1. Septiani NN, Pramono A, Mathisen R, Nguyen TT; Smith J. Economic and environmental impacts of commercial milk formula in Indonesia: Estimates using the Mothers Milk Tool and Green Feeding Tool. International Congress of Nutrition, Paris, France August 24 – 29, 2025.
2. Tran TH, Nguyen TT, Nguyen TXO, Huynh TL, Mathisen R. Factors associated with prolonged use of donor human milk at Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children in Vietnam. International Congress of Nutrition, Paris, France August 24 – 29, 2025.
3. Ching C; Nguyen TT, Pereira-Kotze C; Zambrano P, Baker P; Mathisen R. Relationship between implementation of provisions of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and maternity protection and expenditure of commercial milk formula in East Asia Pacific. International Congress of Nutrition, Paris, France August 24 – 29, 2025.
4. Nguyen TT will be a presenter of a side event. Digital Frontiers: Harnessing AI and digital technologies to Bridge Climate Action and Health Equity. Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) 2025, January 28 – February 2, 2025.
5. Septiani NN, Pramono A, Mathisen R, Nguyen TT; Smith J. The Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) 2024 Conference, virtual and live, 15 November 2024. Poster presentation on “Economic and environmental impacts of commercial milk formula in Indonesia: Estimates using the Mothers’ Milk Tool and Green Feeding Tool”.
6. Nguyen TT, Wise A, Zambrano P, Cashin J, Datu-Sanguyo J, Chin S, Mathisen R. The 17th APRU Global Health Conference 2024, Bangkok, Thailand. Oral presentation on “Trends in Geopolitical and Socio-Economic Disparities in Antenatal and Postnatal Care in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam”.
7. Ta TTB, Mathisen R, Vu D, Nguyen TT, Zambrano P, Chin S, Mathisen R. The 17th APRU Global Health Conference 2024, Bangkok, Thailand. Oral presentation on “Leveraging Digital Transformation by Introducing a Routine Birthing Experience Monitoring Tool to Strengthen Breastfeeding-friendly Health Systems in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam”.
8. Zambrano P, Nguyen TT, Datu-Sanguyo J, Al-Samman S, Al-Bokari Z, Huynh NP, Haider R, Chin S, Mathisen R. The 17th APRU Global Health Conference 2024, Bangkok, Thailand. Oral presentation on “Design, Uptake, and Adaptation of a Curated Global Infant and Young Child Feeding E-learning Course to Capacitate Frontline Health Workers”.
9. Smith J, Pramono A, Nguyen TT, Borg B, Arun Grupta, Mathisen R. The 6th Green and Hospitals Asian Conference (GHAC), Hai Phong, Vietnam. Poster presentation on “Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Commercial Milk Formula in Maternity Facilities: A Scoping Review”.
10. Smith J, Nguyen TT, Borg B, Iellamo A, Mathisen R, Pramono A, Thomas S. The 6th Green and Hospitals Asian Conference (GHAC), Hai Phong, Vietnam. Oral presentation on “Assessing Commercial Milk Formula Consumption’s Carbon and Water Footprints with the New Green Feeding Tool”.
11. Smith J, Iellamo A, Nguyen TT, Borg B, Mathisen R, Thomas S. The 5th Belt & Road Initiative Global Health International Congress & the 2024 University Alliance of the Silk Road Global Health Forum, Xi’an, China. Invited speech on “Human milk: A win-win-win for health, sustainability, and economics”.
12. Smith J, Nguyen TT, Pramono A. ANH2024 (Online) Learning Labs, 17 – 20 June 2024. Learning Lab on “Quantifying the Carbon and Water Footprint Impact of Feeding Commercial Milk Formula”.
13. Nguyen TT., Bell W., Barrio F et al. COP 28, Dubai, UAE, 30 November – 12 December 2023. A side event organization and presentation on “Sustainable Food Systems: Climate Action Through Innovation and Transformation”.
14. Smith J, Nguyen TT, Borg B, Iellamo A, Mathisen R. The Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) 2023 Conference, virtual and live, 15 November 2023. Oral presentation (online) on “Evaluating the Environmental Impact of Commercial Milk Formula and the Role of Breastfeeding as a Carbon Offset: Introducing the Green Feeding Tool”.
15. Nguyen TT. The UASR 2023 Summit and Events-Global Health Symposium Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China and virtual, October 9, 2023. Invited speech on “Evaluating Environmental Impact of Commercial Milk Formula and Role of Breastfeeding as a Carbon Offset”.
16. Smith J, Iellamo A, Nguyen TT, Mathisen R. The 8th Annual Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy Week (ANH2023), Lilongwe, Malawi and virtual, June 26 – 30, 2023. Poster presentation on “The development and initial findings of the Mothers' Milk Tool: A global tool to value the economic contribution of women through breastfeeding”. (With a conference abstract)
17. Samaniego JAR, Maramag C, Castro MC, Nguyen T, Cashin J, Zambrano P, Datu-Sanguyo J, Mathisen R. IUNS 22nd International Congress of Nutrition, IUNS 22nd International Congress of Nutrition Tokyo, Japan December 6 – 11, 2022. PAB(T9 – 49) Assessment of maternity protection policies in the Philippines and their role in creating an enabling environment for breastfeeding. (With a conference abstract)
18. Smith J, Iellamo A, Borg B, Pramono A, Nguyen TT, Mathisen R. The Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) Conference – Transformational Change for Environmental, Planetary, and Human Health, virtual and live, November 23 – 24, 2022.Oral presentation on “Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices Modify Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change”.
19. Nguyen TT. The 2022 4th Belt & Road Initiative Global Health International Congress & 2022 Health Forum of the University Alliance of the Silk Road, June 17 – 19, 2022, Xian, China and virtual. Invited speech on “Roles of health system and health workers on breast feeding practices.”
20. Nguyen TT, Cashin J, Tran HTT, Vu DH, Nandi A, Pham MT, Van NDC, Weissman A, Pham TN, Nguyen BV, Mathisen R. The American Society for Nutrition Meeting 2022, virtual, June 14 – 16, 2022. Poster presentation on “Paid maternity leave in Vietnam: Awareness, perceptions, gaps, and uptake among formally employed pregnant women and mothers of infants”. (With a conference abstract)
21. Nguyen TT, Cashin J, Tran HT, Hoang AT, Mathisen R, Murray JCS. The American Society for Nutrition Meeting 2022, virtual, June 14 – 16, 2022. Oral presentation on “Factors associated with breastfeeding practices around childbirth: a cross-sectional population-based study in Vietnam”. (With a conference abstract)
22. Samaniego, JAR, Maramag CC, Castro MC, Nguyen, Nguyen TT, Cashin J, Zambrano P, Datu-Sanguyo J, Mathisen R, Weissman A. The American Society for Nutrition Meeting 2022, virtual, June 14 – 16, 2022. Poster presentation on “Implementation and effectiveness of breastfeeding policies in the Philippines are limited by structural and individual barriers”. (With a conference abstract)
23. Phung DN, Nguyen XT, Hoang TDP, Ngo TTD, Nguyen HH, Vo HN, Phan TT, Quach KU, Phan TMN, Nguyen TDA, Nguyen TTN, Nguyen TT. Vietnam Ministry of Health and World Health Organization's National Conference on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable diseases in Vietnam, Dak Lak, Vietnam November 30, 2021. Invited speech on "Assessment of the screening, diagnosis and treatment of hypertension and diabetes at all commune health stations in Ho Chi Minh City”. (With a conference paper)
24. Hoang TT and Nguyen TT. UKAMB Virtual Forum, November 2, 2021. Invited speech on "Bereavement and Donation: Experiences from Vietnam”.
25. Nguyen TT. Webinar on Protecting, Promoting and Supporting Breastfeeding in the WHO European Region, December 2, 2021. Invite speech on “What can employers do to support breastfeeding?”
26. Nguyen TT, Darnell A, Weissman A, Cashin J, Withers M, Mathisen R, Lapping K, Mastro TD, and Frongillo EA. 51th Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, November 21 – 22, 2019. Poster presentation on "Social, economic, and political events affect gender equity in China, Nepal, and Nicaragua: A matched, interrupted time-series study". (With a conference abstract)
27. Nguyen TT, Do TC, Tran H, Israel-Ballard K, Mansen KA, Mathisen R, Ngo TKY, Nguyen QN, Nguyen TN, and Nguyen DV. Myanmar Pediatrics and Allied Medical Specialties Conference, Yangon, Myanmar, September 27 – 28, 2018. Invited speech on "Human Milk Banking: Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points".
28. Nguyen TT. Global FHI 360 Brown Bag, North Carolina, June 13, 2018. Oral presentation on "Big data - Opportunities for policy reviews & impact evaluation".
29. Nguyen TT, Darnell A, Cashin J, Weissman A, Mathisen R, Lapping K, Withers M, and Frongillo EA. American Society for Nutrition Meeting 2018, Boston, Massachusetts, June 9 – 12, 2018. Poster presentation on "National nutrition strategies that focus on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition in Southeast Asia". (With a conference abstract)
30. Kwist A, Tran H, Ballard KI, Mansen K, Nga NT, Nga NQ, Mathisen R, Nguyen TT, and Do C. HMBANA Conference, Denver, Colorado, April 16 – 17, 2018. Poster presentation on "Feeding practices among vulnerable newborns in Vietnam: A pre- and post-evaluation of integrating a human milk bank into newborn care services".
31. Nguyen TT, Lapping K, Mathisen R, Itzkowitz L, Cashin J, and Frongillo EA. International Congress of Nutrition, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 15 – 20, 2017. Poster presentation on "Effect of policy reforms on food and nutrition trends in Vietnam and Myanmar from 1960 to 2015". (With a conference abstract)
32. Tran H, et al. 4th international EMBA congress: milk banking supporting global health, Glasgow, United Kingdom, October 5 – 6, 2017. Oral presentation on " Establishing and operating Viet Nam’s first human milk bank ". (With a conference abstract)
33. Hajeebhoy N, Baker J, Sanghvi T, Nguyen P, Nguyen TT, Winnard K, Roy S, and Abebe Y. The International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation (ISRHML), Stellenbosch, South Africa, March 3 – 7, 2016. Oral presentation on "Factors required for success of large – scale breastfeeding interventions". (With a conference abstract)
34. Nguyen TT, Alayón S, Nguyen PH, Jimerson A, Hajeebhoy N, Baker J, and Frongillo EA. American Society for Nutrition Award Experimental Biology, San Diego, California, April 2 – 6, 2015. Oral presentation on "Large-scale television campaign associated with higher prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding in Vietnam". (With a conference abstract)
35. Nguyen TT, Alayón S, Nguyen PH, Hajeebhoy N, Do TC, and Frongillo EA. Experimental Biology, San Diego, California, April 2 – 6, 2015. Poster presentation on "Community support groups improved feeding practices infants and young children in remote areas in Vietnam". (With a conference abstract)
36. Nguyen P, Nguyen Q, Vuong A, Nguyen T, Ha B, Dao B, Francis C. The 12th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP12), Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 20 – 23, 2015. Oral presentation on "HIV/AIDS data management information for monitoring and evaluation and evidence-informed decision making".
37. Nguyen TT, Frongillo EA, and Hajeebhoy N. Experimental Biology, Boston, Massachusetts, March 28 – April 1, 2015. Oral presentation on "Feeding of infant formula at birth links with feeding of infant formula and discontinuation of breastfeeding in Vietnam". (With a conference abstract)
38. Nguyen TT and Hajeebhoy N. Experimental Biology, Boston, Massachusetts, March 28 – April 1, 2015. Poster presentation on "Estimates of the quality of complementary feeding among Vietnamese 6 – 23 months old varied by how commercial baby cereals were classified in 24-hour recalls". (With a conference abstract)
39. Hajeebhoy N, Nguyen TT, Nguyen PH, Mannava P, Phan LH, HTT Vu, Mathisen R, and Do PH. Experimental Biology, Boston, Massachusetts, March 28 – April 1, 2015. Oral presentation on "Protecting a woman's right to breastfeed: The extension of maternity leave in Vietnam". (With a conference abstract)
40. Nguyen PH, Kim SS, Nguyen TT, Hajeebhoy N, Tran LM, Ruel MT, Rawat R, Frongillo EA, and Menon P. Experimental Biology, Boston, Massachusetts, March 28 – April 1, 2015. Oral presentation on "Additive Effects of Interpersonal Counseling and Mass Media on Psychosocial Determinants of Exclusive Breastfeeding among Vietnamese Mothers". (With a conference abstract)
41. Tuyen LD, Do TT, Nguyen DQ, Nguyen TT, Nguyen PH, Phuong HN, Hajeebhoy N, and Mathisen R. Micronutrient Forum Global Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 2 – 6, 2014. Speech on "Introducing micronutrient indicators into Vietnam's national nutrition surveillance system".
42. Nguyen TT, Nguyen PH, Tran NT, Nguyen HV, and Hajeebhoy N. Experimental Biology, San Diego, California, April 26 – 30, 2014. Oral presentation on "Large ethnic variations in infant and young child feeding practices: An example from Vietnamese mothers". (With a conference abstract)
43. Nguyen TT, Nguyen PH, and Hajeebhoy N. Experimental Biology, San Diego, California, April 26 – 30, 2014. Oral presentation on "Determinants of the gap between breastfeeding knowledge and practices in Vietnamese mothers". (With a conference abstract)
44. Nguyen TT, Alayon A, Do TT, Ngan TT, and Hajeebhoy N. Experimental Biology, San Diego, California, April 26 – 30, 2014. Poster presentation on "Nesting a project nutrition monitoring system within a public health network: Experiences from Alive & Thrive Vietnam". (With a conference abstract)
45. Nguyen TT, Nguyen VH, Hajeebhoy N, and Phuong NH. Social Marketing and Franchising, Kochi, India, December 2013. Oral presentation on "Using data to enhance social franchise operations and quality".
46. Nguyen PH, Keithly SC, Nguyen NT, Nguyen TT, Mai LT, and Hajeebhoy N. International Congress of Nutrition, Granada, Spain, September 15 – 20, 2012. Poster presentation on "Pre-lacteal feeding practices in Vietnam: Problem and Determinant Factors". (With a conference abstract)
47. Nguyen P, Menon P, Hajeebhoy N, Nguyen TT, and Rahul R. World Breastfeeding Conference, New Delhi, India, December 6 – 9, 2012. Oral presentation on "Designing rigorous evaluations for innovative and large-scale models to improve infant and young child feeding practices: An example from Vietnam".
48. Nguyen TT, Phuong NH, Hajeebhoy N. World Breastfeeding Conference, New Delhi, India, December 6 – 9, 2012. Oral presentation on "Early and Exclusive Breastfeeding in Vietnam".
49. Hajeebhoy N, and Nguyen TT. The Mekong Health III, Hanoi, Vietnam, May 10 – 12, 2012. Speech on "Investing in Infant & Young Child Nutrition in Vietnam: Nutrition Today, Health Tomorrow".
50. Nguyen TT and Wang Y. The Obesity Society Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, October 1 – 5, 2011. Poster presentation on "Adiposity in US children and adolescents--patterns, agreement between adiposity measures based on DXA and anthropometric assessment and related ethnic differences". (With a conference abstract)
51. Lim H, Nguyen TT, Choue R, and Wang Y. The Obesity Society Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, October 1 – 5, 2011. Poster presentation on "Socioeconomic Disparities in the Composition of Metabolic Syndrome Components among Adults in South Korea". (With a conference abstract)
52. Wang Y, Lim H, Nguyen TT, and Chen X. The Obesity Society Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, October 1 – 5, 2011. Poster presentation on "Current Use of Different Body Mass Index (BMI) and Waist Circumference Cut-points across Countries: A Worldwide Perspective". (With a conference abstract)
53. Nguyen TT, Butte NF, and Wang Y. Experimental Biology, Washington DC, April 9 – 11, 2011. Poster presentation on "Demographic and socioeconomic correlates of body fatness assessed using DXA in US children and adolescents". (With a conference abstract)
54. Wang Y and Nguyen TT. Experimental Biology, Washington DC, April 9 – 11, 2011. Poster presentation on "Secular trends since the 1970s and racial/ethnic and SES disparities in linear (height) growth in US children and adolescents". (With a conference abstract)
55. Wang Y, Lim H, Nguyen TT, and Chen X. Experimental Biology, Washington DC, April 9 – 11, 2011. Poster presentation on "Use of population-specific body mass index and waist circumference cut points across countries". (With a conference abstract)
56. Nguyen TT, Butte NF, and Nicklas TA. American Society of Nutrition Experimental Biology, Anaheim, California, April 24 – 28, 2010. Oral presentation on "Determining BMI cut points based on excess percent body fat in US children and adolescents". (With a conference abstract)
57. Nguyen TT and Nicklas TA. American Society of Nutrition Experimental Biology, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 18 – 22, 2009. Poster presentation on "The CDC and IOTF cut points show inconsistent prevalence of underweight and overweight in Chinese, Indonesian, and Vietnamese children". (With a conference abstract)
58. Nguyen TT and Popkin BM. American Society of Nutrition Experimental Biology, San Diego, California, April 5 – 9, 2008. Oral and poster presentation on "Longitudinal association between waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio and incidence of hypertension among Chinese adults". (With a conference abstract)
59. Nguyen TT, Tuong PD, and Popkin BM. The 7th East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 14 – 16, 2008. Oral presentation on "Smoking among 18 – 65-year-old Vietnamese men and its health consequence.
60. Nguyen TT and Popkin BM. The Obesity Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 20 – 24, 2007. Poster presentation on "Waist circumference does not add to the prediction of hypertension by body mass index among the 18 – 65-year-old Chinese adults". (With a conference abstract)
61. Nguyen TT, Tuong PD, and Popkin BM. American Society of Nutrition Experimental Biology, Washington DC, April 28 – May 2, 2007. Oral presentation on "The body mass index - hypertension relationship in Vietnamese: Normal BMI is linked with elevated risk". (With a conference abstract)
62. Nguyen TT, Tuong PD, and Popkin BM. The 6th East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 15 – 17, 2007. Oral presentation on "Nutrition dynamics in Vietnam: Effects of rapid socio-economic growth".
63. Nguyen TT, Tuong PD, and Popkin BM. American Society of Nutrition Experimental Biology, San Francisco, California, April 1 – 5, 2006. Poster presentation on "Rapid socio-economic changes and BMI dynamics in Vietnam". (With a conference abstract)
64. Nguyen TT and Tuong PD. ASEAN Food Conference 8th, Hanoi, Vietnam, October 8 – 11, 2003. Poster presentation on "Soymilk supplementation speed up the weight and length increment of 6 – 24 month-old children: The Vietnam study". (With a conference paper)
65. Nguyen TT, Karyadi D, and Tuong PD. The National Scientific and Technology Competition Among Young Medical Scientists from all Medical Pharmacological, Dental and Public Health Universities in Vietnam, Can Tho, Vietnam, May 2002. Oral presentation on "Soy-yogurt supplementation for the prevention of diarrhea among 6 – 24 month-olds".
66. Nguyen TT, Karyadi D, and Tuong PD. Malnutrition and Diarrhea Conference (CAPGAN), Darwin, Australia, April 26 – 28, 2001. Poster presentation on "Soy-yogurt Supplementation for the prevention of Diarrhea among 6 – 24 month-olds”. (With a conference abstract)