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Academic experiences
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Principle investigator
of the first module of research project on Adolescent Health and its
Antecedents among an urbanized population of Vietnamese
youth: a longitudinal study in Chililab, Hai Duong
province, Vietnam (on going activity)
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Principle investigator
of the research project on Pilot Audio-Computer
Assisted Self-Interview on Adolescent Health in Gialam
District, Hanoi.
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Researcher/Demographer
of the project on Demographic Epidemiologic
Surveillance System at Chi Linh district – Hai Duong
province (Chililab). Responsible for research instruments development and
demographic surveillance questionnaire design, team member for software
development for demographic and statistical data analysis.
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Program Officer
of the project “Strengthen Public Health Capacity for
HIV Prevention and Care Activities in Vietnam”
(supported by
CDC / Global AIDS Program – US Government ;
CDC’s announcement # 04283), in charge of Data Management
of HIV Surveillance system. (on going activity)
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Key coordinator
of the project “Social
science fellowships for doctoral study in Medical
Sociology, Health Economics and Medical Anthropology”, supported by
Ford
Foundation, in collaboration with
Center for Educational Exchanges with Vietnam. (on going activity)
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Key facilitator
of Bachelor of Public Health curriculum development group
– HSPH, from 2001 to 2004. Development team member of
modules on for Demography, Medical Anthropology,
Qualitative Methods, Biostatistics and Data Analysis,
Reproductive Health, Injury Epidemiology for the new
curriculum of Bachelor of Public Health (BPH) training in
Hanoi School of Public Health.
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Key coordinator
of the project “Strengthening Social Sciences and
Reproductive Health Training and Research Capacity at
Hanoi School of Public Health”, supported by
Ford
Foundation. (on going activity)
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Key researcher
of the Center for Injury Policy and Prevention Research (CIPPR)
- Hanoi School of Public Health, from April 2002 to
present. Prior to the establishment of the CIPPR, worked
as the key researcher of the Vietnam Multi-center Injury
Survey - VMIS (conducted in Vietnam in August-October
2001, and June 2002), responsible for sampling design and
weighting scheme, statistical and demographic data
analysis.
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Key member
of
Information Technology group - Hanoi School of Public
Health. (1999-2002)
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Head
of Field Training Coordination Office (FTC) – Hanoi School
of Public Health from November 2000 to November 2001.
Member of this office from August 1998 to 2005. Key
responsibilities: supervisor and coordinator of field
research activities of students in master of public health
training program, short training courses for health
professionals programs and distance learning courses.
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Head
of Dept. of Demography, from 2001 to present. Thesis
advisor of MPH student (from May 2003 to present).
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Visiting lecturer
in different courses on: Basic computer skills,
Biostatistics, Data analysis using SPSS and STATA
software; Injury Epidemiology, etc. (August 1996 to
present).
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Member
of the Community Health Research Unit (CHRU) - Hanoi
University of Medicine,
worked with several domestic and international
organizations in Vietnam (Oxfam Hong Kong, Oxfam Belgium,
Danish Red Cross, etc.), August 1995 to August 1996.
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Other position held |
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Member
of Council of Scientific Research and Education – HSPH,
December 2002 to present.
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Head,
Dept. of
Graduate Education (since September 2005).
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Vice Head,
Dept. of
Scientific Research and International Cooperation - HSPH,
November 2001 to September 2005.
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Member,
Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Research Ethical
Review of HSPH - registered with U.S. Dept. of Health
and Human Services -
IORG number 0003239 (since 2003), FWA number
FWA00009326.
Chair
of this IRB for the term from 2003-2007.
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Consultancy |
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Consultant
for
Ministry of Health of Vietnam for the national
research project “Survey
Assessment of Vietnamese Youth (SAVY)”, in
charge of the Policy Brief on Violence, Injury and
Morbidity of Youth in Vietnam, June 2004 to present.
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Consultant
for
Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF), member of
the panel on Public Health for the interview and
screening of the master and doctoral applicants for
VEF-sponsored scholarships, January 2004.
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Consultant
on
study design and data analysis, Beijing
Injury Survey - China, August – September 2003.
Sponsored by
The Alliance for Safe Children (TASC)
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Consultant
on
study design and data analysis, Philippines
National Injury Survey, July 2003. Sponsored by
The Alliance for Safe Children
(TASC)
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Consultant
on Population and Reproductive health, “Policy
Communications Workshop”, HSPH, June 2002
(collaborated with
Population Reference Bureau, project supported
by Ford Foundation).
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Selected workshops, conferences |
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- 39th APACPH
Conference, November 2007, Tokyo, Japan. (two papers
presented)
- 3rd SEAPHEIN Annual
Meeting, Indian Institute of Health Management
Research (IIHMR) in Jaipur, India, September, 2007.
Presented a paper entitled “The Hanoi School of
Public Health and public health training - the way
forward to make a difference.”
- Understanding Health
and Population Over Times: Strengthening Capacity in
Longitudinal Data Collection and Analysis in Asia
and the Pacific Region, Bangkok, Thailand, 2007.
Presented paper entitled “The First Longitudinal
Study on Adolescent Health in an Urbanized Area in
Vietnam: Chililab Approach.”
- HIV Implementers
Conference 2007, Kigali, Rwanda, June 2007.
- President’s
Emergency Plan for AID Relief 2006 Health Management
Information Systems Conference, Maputo, Mozambique,
April 2006.
- 37th APACPH
Conference in Conjunction with 2005 Asia Pacific
Health Forum (2005 APACPH & APHF), November 2005,
Taipei, Taiwan. Presented a paper entitled
“Intentional injury in Vietnamese adolescents and
youth: First national survey.” - Honored Young
Researcher Scholarship Award.
- “An International
Network of Fields Sites with Continuous Demographic
Evaluation of Populations and Their Health in
Developing Countries”. Jogjakarta, Indonesia, August
2004.
- 7th World
Conferences on Injury Prevention and Safety
Promotion. Vienna, Austria, June 2004. Presented a
paper entitled “Burden of Injury in Vietnam:
First National Injury Survey”
- 13th International
Conference on Safe Communities. Prague, Czech, June
2004.
- Annual Meeting of
the Population Association of America. Boston, the
United States, 2004.
- “Planning Meeting
for Pilot testing of the TEACH-VIP Injury Prevention
Curriculum”. Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm,
Sweden, January 2004.
- “Vietnam Emergency
Medical Services Conference – 2003”. Hanoi, October
2003. Sponsored by Counterpart International and
Hanoi Department of Health Services. (Key note
speaker).
- “1st Asia-Pacific
Injury Prevention Conference & 6th National
(Australian) Conference on Injury Prevention and
Control”, Perth, Western Australia, 16-18 March
2003. (Key note speaker).
- “Building Leading
Science and Training Programs in Population and
Reproductive Health”, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School
of Public Health, Baltimore, the United States,
December 2002.
- “Family Planning in
New Worlds” - A Leadership Forum Sponsored by The
Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and
Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Center for
Communication Programs, Baltimore, the United
States, December 2002.
- American Public
Health Association – 130th Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, the United States, November 2002.
- “Road Traffic
Injuries and Health Equity Conference” – Harvard
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, the United
States, April 2002.
- “Network of Networks
meeting”, University of Washington, Seattle, the
United States, January 2002.
- “Networking for
Public Health Capacity - Africa Meeting”, University
of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa, April 2001.
- “Public Health
Schools Without Walls - Network Development: Asia
Meeting”, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical
Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India,
February 2001.
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
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Member of
Population Association of
America
Member of
Vietnam
Public Health Association
Member of
Vietnam
Association
for
Information
Processing
Member of
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
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