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Dr. Dinh Thi Thanh Thuy is a committed researcher and study coordinator; she earned her PhD in 2022 from Hanoi Medical University and has an extensive background in HIV and substance use. She has worked as a project director, ethnographer, and intervention provider for multiple research projects related to vulnerable populations. She has a strong record of publications as a first author and co-author, and recently presented at CPDD 83rd Annual Scientific Meeting (NIDA International Forum). Her desired research project is understanding the situation of violence among women living with HIV in Vietnam.
Dr. Tran Van Dinh is a senior researcher in the Department of Non-Communicable Disease Control and Prevention – National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Vietnam. He received his PhD in Public Health in 2018 from Curtin University, Western Australia. He has more than 16 years of experience working in the field of public health research in different research topics, both qualitatively and quantitatively, and was awarded several prestigious scholarships such international Postgraduate Research Scholarship. His research project focuses on determinants of child marriage among girls in an ethnic minority in Vietnam.
Dr. Trung Tran Dinh is a physician in his home country of Vietnam who graduated from Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy and a current PhD student studying public health. Dr. Trung Tran Dinh is a lecturer in the department of Epidemiology-Statistics Public Health where he instructs undergraduate and graduate students in epidemiology, research methods, principles of public health, preventative medicine, and family medicine. He has an extensive publication record with research interests including domestic violence and maternal wellbeing, public health, and preventive medicine. His research project is explaining the association between domestic violence and postpartum depression among new mothers in central Vietnam”. 
Dr. Nguyen Le Hoai Anh is a graduate of University of Social Sciences and Humanities with her PhD in 2020, she is the current head of the Basic Social Work Department at Hanoi National University of Education; teaching subjects for bachelor students including gender and development, sociology, research methods in social work, social work with LGBT people, social work in preventing social evils and crime, and social work with substance users. She has multiple publications and authorships and an extensive research background. Most recently, she collaborated with CCIHP as lead researcher strengthening capacity for commune levels to prepare for and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam. Her project focuses on understanding dating violence among female students in Hanoi.
Dr. Hoa Hong Nguyen is a lecturer of the Faculty of Public health of the UMP since 2004. She has taught and conducted research for multiple health studies, receiving her PhD from University of Tasmania, Australia in 2021, she was accepted into the D43 VISA Fellowship between the University of North Carolina and Hanoi Medical University. She was one of two principal supervisors of the WHO survey relating to community neonatal tetanus mortality at Binh Phuoc Province, and is currently working on the Screen, Treat and Retain Meth-Using People with Opioid Use Disorders at MMT Clinics (STAR-OM, R01DA050486). Her project focus is what is the effectiveness of safe campus intervention in Vietnam.Get to know our inaugural CONVERGE cohort!
Dr. Tran Thi Kim Tu is a member of the faculty of Public Health at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, where she received her doctorate in Preventative Medicine. She is a recent PhD graduate of Queens University in Belfast, UK. Her body of research covers health systems strengthening, eHealth interventions, and liver cancer epidemiology. In her role as faculty at Ho Chi Minh City, she has been instrumental in developing e-learning courses for epidemiology students. Her proposed research with CONVERGE is focused on sexual misconduct among high school students.
Dr. Pham Quang Loc is a data manager and research scientist at the Center for Research and Training on Substance Abuse – HIV, Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam. He received his PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles and his doctorate in preventative medicine from Hanoi Medical University. His research expertise includes interventions for people who inject drugs, people living with HIV/AIDS, and health systems strengthening. His proposed research with CONVERGE involves violence and adherence to PrEP care among men who have sex with men.
Dr. Hoang Thi Giang is a member of the faculty of Public Health at the Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy, where she received her PhD in Public Health. She serves as Principal Investigator for the DRIVE-COVID study, which seeks to assess the impact of recent lockdown measures on risk behaviors and access to care for people who inject drugs. She has published extensively in English and Vietnamese on topics ranging from care for people who inject drugs to the effects of environmental pollutants on children’s health to job-related strain among nurses. Her proposed research with CONVERGE involves violence against female sex workers in Vietnam.
Dr. Chu Khac Tan received his medical doctorate from Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy, where he now serves as a faculty member in the Department of Epidemiology. He received his MPH and PhD from Curtin University in Australia. Dr. Chu has published extensively in the area of maternal and child health in both regional and international journals. In addition to his research and teaching work, he has supervised large national health surveys in Vietnam. His proposed research with CONVERGE involves violence against children and parents’ mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.