Dr. Thelma E. Tupasi, RITM Director from 1983-1985, has transitioned peacefully on June 12, 2019. Dr. Tupasi had a vision of building a tropical disease research and development plan for a healthy nation. In her leadership, RITM’s research activities expanded to community-based, biomedical research activities for acute respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases, meningitis, schistosomiasis, malaria, Hepatitis B, continue reading : OBITUARY: Dr. Thelma E. Tupasi-Ramos