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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS
Assistant Professor
Tung Pham, MD, MPH, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor
Tung Pham, MD, MPH, MSc, PhD
Dr. Tung holds an MD from HMU (2015) and an MPH from Johns Hopkins (2017, sponsored by the Vietnam Education Foundation), with a focus on global cancer epidemiology and prevention. After returning to Vietnam and working at Hanoi Medical University for 2 years, he pursued dual degrees at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: a Ph.D. in Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention and an MSc in Biostatistics. At Harvard, Dr. Tung served as Lead Teaching Fellow, Lead Statistical Consultant, and Curriculum Fellow for the Master of Public Health in Epidemiology (MPH-EPI) program. His accolades include the Excellence in Teaching Award, Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvey Fineberg Fellowship in Cancer Prevention, and David H. Peipers Fellowship. His research interests span cancer prevention strategies in low-resource settings, gene-environment interactions, cancer risk, mental health, and medical education.
Assistant Professor
Linh Bui, MD, MPH, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor
Linh Bui, MD, MPH, MSc, PhD
Dr. Linh earned a medical degree at Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam in 2015. She completed the Master of Public Health program at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2017, fully funded by the Vietnam Education Foundation. She returned to Vietnam to work at Hanoi University of Public Health for two years in different international research projects. She then came back to the US to obtain three degrees from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: a PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology, a MSc in Epidemiology, and a MSc in Biostatistics. Her research interests lie in the effect of modifiable lifestyle factors such as sustainable diet patterns and physical activity on the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases such as obesity, cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases. She has published about 25 papers on peer-reviewed journals including the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Lancet Planetary Health, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and the International Journal of Cancer.
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
Research Assistant
Cham Nguyen, MD, MSC
Research Assistant
Cham Nguyen, MD, MSC
I am a medical doctor with training in preventive medicine and public health. I hold a Master’s degree in Public Health from South Korea, where I developed a strong foundation in epidemiology, biostatistics, and health systems. I am currently involved in research activities at VinUniversity, contributing to projects in public health and environmental health. My work focuses on understanding how environmental exposures and population-level factors influence disease burden and health outcomes, with an emphasis on generating evidence to inform prevention strategies and public health policy. My research interests include environmental health, infectious disease epidemiology, and the application of data-driven approaches to population health. I am particularly interested in working with real-world data, addressing challenges such as missing data and bias, and applying analytical methods to better understand health risks in low- and middle-income countries. I am committed to advancing evidence-based public health research and contributing to interdisciplinary collaborations that aim to improve health outcomes at both national and global levels.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Thao Tran, MPH, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Thao Tran, MPH, PhD
Dr. Thao is a public health researcher with expertise in cancer prevention and tobacco control. She received her Ph.D. in Public Health from the National Cancer Center – Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy in South Korea in 2022. Her research has focused on the association between behavioral risk factors (e.g., tobacco use, alcohol drinking, sedentary lifestyle, and overweight & obesity), chronic diseases (e.g., chronic pancreatitis, alcoholic liver diseases) and cancer outcomes. Since 2019, she has worked as a Research Associate at the Hanoi University of Public Health, where her work has centered on tobacco control policies and interventions in Vietnam. During 2023–2024, she further advanced her expertise in global tobacco research through a postdoctoral fellowship at Georgia State University School of Public Health. To date, she has authored and co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed publications.
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Research Assistant
Nguyet Duong, MD
Research Assistant
Nguyet Duong, MD
Nguyet Duong is a research assistant with an academic background in health sciences and a strong interest in public health and epidemiological research. Her research interests include cardiovascular disease, population health, disease burden, and the impact of behavioral, metabolic, and environmental risk factors on health outcomes. She has experience working with epidemiological data and contributing to research projects involving the analysis and interpretation of population-level health data. Her key achievements include contributing to research on the burden of cardiovascular disease in Vietnam and supporting academic research activities, including data analysis, manuscript preparation, and research coordination.
Research Assistant
Nguyet Truong, MD
Research Assistant
Nguyet Truong, MD
Truong Thi Anh Nguyet earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Danang, School of Medicine and Pharmacy. She has a strong interest in investigating risk factors for non-communicable diseases and exploring the epidemiology of cancer. During her time at university, she actively participated in some epidemiological and public health research projects, including studies on knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding HPV and HPV vaccination, as well as mental health among university students.
Research Assistant
Thao Anh Hoang, MPH
Research Assistant
Thao Anh Hoang, MPH
Public health professional with 7 years of experience in health systems research, health economics, policy translation and scientific communication across NCD prevention, cardiometabolic health, HTA, COVID-19 response and health professions education. Demonstrated capacity for multi-stakeholder engagement, cross-institutional project management, evidence-informed policy dialogue and knowledge generation for government, academic and international development audiences. Currently leading health systems and population health research programmes at VinUniversity. Holds a Master of Public Health (University of Edinburgh, UK) and a Bachelor of Sciences in European Public Health (Maastricht University, The Netherlands).
Research Assistant
Huong Bui, MPH
Research Assistant
Huong Bui, MPH
I am a public health researcher with a bachelor’s degree in Public Health from Hanoi Medical University and a Master of Public Health from Hanoi University of Public Health, where I graduated with a Very Good classification and received merit scholarships for ranking among the top 10% of students in every semester. I later completed an MPH with Distinction at Umeå University, Sweden, supported by the full Erling-Persson Scholarship. My research interests include health economics, health technology assessment, economic evaluation, health equity, and the implementation of healthcare interventions in resource-limited settings. My achievements also include the City-level “Student with Five Merits” Award and several other academic scholarships.
Research Assistant
Ngoc Anh Tran, MSC
Research Assistant
Ngoc Anh Tran, MSC
Ngoc Anh Tran is a public and global health researcher with a Master’s in Global Health from the University of Gothenburg and a Bachelor’s in European Public Health from Maastricht University. Her research interests include epidemiology, health equity, disease prevention, and implementation science. She has experience in qualitative research, data analysis, and scientific writing, with current research focusing on climate change adaptation, vaccination attitudes, and population health interventions in Vietnam.
Research Assistant
Duy Vu, MD
Research Assistant
Duy Vu, MD
Kim-Duy Vu, MD, is an epidemiologist and research assistant based in Hanoi, Vietnam. He earned his MD in Preventive Medicine from Hanoi Medical University in 2023. His research focuses on cancer epidemiology, infection-related cancers, HIV/STIs, and the health of underserved populations.
He previously worked at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, managing HIV surveillance data and supporting data quality assurance across northern Vietnam. His methodological expertise includes statistical analysis, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, large-scale secondary data analysis, research data management, and data quality assurance. He has co-authored 15 peer-reviewed publications and received a Ministry of Health certificate of merit for contributions to COVID-19 control. His long-term research interest is Vietnam’s double burden of communicable and noncommunicable diseases, particularly infection-related cancers.
Research Assistant
Cham Nguyen, MD, MSC
Research Assistant
Cham Nguyen, MD, MSC
I am a medical doctor with training in preventive medicine and public health. I hold a Master’s degree in Public Health from South Korea, where I developed a strong foundation in epidemiology, biostatistics, and health systems. I am currently involved in research activities at VinUniversity, contributing to projects in public health and environmental health. My work focuses on understanding how environmental exposures and population-level factors influence disease burden and health outcomes, with an emphasis on generating evidence to inform prevention strategies and public health policy. My research interests include environmental health, infectious disease epidemiology, and the application of data-driven approaches to population health. I am particularly interested in working with real-world data, addressing challenges such as missing data and bias, and applying analytical methods to better understand health risks in low- and middle-income countries. I am committed to advancing evidence-based public health research and contributing to interdisciplinary collaborations that aim to improve health outcomes at both national and global levels.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Thao Tran, MPH, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Thao Tran, MPH, PhD
Dr. Thao is a public health researcher with expertise in cancer prevention and tobacco control. She received her Ph.D. in Public Health from the National Cancer Center – Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy in South Korea in 2022. Her research has focused on the association between behavioral risk factors (e.g., tobacco use, alcohol drinking, sedentary lifestyle, and overweight & obesity), chronic diseases (e.g., chronic pancreatitis, alcoholic liver diseases) and cancer outcomes. Since 2019, she has worked as a Research Associate at the Hanoi University of Public Health, where her work has centered on tobacco control policies and interventions in Vietnam. During 2023–2024, she further advanced her expertise in global tobacco research through a postdoctoral fellowship at Georgia State University School of Public Health. To date, she has authored and co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed publications.
PARTNERS
PARTNERS
Assistant Professor
Mikhail Spektor, PhD
Assistant Professor
Mikhail Spektor, PhD
Mikhail Spektor holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Basel and B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in psychology from the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Before joining VinUniversity, he was an assistant professor at the University of Warwick, UK, and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain, and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Freiburg, Germany. His main line of research concerns the psychological processes underlying human decision making. He relies on formal computational models and combines them with evidence from behavioral experiments, psychophysiological recordings, and real-world observational data to obtain a comprehensive understanding of how people process information and make choices in a variety of situations. His research has been published in leading international peer-reviewed journals such as PNAS, Psychological Review, Psychological Science, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, and Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.
Research Associate
Stefan Gillot, MD, MSc
Research Associate
Stefan Gillot, MD, MSc
Dr Stefan Gillott is an environmental data scientist with over a decade of experience working with low-cost sensors and air pollution within academia and industry. His expertise spans laboratory and field air quality research using low-cost sensors, applied AI and machine learning. He is now a Research Fellow in AI/Machine learning at VinUniversity researching air pollution, low-cost environmental sensors and new methods to sense the exosome using AI. He wants to understand human environmental exposures using novel technologies to push what is currently capable. Before his current role, Stefan held senior industry roles as Lead Data Scientist at Dyson and Principal Data and Sensor Scientist at EarthSense. At Dyson, he led computer vision and connected sensor analytics across the company's global air purifier and wearable product lines. He worked with interdisciplinary teams spanning embedded, cloud, data, and app engineering, specialising in rapid proof-of-concept delivery and guiding research from exploratory work through to product integration. At EarthSense, his role centred on evaluating the company's existing sensor development and helping shape its broader research and data strategy.
He completed his PhD at Imperial College London's Environmental Research Group, focusing on the characterisation and enhancement of low-cost aerosol sensors in urban environments. He specialised in sensor co-location studies at London's atmospheric measurement supersites, applying machine learning to high-resolution aerosol chemistry measurements to disentangle how aerosol physicochemical properties affect low-cost sensors. He helped calibrate and evaluate the Breathe London network, one of the world's flagship urban air-quality sensor initiatives, and assessed the transferability of intercity sensor correction algorithms, deploying low-cost sensors in a range of environments from the London Underground to Borneo, Indonesia. He also contributed to a DEFRA policy review evaluating the impact of electric vehicles on air quality. Before his PhD, he completed internships at the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories (University of York), investigating electrochemical gas sensor cross-sensitivities and assessing air-quality impacts from hydraulic fracturing.
COLLABORATORS
COLLABORATORS
Research Associate
Linh Ha, MD, MSc
Research Associate
Linh Ha, MD, MSc
I graduated from Hanoi Medical University, where I began my research career as one of the first Research Assistants working with Dr. Tung Pham. During this time, I contributed to the first study estimating the population attributable fractions of cancer associated with lifestyle risk factors in Vietnam, which provided a methodological foundation for subsequent research projects within the group. I later moved to Belgium to pursue a Master’s degree in Epidemiology at the University of Antwerp and continued my research career there. My research interests include cancer epidemiology, real-world evidence, and the application of epidemiological methods to cancer prevention and outcomes research.
My collaboration with Dr. Tung Pham has continued beyond my time at Hanoi Medical University, and I remain involved in the group’s research activities, contributing remotely from Belgium.
Research Associate
Huy Do, MD, MSc
Research Associate
Huy Do, MD, MSc
Dr. Do Duc Huy earned his M.D. in Preventive Medicine from Hanoi Medical University in 2021 and a Master’s in Epidemiology in 2023 through a joint program between Hanoi Medical University and the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. From 2022 to 2024, he worked as a Research Assistant at the Center for Training and Research on Substance Abuse – HIV at Hanoi Medical University. His research interests span public health, epidemiology, big data, and machine learning. He has contributed to three state-level studies and a clinical trial funded by the NIH. At this current lab, Dr. Huy serves as the primary coder and data analyst. He is recognized for his strong data management skills, dedication to self-learning, and eagerness to expand his expertise.
Research Associate
Vy Nguyen, MPH
Research Associate
Vy Nguyen, MPH
Nguyen Thi Tuong Vy earned her Bachelor of Public Health from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City. She recently completed her Master of Public Health at the International University of Health and Welfare, Japan, supported by a full scholarship. Her research focuses on environmental health, with a particular interest in air quality, climate change, and the health impacts of extreme weather. She has contributed to studies on heatwave-related hospitalizations in Vietnam, children’s exposure to PM2.5, and heat-mortality related to Heat Health Action Plans in Australia, with publications in prestigious journals such as Environmental Research, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, and the Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
Research Associate
Thuy Bui, MD, MSc
Research Associate
Thuy Bui, MD, MSc
Thuy Thanh Bui holds Master’s degree in Epidemiology from the University of Antwerp, Belgium (2025), fully funded by VLIR-UOS Scholarship, and Doctor of Preventive Medicine from Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam (2020). Her research focuses on public health issues including mental health, chronic diseases, health behavior, health inequalities, and implementation science, with a particular emphasis on vulnerable populations. She has authored or co-authored ten peer-reviewed publications in international and domestic journals, addressing topics such as COVID-19, HIV, HPV, and the mental health of healthcare workers and high-risk groups. She has contributed to diverse research initiatives, ranging from analyzing longitudinal national survey data on anxiety and depression in Belgium to evaluating the immunogenicity of HPV vaccination among female sex workers in Vietnam. Her achievements include securing a competitive research grant from the South Asia Field Epidemiology and Technology Network (SAFETYNET) and presenting her work at the National Science Conference on Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS in Vietnam. In addition, she has coordinated epidemiology training programs for health professionals in Northern Vietnam in collaboration with the US CDC and the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology. She has also facilitated international collaborations between Belgian and Vietnamese institutions, focusing on student exchange and academic partnership initiatives.
Research Associate
Dung Nguyen, MD, MSC
Research Associate
Dung Nguyen, MD, MSC
Phuong Dung Nguyen holds a Doctor of Preventive Medicine from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City (2023) and a Master of Epidemiology from Western Sydney University (2026, with Distinction). Her work focuses on cancer epidemiology, population-level data analysis, and health services research, with expertise in age–period–cohort modeling and national registry data. She has contributed to multiple research projects in Vietnam and Australia and has published as both first and co-author in peer-reviewed journals.
Research Associate
Dung Ho, MD, MSC
Research Associate
Dung Ho, MD, MSC
After completing a medical degree in preventive medicine at Hanoi Medical University, I pursued an MSc in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine as a Chevening Scholar in 2023. I will soon start a PhD in Cancer Sciences at the University of Manchester, aiming to become an expert in using real-world data to understand why cancer occurs, how to control it, and how to improve cancer outcomes.
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