Fontanilla IC, Tabios IK, Tamayo PG, De Chavez ERC, Agatsuma T, Kikuchi M, Kato-Hayashi N, Chigusa Y, Fornillos RJC, Leonardo LR. 2017. Genetic comparison of Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi (Mollendorf, 1895) (Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae), the intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum in the Philippines based on 16S ribosomal RNA sequence. Science Diliman 29:2,5-21.

• Leonardo L, Chigusa Y, Kikuchi M, Kato-Hayashi N, Kawazu S, Angeles JM, Fontanilla IK, Tabios IK, Moendeg K, Goto Y, Fornillos RJ, Tamayo PG, Chua JC. 2016. Schistosomiasis in the Philippines: challenges and some success in control. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 47(4): 651-666.