Qualifications
- DPhil in Clinical Medicine (Doctor of Philosophy) University of Oxford,
Linacre College, currently enrolled
- Pediatric Residency (Pediatrics Resident Physician. Children’s Hospital
1. HCMC) University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh city, 2015-2018
- MSc (Master in Medical Science) University of Medicine and Pharmacy at
Ho Chi Minh city, 2016-2017
- MD (Doctor of Medicine) University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi
Minh city, 2009-2015
Honours, awards and grants
- Oxford Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) Studentship Prize for the project:
“Clinical, epidemiology and etiology of pediatric encephalitis in southern
Vietnam”
- Nuffield Department of Medicine Tropical Network Fund, University of
Oxford
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Grant application for the study of
encephalitis using next generation sequencing.
Key responsibilities
- Department of Pediatrics
- Lecturer
- Clinical instructor
- PBL Tutor
- Clinical skill examiner
- Teaching Groups
- Module moderator
- Scientific Research 1&2
- PBL core team member
- PBL tutor
- The Module of: Cardiovascular system, Respiratory system, Digestive
system, Neurologic system, Urologic system, Endocrinal system,
Musculoskeletal system.
- Lecturer
- First-aid Module
Teaching
- Lecturer
- Clinical instructor
- PBL tutor
Research Interests
- Clinical features, epidemiology and causes of Central nervous system
infection in children (meningitis, encephalitis…)
- Application of metagenomics Next Generation Sequencing in diagnosis
encephalitis etiologies/CNS infections etiologies
- Characteristics of Autoimmune encephalitis; NMDAR encephalitis in
children
Lab work
- mNGS (metagenomics Next Generation Sequencing) application to unravel
encephalitis etiologies
Professional engagement
Mrs. Nguyen Hoang Thien Huong had worked at School of Medicine, Vietnam
National University from 2018 to 2021 with her main roles as follow:
- 2018-2021: Lecturer, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
- Teaching subject: Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) knowledge and clinical
skills, PBL tutor in various Modules, PBL core team member.
- Research subject: Central nervous system infection in children (Escherichia
coli meningitis), Encephalitis in children (application of Sequencing,
autoimmune encephalitis)
