Dr Minh Cuong Duong
Medical Doctor (University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam)
1st Degree Specialist in Infectious Diseases (National Residency Program, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam)
Resident Physician of Infectious Disease Degree (National Residency Program, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam)
Master of Medicine (Infection and Immunity, University of Sydney, Australia)
PhD (Epidemiology, UNSW Australia)
I have been a Specialist in Infectious Diseases and an epidemiologist in Vietnam after completing the National Postgraduate Specialty Training Program in Infectious Diseases in 2011. I was one of the 12 doctors selected in 2009 by the Vietnam Ministry of Health to be trained in Global influenza prevention and pandemic preparedness project in Hong Kong. I was also deployed in response to the H1N1 influenza pandemic and other infectious disease outbreaks in Vietnam.
I undertook my Masters in Medicine (Infection and Immunity) at the University of Sydney in 2008 under the Endeavour Scholarship. In 2012, I was awarded the Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Incoming Postgraduate Award for a PhD at School of Population Health (SPH) - UNSW. My PhD was titled “The magnitude of hepatitis C and hepatitis B virus infections in chronic haemodialysis patients with end stage renal disease in a low-resource healthcare setting in Vietnam: implications for infection control”. I was awarded the 'PhD Prize for Best Thesis' from SPH. And my thesis was submitted to Vietnam Ministry of Health as requested to enable the infection control policy. I am continuing to expand my PhD research project and conducting other epidemiological/clinical research projects with a focus on prevalent diseases in the low-resource countries such HBV, HCV, and malaria.
My expertise includes epidemiology, research methodology, clinical medicine and prevention and control of infectious diseases. I was a Sessional Lecturer at the Australian Catholic University in 2016. I was also a private tutor for PHCM9498 Epidemiology & Statistics between 2012 and 2017 and has joined SPH in Semester 2 2017 as an Academic. In 2018, I was appointed by the World Health Organization as their consultant on the national response to viral hepatitis in hemodialysis facilities in Vietnam as well as was awarded the "SPH Young Investigator Award". I was awarded the "SPH Early Career Teaching Award" in 2019 and the "STAR Professor A. Noam Chomsky Rising Star Emerging Scholar Achievement Award" in 2023. My current teaching responsibilities include: Convenor PHCM2001 Epidemiology and Co-convenor PHCM9784 Communicable Disease Control in Global Health.
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
Improving health and well-being of frontline healthcare workers and health students involved in the control of COVID-19 in Vietnam, 2022 Australian Alumni Grants Fund, Australian Government, AUD$15,750
Improving the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Vietnam. 2020 Australian Alumni Grants Fund, Australian Government, AUD$15,500
Fighting anti-malarial drug resistance and malaria-related disability in Vietnam. 2019 Australian Alumni Grants Fund, Australian Government, AUD$10,000
Health security and anti-malarial resistance surveillance strengthening (Vietnam). 2018 HTD project [# RG AAFHS36], DFAT, Australian Government, AUD $13,000.
Examining the burden of occult HBV infection in Vietnam. 2018 GSF grant of SPH, UNSW Australia, AUD$5,000
Korean Society of Nephrology (KSN) 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting Travel Grant, USD$1,500
STAR Professor A. Noam Chomsky Rising Star Emerging Scholar Achievement Award, 2023
SPH Early Career Teaching Award, 2019
Annual Scientific Meeting of the Malaysian Society of Gastroenterology & Hepatology (MSGM) Second Prize for The Best Poster Award, 2019
SPH Young Investigator Award, 2018
SPH PhD Prize for Best Thesis, 2017
Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) - Council Award for Best Poster, 2014
Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Incoming Postgraduate Award, 2012-2016
Endeavour Award, 2008
I have been working on two research methodological foci: (1) pragmatic adaption of existing methods in treatment, prevention and control of infectious diseases for low-resource settings; and (2) assessments of methods for translating interventions conducted in controlled settings into feasible, real-world actions. My research focuses on both the community and the disadvantaged and marginalised populations such as chronic haemodialysis populations.
In the media
'It's like cancelling Christmas': Chinese community to celebrate amid coronavirus fears. The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/it-s-like-cancelling-christmas-chinese-community-to-celebrate-amid-coronavirus-fears-20200124-p53ue0.html
Austria and Denmark are planning to lift their coronavirus lockdowns. But experts say easing measures too early might bring the virus back worse than before. Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.com.au/austria-denmark-lifting-coronavirus-lockdown-experts-warn-flare-up-2020-4?r=US&IR=T
Lessons from Vietnam’s COVID-19 victories. East Asia Forum. https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/04/21/lessons-from-vietnams-covid-19-victories/
Managing COVID-19 transmissions in post-lockdown China. East Asia Forum. https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/05/19/managing-covid-19-transmissions-in-post-lockdown-china/
Mass masking and Vietnam’s COVID-19 success. East Asia Forum. https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/10/23/mass-masking-and-vietnams-covid-19-success/
The impacts of COVID-19 and ways to move forward. East Asia Forum. https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/06/09/the-impacts-of-covid-19-on-vietnam-and-ways-to-move-forward/
Membership
- 2017 – present, Member, Australasian Epidemiological Association (AEA)
- 2015 – 2019, Member International Society of Nephrology (ISN)
- 2014 – present, Member, Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID)
- 2009 – present, Member, Australia Awards Alumni Network
My Teaching
My teaching interests include epidemiology, research methodology, and prevention and control of infectious diseases. My current teaching responsibilities include: Convenor PHCM2001 Epidemiology, Co-convenor PHCM9784 Communicable Disease Control in Global Health.