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Nguyễn Xuân Bình Minh (1990 - 2025)
Nguyễn Xuân Bình Minh was born on January 1, 1990. Her given name, “Bình Minh,” meaning dawn, came from the time of her birth - 5:00 a.m. - on the first spring day of the New Year. She graduated from Hanoi Medical University in 2013, earned a Master of Public Health degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2015, and completed her PhD of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) in 2021.
Bình Minh was a lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology at the Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, and also served as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Health Behavior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
Throughout her academic and research career, Minh received numerous prestigious and highly competitive awards, including First Prize at the National Young Scientific Research Competition in Medicine and Pharmacy in 2012, the UNC Leadership Development Scholars Program award, and the five-year full Royster Fellowship at the University of North Carolina. From 2018 onward, she participated in multiple large-scale studies and served as principal investigator for several key research projects. She was also the author of many scientific publications in both national and international journals.
Bình Minh married Dr. Đinh Huỳnh Linh in 2015. They had three children: Mai Chi (born in 2015), Thùy An (born in 2018), and Huỳnh Lâm (born in 2021).
Beyond her professional work, Minh enjoyed cooking, playing the piano, practicing yoga, going to the gym, and reading. Her favorite books included To Kill a Mockingbird, the works of Jane Austen, and novels by Colleen Hoover. Another great passion of hers was running; she participated in numerous marathons and half marathons and made meaningful contributions to the running community in Hanoi.
Nguyễn Xuân Bình Minh passed away at 10:31 p.m. on December 19, 2025, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. This corresponded to 10:31 a.m. on Saturday, December 20, 2025, Hanoi time.
Bình Minh is survived by her husband, her three children, her two younger sisters, and her beloved parents, as well as her friends and colleagues, who will forever cherish and remember her.
Memorial services for Bình Minh were held on Friday, December 26, 2025, in Charlotte, and on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, in Hanoi.
She was laid to rest at plot GD 20, Đại An section, Thiên Đức Memorial Park Cemetery, Phù Ninh Commune, Phú Thọ Province.
"There is a big blue sky waiting, just behind the clouds"
Bình Minh, 01/10/2019
Academic Profile
Academic Profile
Minh Xuan Binh Nguyen, MD, PhD, MS
(updated 9.7.2025)
Education
2021: PhD, Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
2015: MS, Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, The University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2013: MD, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Post-Graduate Training
2023-2025: Fellow, HIV - Infectious Disease and Global Health Implementation Research Institute (HIGH IRI), Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA
2023-2024: Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Project Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam
2023: Fellow, Inter-CFAR HIV Implementation Science, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
2022-2023: Fogarty Postdoctoral Fellow, UJMT Consortium, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Professional Positions
2025: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Health Behavior, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
2024-2025: Researcher, Center for Training and Research on Substance Abuse – HIV, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam
2017-2021: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
2016-2017: Researcher, Center for Training and Research on Substance Abuse – HIV, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam
2016-2025: Lecturer, Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Professional Activities
Asia-Pacific AIDS & Co-Infections Conference Scientific Committee: Member (2024-2025)
Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health: Member (2022-2025)
Faculty Search Committee, Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Member (2021-2022)
International AIDS Society: Member (2020-2024)
American Public Health Association: Member (2021-2022)
UNC School of Public Health – Implementation Science Student Group: Leadership team (2020-2021)
IAS 2021 Conference – Abstract Mentor Programme: Mentor (2021)
Epidemiology Student Association, UCLA: Leadership team – Activity coordinator (2014-2015)
Honors and Awards
2017-2022: Royster Five-year Fellowship, UNC Chapel Hill
2021: UNC Leadership Development Scholars Program, UNC Chapel Hill
2021: HIV Science Scholarship Program, IAS 2021
2020: International AIDS Conference Scholarship Program, AIDS 2020
2018: Community Engagement Fellowship, UNC Chapel Hill
2012: First Prize, Vietnam National Contest for Young Researchers in Medicine and Health, Vietnam
2012: Kova Prize for Outstanding Student, Vietnam
2012: Mitsubishi Scholarship for top students, Hanoi Medical University
2007: Mitsubishi Scholarship for top students, Hanoi Medical University
Publications
1. Nguyen MX, Miller WC, Le MG, Sullivan P. "Cultural adaptation of Together+, a status-neutral mHealth intervention to improve HIV prevention and care for adolescent and young men who have sex with men in Vietnam: protocol for a co-design study". JMIR Research Protocols. In print.
2. Nguyen MX, Go VF, Sibley AL, Huffstetler HE, Do TNT, Tran HV, Giang LM, Sripaipan T, Miller WC, Eron JJ, Gay CL, Rutstein SE. Prioritizing long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy among key populations: Perceptions of persons living with HIV who inject drugs, ART clinic staff, and policymakers in Vietnam. PLoS One. 2025 Jun 11;20(6):e0325195. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0325195. PMID: 40498687; PMCID: PMC12157207.
3. Minh X. Nguyen, Ingrid Mast, Sarah E. Rutstein, Irving Hoffman, Ha V. Tran, Le M. Giang, Vivian F. Go. Preferences for eHealth interventions to improve sexual health and prevent HIV for Vietnamese young MSM. Health Promotion International. In print.
4. Bartels SM, Nguyen MX, Nguyen TT, Tran HV, Sripaipan T, Nguyen NTK, Cao VAT, Tran VAT, Powell BJ, Barrington C, Reyes LM, Giang LM, Phan HTT, Miller WC, Go VF. The role of organizational characteristics in intervention sustainment: findings from a quantitative analysis in 42 HIV testing clinics in Vietnam. Implement Sci Commun. 2025 May 16;6(1):60. doi: 10.1186/s43058-025-00745-6. PMID: 40380286; PMCID: PMC12083043.
5. Bartels SM, Nguyen MX, Nguyen TT, Sibley AL, Dang HLT, Nong HTT, Nguyen NTK, Tran HV, Sripaipan T, Powell BJ, Barrington C, Reyes LM, Latkin CA, Giang LM, Phan HTT, Miller WC, Go VF. Sustainment and adaptation of systems navigation and psychosocial counseling across HIV testing clinics in Vietnam: A qualitative assessment. Implement Res Pract. 2025 Feb 18;6:26334895251319812. doi: 10.1177/26334895251319812. PMID: 39974331; PMCID: PMC11837132.
6. Filipowicz TR, Tran HV, Nong HTT, Tran TTT, Landrum KR, Nguyen MX, Verhey R, Chibanda D, Go VF, Pence BW, Gaynes BN. "We Need Gentleness": Isolation, Loneliness, and Implications for Psychosocial Counseling Among People with HIV who are on Methadone Maintenance Treatment and Experience Common Mental Disorders in Vietnam. AIDS Behav. 2025 Apr;29(4):1158-1165. doi: 10.1007/s10461-024-04591-w. Epub 2025 Jan 8. PMID: 39776336; PMCID: PMC11985302.
7. Nguyen MX, Bartels SM, Akiba CF, Sripaipan T, Nong HT, Dang LT, Tran HV, Hoang VT, Le GM, Go VF, Miller WC, Powell BJ. Tracking modifications to implementation strategies: a case study from SNaP - a hybrid type III randomized controlled trial to scale up integrated systems navigation and psychosocial counseling for PWID with HIV in Vietnam. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2024 Oct 26;24(1):249. doi: 10.1186/s12874-024-02367-3. PMID: 39462341; PMCID: PMC11520046.
8. Nguyen MX, Rutstein SE, Hoffman I, Tran HV, Giang LM, Go VF. Low HIV Testing and PrEP Uptake of Adolescent and Young Men who have Sex with Men in Vietnam. AIDS Behav. 2024 Sep 13.
9. Bui HTM, Giang LM, Chen JS, Sripaipan T, Nong HTT, Nguyen NTK, Bartels SM, Rossi SL, Hutton H, Chander G, Sohn H, Ferguson O, Tran HV, Nguyen MX, Nguyen KD, Rutstein SE, Levintow S, Hoffman IF, Powell BJ, Pence BW, Go VF, Miller WC. A Brief Alcohol Intervention (BAI) to reduce alcohol use and improve PrEP outcomes among men who have sex with men in Vietnam: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2024 Aug 21;25(1):552.
10. Bartels SM, Phan HTT, Hutton HE, Nhan DT, Sripaipan T, Chen JS, Rossi SL, Ferguson O, Nong HTT, Nguyen NTK, Giang LM, Bui HTM, Chander G, Sohn H, Kim S, Tran HV, Nguyen MX, Powell BJ, Pence BW, Miller WC, Go VF. Scaling up a brief alcohol intervention to prevent HIV infection in Vietnam: a cluster randomized, implementation trial. Implement Sci. 2024 Jun 12;19(1):40.
11. Chen JS, Hutton HE, Tran HV, Quang VN, Nguyen MX, Sripaipan T, Dowdy DW, Latkin CA, Chander G, Frangakis C, Go VF. Efficacy of Two Evidence-Based Alcohol Consumption Interventions on Positive, Negative, and Neutral Days Among Hazardous Alcohol Users Living with HIV in Vietnam. AIDS Behav. 2023 Dec 12.
12. Nguyen MX, Li C, Muessig K, Gaynes BN, Go VF. A Systematic Review of Interventions for Young Men Who Have Sex With Men and Young Transgender Women Living with HIV. AIDS and Behavior. 2023 Sep.
13. Nguyen MX, Zimmer C, Latkin CA, Lancaster KE, Dowdy DW, Hutton H, Chander G, Frangakis C, Gaynes BN, Sripaipan T, Tran HV, Go VF. Validation of the combined Patient Health Questionnaire Anxiety and Depression Scale among people with HIV in Vietnam. Int J STD AIDS. 2023 Jun
14. Nguyen MX, Reyes HL, Pence BW, Muessig KE, Hutton HE, Latkin CA, Dowdy D, Chander G, Lancaster KE, Frangakis C, Sripaipan T, Tran HV, Go VF. Alcohol use as a mediator of the effect of two alcohol reduction interventions on mental health symptoms of ART clients in Vietnam. AIDS Care. 2023 Mar 13:1-9.
15. Rutstein SE, Sibley AL, Huffstetler HE, Nguyen TTD, Tran HV, Le Minh G, Sripaipan T, Nguyen M, Miller WC, Eron JJ, Gay CL, Go VF. Acceptability and feasibility of long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected persons who inject drugs in Vietnam: A qualitative study. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2022 Sep 23;31:100603.
16. Tran HV, Filipowicz TR, Landrum KR, Nong HTT, Tran TTT, Pence BW, Go VF, Le GM, Nguyen MX, Verhey R, Chibanda D, Ho HT, Gaynes BN. Stigma experienced by people living with HIV who are on methadone maintenance treatment and have symptoms of common mental disorders in Hanoi, Vietnam: a qualitative study. AIDS Res Ther. 2022 Dec 14;19(1):63.
17. Tran H, Nong H, Tran T, Filipowicz T, Landrum K, Pence B, Le G, Nguyen M, Chibanda D, Verhey R, Go V, Ho H, Gaynes B. Adaptation of a Problem-solving Program (Friendship Bench) to Treat Common Mental Disorders Among People Living With HIV and AIDS and on Methadone Maintenance Treatment in Vietnam: Formative Study. JMIR Form Res. 2022;6(7):e37211
18. Nguyen MX, Hershow RB, Blackburn NA, Bui QX, Latkin CA, Hutton H, Chander G, Dowdy D, Lancaster KE, Frangakis C, Sripaipan T, Tran HV, Go VF. "I refused to drink but they still forced me": A mixed-methods approach to understanding the pathways to reduce alcohol use among Vietnamese people with HIV. Soc Sci Med. 2022 May;301:114902
19. Chen JS, Levintow SN, Tran HV, Sripaipan T, Nguyen MX, Nguyen SM, Miller WC, Go VF, Giang LM. HIV and STI prevalence and testing history among men who have sex with men in Hanoi, Vietnam. Int J STD AIDS. 2021 Dec 1:9564624211060185.
20. Nguyen MX, Reyes HL, Pence BW, Muessig KE, Hutton HE, Latkin CA, Dowdy D, Chander G, Lancaster KE, Frangakis C, Sripaipan T, Tran HV, Go VF. Effects of Two Alcohol Reduction Interventions on Depression and Anxiety Symptoms of ART Clients in Vietnam. AIDS Behav. 2021 Nov 22.
21. Akiba CF, Powell BJ, Pence BW, Nguyen MXB, Golin C, Go V. The case for prioritizing implementation strategy fidelity measurement: benefits and challenges. Transl Behav Med. 2022 Feb 16;12(2):335-342.
22. Nguyen MX, Reyes HLM, Pence BW, Muessig KE, Hutton HE, Latkin CA, Dowdy D, Chander G, Lancaster KE, Frangakis C, Sripaipan T, Tran HV, Go VF. The longitudinal association between depression, anxiety symptoms and HIV outcomes, and the modifying effect of alcohol dependence among ART clients with hazardous alcohol use in Vietnam. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2021 Jun;24 Suppl 2.
23. Nguyen MXB, Chu AV, Powell BJ, Tran HV, Nguyen LH, Dao ATM, Pham MD, Vo SH, Bui NH, Dowdy DW, Latkin CA, Lancaster KE, Pence BW, Sripaipan T, Hoffman I, Miller WC, Go VF. Comparing a standard and tailored approach to scaling up an evidence-based intervention for antiretroviral therapy for people who inject drugs in Vietnam: study protocol for a cluster randomized hybrid type III trial. Implement Sci. 2020 Aug 8;15(1):64.
24. Nguyen MX, Dowdy D, Latkin CA, Hutton HE, Chander G, Frangakis C, Lancaster KE, Sripaipan T, Bui QX, Tran HV, Go VF. Social support modifies the association between hazardous drinking and depression symptoms among ART clients in Vietnam. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 Oct 1;215:108249.
25. Dong HV, Pham LQ, Nguyen HT, Nguyen MXB, Nguyen TV, May F, Le GM, Klausner JD. Decreased Cephalosporin Susceptibility of Oropharyngeal Neisseria Species in Antibiotic-using Men Who Have Sex With Men in Hanoi, Vietnam. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Mar 3;70(6):1169-1175.
26. Nguyen MX, Go VF, Bui QX, Gaynes BN, Pence BW. Perceived need, barriers to and facilitators of mental health care among HIV-infected PWID in Hanoi, Vietnam: a qualitative study. Harm Reduct J. 2019 Dec 26;16(1):74.
27. Nguyen M, Le GM, Nguyen HTT, Nguyen HD, Klausner JD. Acceptability and feasibility of sexually transmitted infection screening among pregnant women in Hanoi, Vietnam. Sex Health. 2019 Feb 11. doi: 10.1071/SH18041. [Epub ahead of print]
28. Rao D, Elshafei A, Nguyen M, Hatzenbuehler ML, Frey S, Go VF. A systematic review of multi-level stigma interventions: state of the science and future directions. BMC Medicine 2019. 17:41.
29. Withers K, Bristow C, Nguyen M, Stafylis C, Giang LM, Klausner JD. A field evaluation of a rapid dual immunoassay for human immunodeficiency virus and syphilis antibodies, Hanoi, Vietnam. A field evaluation of a rapid dual immunoassay for human immunodeficiency virus and syphilis antibodies, Hanoi, Vietnam. Int J STD AIDS. 2019 Feb; 30(2):173-180. doi: 10.1177/0956462418802685 [Epub 2018 Oct 23]
30. Shannon CL, Bristow CC, Hoff NA, Wynn A, Nguyen M, Medina-Marino A, Cabeza J, Rimoin AW, Klausner JD. Short Report: Acceptability and Feasibility of Rapid Chlamydial, Gonococcal, and Trichomonal Screening and Treatment in Pregnant Women in Six Low-to-Middle Income Countries. Sex Transm Dis. 2018. 2018 Mar 9. [Epub ahead of print]
31. Nguyen M, Krishnan A, Le MG, Nguyen TQ, Bhadra M, Nguyen MS, Miller WC, Go VF. The use of technology to find sexual health information online among MSM in Hanoi, Vietnam, 2016. International Journal of STD & AIDS. 2018 Apr;29(5):505-510
32. Krishnan A, Nguyen M, Le MG, Tran VH, Bhadra M, Nguyen SM, Vu DV, Nguyen QT, Miller WC, Go VF. Finding sex partners through social media among men who have sex with men in Hanoi, Vietnam. Journal of Community Health. 2018 Feb;43(1):146-156.
33. Nguyen M, Cabeza J, Segura E, Garcia PJ, Klausner JD. High rate of partner treatment among Chlamydia trachomatis-infected pregnant women in Lima, Peru. 2016. Sexually transmitted diseases. 2016 May; 43(5): 296-8.
Conference posters and presentations
1. Nguyen MX, Bartels SM, Sripaipan T, Tran HV, Le GM, Go VF, Miller WC, Powell BJ. How well does a tailored approach work for the implementation of an evidence-based intervention: Qualitative findings from a hybrid type III trial of a systems navigation and psychosocial counseling intervention for people living with HIV who inject drugs in Vietnam (Poster). APACC 2024. June 2024. Hong Kong, China
2. Nguyen MX, Mast I, Rustein S, Hoffman I, Tran VH, Le MG, Go VF. Barriers, facilitators to PrEP uptake and preferences of young men who have sex with men in Vietnam for an eHealth intervention to promote PrEP uptake (Oral presentation). Youth Health Conference. Nov 2023. Adelaide, Australia.
3. Nguyen MX, Mast I, Rustein S, Hoffman I, Tran VH, Le MG, Go VF. HIV testing, PrEP awareness, PrEP uptake and correlates among adolescent men who have sex with men in Vietnam (Oral presentation). International workshop on HIV and adolescents. Virtual. Oct 2023.
4. Nguyen MX, Reyes HL, Pence BW, Muessig KE, Hutton HE, Latkin CA, Dowdy D, Chander G, Lancaster KE, Frangakis C, Sripaipan T, Tran HV, Go VF. Alcohol use as a mediator of the effect of two alcohol interventions on mental health of ART clients in Vietnam. UNC Global Health Scholars Symposium. Virtual. November 2022 (Lightning talk)
5. Nguyen MX, Hershow RB, Blackburn NA, Bui XQ, Latkin CA, Hutton HE, Chander G, Dowdy D, Lancaster KE, Frangakis C, Sripaipan T, Tran HV, Go VF. “I refused to drink but they didn’t let me do so” - Understanding the pathways to alcohol reduction among people with HIV in Vietnam. APHA 2021. Virtual. October 2021 (E-poster)
6. Nguyen MX, Reyes HLM, Pence BW, Muessig KE, Hutton HE, Latkin CA, Dowdy D, Chander G, Lancaster KE, Frangakis C, Sripaipan T, Tran HV, Go VF. Effects of two alcohol reduction interventions on depression and anxiety symptoms of ART clients in Vietnam. JIAS Symposium on Global Mental Healthcare. October 2021 (Oral presentation)
7. Nguyen MX, Zimmer C, Latkin CA, Lancaster KE, Dowdy D, Hutton HE, Chander G, Frangakis C, Gaynes BN, Sripaipan T, Tran HV, Go VF. Validation of the combined Patient Health Questionnaire Anxiety and Depression Scale (PHQ-ADS) among people with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in Vietnam. IAS 2021. Virtual. July 2021 (E-poster)
8. Nguyen MX, Dowdy D, Latkin CA, Hutton HE, Chander G, Frangakis C, Lancaster KE, Sripaipan T, Bui QX, Tran HV, Go VF. Effect measure modification of social support in the association between hazardous drinking and depression symptoms among ART clients in Vietnam. AIDS 2020. Virtual. July 2020 (E-poster)
9. Nguyen M, Giang LM, Nguyen HD, Klausner JD. Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and acceptability, feasibility of screening in antenatal care, Vietnam, 2016-2017. STIs and Pregnancy Symposium, 19th IUSTI Asia Pacific Conference 2017, Okayama, Japan. December 2016. (Oral presentation)
10. Nguyen M, Giang LM, Nguyen HD, Klausner JD. Prevalence of curable STIs and acceptability, feasibility of screening in antenatal care, Hanoi, Vietnam. World STI & HIV Congress 2017, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. July 2017. (Poster)
Doctoral Dissertation
Drinking, mental health and HIV outcomes among people living with HIV who have hazardous alcohol use in Vietnam. 2021.
Doctoral Dissertation (Full Text Available)
Master’s Paper
Partner treatment among Chlamydia trachomatis infected pregnant women in Lima, Peru. 2015
Teaching Experience
2022-2025: Course Coordinator, Department of Epidemiology, Hanoi Medical University. Advanced Epidemiology, Implementation Science, Advanced Intervention Design, Advanced Intervention Evaluation
2022-2025: Course lecturer, Department of Epidemiology, Hanoi Medical University. Basic Epidemiology, Clinical Epidemiology, Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS, Epidemiology of common infectious diseases
2017-2025: Graduate Student Advising and Committees, Hanoi Medical University. 4 undergraduate students (3 completed; 1 ongoing), Master’s students (4 ongoing)
2022-2025: Mentor, Vietnam Implementation Science Advancement: A training program to improve HIV prevention and care (D43TW011548; mPIs: Vivian Go, Huong Thi Le)
2015: Teaching assistant, AIDS: A major public health challenge – Department of Epidemiology, the University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Research grant participation
On-going
Adapting an evidence-based intervention to improve HIV testing and PrEP uptake among young men who have sex with men in Vietnam (K43TW012850; PI: Minh Nguyen)
Source: Fogarty International Center, NIH
Duration: September 2024-August 2029
Role: Principal investigator
Total costs: $344,512
Moving towards a status-neutral approach to improve HIV testing, prevention and care for adolescent and young men who have sex with men in Vietnam: adaptation of an evidence-based mobile health intervention (PI: Minh Nguyen)
Source: International AIDS Society
Duration: November 2024 – November 2026
Role: Principal investigator
Total costs: $139,687
Implementation and Dissemination of a U=U Toolkit in HIV Outpatient Clinics in Vietnam:Assessing its Impact on Reducing HIV Stigma and Enhancing the HIV Care (PI: Minh Nguyen)
Source: GILEAD Sciences
Duration: September 2025 – March 2027
Role: Principal Investigator
Total costs: $117,790
Completed
Launching Future Leaders in Global Health Research Training Program (LAUNCH) (D43TW009340; mPIs: Ben Chi, William Checkley, Kofi Kwandani, Richard Oberhelman)
Source: Fogarty International Center, NIH
Duration: August 2022 – August 2023
Role: Fellow and PI of the research project
Research project title: PrEP uptake among adolescent MSM in Vietnam and preferences for eHealth interventions to promote PrEP uptake
Total costs (fellowship research project): $10,000
Scaling up HPTN 074: a Cluster Randomized Implementation Trial of an Evidence-based Intervention for Antiretroviral Therapy for PWID in Vietnam (R01DA047876; mPIs: William Miller, Vivian Go)
PI: Vivian Go and William Miller
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH
Duration: September 2018-June 2025
Role: Graduate Research Assistant (from September 2018 - October 2021)
Total costs: $4,846,439
Feasibility and acceptability of sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing among pregnant women at Ha Dong Hospital (mPIs: Jeffrey Klausner and Hinh Duc Nguyen)
Source: UCLA CFAR, UCLA CHIPTS
Duration: June 2016 - June 2017
Role: Study Coordinator
Total costs: $10,000
Ad Hoc Journal Reviews
AIDS & Behavior
AJMP Focus
Alcohol and Alcoholism
Annals of Epidemiology
BMC Digital Health
BMC Psychology
BMC Public Health
BMJ Open
HIV/AIDS – Research and Palliative Care
Implementation Science Communications
International Journal of STD & AIDS
Journal of Adolescent Health
Journal of Affective Disorders
Journal of Community Psychology
Journal of the International AIDS Society
Journal of Mental Health & Clinical Psychology
Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
Journal of Pain Research
The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
Plos Global Public Health
Plos One
Psychology Research and Behavior Management
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Social Science and Medicine
Words of Remembrance from Professor Vivian F. Go, PhD
Hi, I’m Vivian Go, and I had the honor of being Minh’s academic advisor at the Gillings School of Global Health at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill during her PhD and later her colleague and above all, her dear friend.
I first met Minh while she was a lecturer at Hanoi Medical University in 2016. She was working with Dr. Le Minh Giang, a close collaborator of ours, and approached me in Vietnam to ask if she could write a paper. This was not unusual. Many people have approached us to work on our data, and we are always happy to collaborate. At the same time, we know that often good intentions don’t translate into action. But Minh was unusual in that she actually analyzed the data, collaborated closely with our team on drafting the paper. The paper was accepted to a top tier journal in a year and a half —an impressive timeline. I had a hunch, even then, that Minh was special.
As you’ve heard, in 2013, Minh graduated with a medical degree in the top 3 percent of her graduating class at Hanoi Medical University—the oldest and most prestigious medical school in Vietnam. After completing her medical degree, Minh attended UCLA and received a master’s in science in Epidemiology. She was a lecturer at Hanoi Medical University for two years before joining us at UNC.
The UNC admissions committee was more than impressed by Minh’s application. Not only was Minh accepted in an extremely competitive pool with a 5% acceptance rate; She received the coveted 5-year Royster fellowship –arguably the most prestigious fellowship you can receive at the university.
During her PhD training, she published 11 papers—6 as first author--and gave several oral presentations at international conferences. As if these amazing accomplishments were not enough in their own right, Minh did this while she lived far away from her dear family, her husband Linh, and her daughter, her only child at that time, for 2 ½ years. Nothing could light up Minh’s face more than talking about her family. When the COVID pandemic hit in 2020, she was in Hanoi. But even the pandemic couldn’t deter Minh. She managed to continue to work closely with her committee members virtually and passed her dissertation defense with flying colors.
After graduation, she returned to Hanoi Medical University as an instructor. At the same time, she was a post-doctoral fellow and then later an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Health Behavior at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC. We continued to collaborate closely—we co-taught a global Implementation Science course (under the Collaborative Online International Learning grant) and she was a key co-investigator on all of our studies in Vietnam. Minh was an incredible team-science player. But she also initiated several of her own grants—she was awarded a Fogarty grant, an NIH K-award and has been awarded several grants as principal investigator, both at the NIH, and outside of the NIH. Minh always amazed me…nothing was too big or too little for her. She was so down to earth. In one day, she could meet with high-level MOH officials but then come back to the office and translate tedious 40-page transcripts from qualitative interviews from English to Vietnamese without even batting an eye.
Honestly, I could go on and on about Minh’s amazing academic accomplishments. But Minh was more than a scholar. She was an extraordinary person. To know Minh, was truly an honor. She wasn’t just brilliant—which she was, she was passionate her work, she was kind, and she was humble, and she was fiercely independent.
For Minh, it was important that she pave her way on her own terms. For example, I didn’t realize for the first 2 years that I worked with her, that her father was the world-renowned epidemiologist, Dr. Hien, who I had worked with and admired throughout much of my own career. In fact, I didn’t know until she invited me to dinner in Hanoi, where I met her parents for the first time.
She was always generous, no matter what was going on in her own life. During her four years in the PhD program, as many of you know, she gave birth to two beautiful children in the US. While 8 ½ months pregnant and preparing a proposal for her dissertation defense, she heard from others that I was sick with the flu. To my great astonishment, she casually dropped off homemade Vietnamese spring rolls at our house.
I just want to end by saying that often, people tell mentees that they are lucky to have a mentor, but I was lucky to have mentored Minh. I am sure that I learned more from Minh than she ever learned from me. She will be so deeply missed by me and by everyone on our team at UNC.
Vivian Fei-ling Go
Department of Health Behavior
Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Bình Minh earned her Master of Public Health degree in 2015
Bình Minh earned her doctoral degree from the University of North Carolina in 2021
Bình Minh with colleagues from the Department of Epidemiology, Hanoi Medical University
Bình Minh at University of North Carolina (UNC)
UNC IGHID, April 2019
UNC IGHID, April 2019
“Mental health services such as screening, counseling or medication treatment are very important in improving HIV outcomes for people living with HIV, especially those with hazardous alcohol use. Future interventions for this vulnerable group have a special focus on mental health, and optimal models combining mental health care and alcohol reduction should be implemented and tested in HIV primary care clinics in low-resource settings.”
Bình Minh at the honorary professor award ceremony honoring Professor William Miller and Professor Vivian Go at Hanoi Medical University.
Bình Minh at the honorary professor award ceremony honoring Professor William Miller and Professor Vivian Go at Hanoi Medical University.
Bình Minh with her international colleagues
Bình Minh with her colleagues at D&I 2025 - the 18th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Washington, DC, December 17, 2025.
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