Partners
Liver research benefits from collaboration across disciplines, institutions, and communities. The UPM Liver Study Group brings together complementary expertise through its research and implementation projects to strengthen evidence and improve liver care in the Philippines.
Our Institutional Home
University of the Philippines Manila — National Institutes of Health
LSG is a multidisciplinary research group within UP Manila–NIH. Its projects connect university researchers with clinical, public health, and community collaborators. UP Manila–NIH implements LIVED-HIV as part of PHIL LIVER; UP Manila is also an implementing institution in the original StITCH project.
Philippine Research & Implementation Collaborators
The organizations below contribute to specific projects featured on this website. Their roles and participation are described within each project's scope.
Local government and health-facility teams in Tarlac and Quezon City
Philippine implementation of the StITCH primary care model, connecting screening, assessment, treatment, and continuing care.
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Specialist mentoring supporting primary care teams in StITCH.
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Participating HIV treatment hub in the LIVED-HIV study.
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These institutions worked with UP Manila in the original StITCH project, whose funded phase ended on 30 September 2026. Visit the StITCH page for the project's implementation experience and acknowledgments.
United States
Harvard Medical School
Implementing institution in the original StITCH project.
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
Implementing institution in the original StITCH project.
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Implementing institution in the original StITCH project.
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Partnership for Health Advancement in Viet Nam
Implementing institution in the original StITCH project.
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DOST-PCHRD
The Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Health Research and Development funds LIVED-HIV, implemented by UP Manila–NIH as part of PHIL LIVER.
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Funding for the original StITCH project. This activity was carried out in collaboration with and the support of Gilead Sciences, and implemented by UP Manila and the international institutions listed above.
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We welcome conversations with researchers, health services, community organizations, and institutions whose expertise complements our work. Opportunities will depend on shared priorities, available capacity, and the relevant institutional arrangements.