Dr. Eva Maria C. Cutiongco-de la Paz is a Research Professor of the Institute of
Human Genetics and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics at the University of
the Philippines. She currently serves as the Executive Director of the National Institutes
of Health and Director of the Health Program as well as the Assistant for R and D of the
Philippine Genome Center. She finished her Doctor of Medicine degree from the UP
College of Medicine and completed her Pediatric residency at the Philippine General
Hospital. She had her research fellowship in Molecular Genetics at the International
Center for Medical Research at the Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine in
Japan and took her subspecialty training in Clinical Genetics at The Hospital for Sick
Children, University of Toronto, Canada. Her research interests include genetics of
monogenic and complex genetic conditions in the Filipino population related to precision
medicine initiatives.