Dr. Huy Nguyen
Centre Statistician/Bioinformatician
Campus
Biography
Dr Huy Nguyen is a clinical doctor with advanced training (MSc, PhD) in biostatistics, epidemiology, data science, research methods and public health. He has held academic positions at Hanoi Medical University since 1998, St Luke’s International University (2019–2021), the University of Adelaide (2020–2021), Griffith University (2022), and is currently at Federation University Australia (since 2021), where he serves as a research fellow and biostatistician.
Huy’s research focuses on the design and analysis of clinical trials and observational studies. He develops and applies statistical methods to identify patterns, trends and associations in health data and to quantify causal effects of interventions. His expertise includes chronic/non-communicable disease epidemiology, infectious diseases, translational research and applied biostatistics.
He has contributed as co-developer, coordinator and lead biostatistician in over 30 funded projects, securing more than US$11 million. Notably, he co-developed three NIH-funded NCD projects (US$2.04 million). He is currently a research fellow and biostatistician in the THRIVE (The Healthy Regions InterVEntion) project (AU$3.6 million), which improves chronic disease prevention and management in rural and regional Victoria.
Huy has published nearly 100 peer-reviewed articles, including in The Lancet, eClinicalMedicine, and The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. He has supervised numerous undergraduate, master’s, and PhD theses.
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Qualifications
- Doctor of Medicine (majored in Pediatrics), Thainguyen and Hanoi Medical University
- Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages (majored in English), University of Languages and International Studies
- Master of Health and International Development (majored in Statistics and Research Methods), Flinders University
- PhD (majored in Statistical Modelling and Epidemiology), QUT
- Certificates in Health Economics (London School of Health and Tropical Medicine & University of York), Bioinformatics (Statistical Horizons, University of Colorado Boulder & University of Cambridge) and Data Science (DataMites).
Areas of interest
- Statistical methods (Bayesian Statistics, Frequentist Statistics, Machine learning, Spatio-Temporal Analyses, Health Economic Evaluations)
- Chronic/non-communicable diseases
- Infectious diseases
- Health policy
- Healthcare system
- Mental health and wellbeing
Grants
- 2021–2026: mHealth Messaging to Motivate Quitline use and Quitting among Persons Living With HIV in Vietnam (M2Q2-HIV) (grant number: 1 U01 CA261604-01/NIH).
- 2012–2024: Building Institutional Capacity for Program Evaluation and Health System Strengthening to support HIV Care, Treatment and Prevention in Vietnam funded by CDC Atlanta, USA (grant number: 1U2GGH000794-01)
- 2019–2024: Training Program for Strengthening Research Capacity in Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) in Vietnam (TSORC-NCDs-VN), funded by NIH, USA (grant number: 1D43TW011394-01/NIH).
- 2017–2018: Plan for Strengthening Research and Training in Non-Communicable Diseases in Vietnam (PSORT-NCDs-VN)”; funded by NIH, USA (grant number: 1D71TW010872-01).
Awards
- 2024: Library Open Access Award (Federation University Australia)
- 2012: Outstanding Academic Award (QUT), and nominated as Outstanding PhD Thesis Award across Australia
- 2010–2011: Significant Scientific Research Award (Hanoi City)
- 2009–2010: Academic Excellence Award (Vietnam Ministry of Health)
- 2008: Australian Leadership Award (AusAID)
- 2005: Tobacco Control Research Initiative Award (Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance)
- 2003: Australian Development Scholarship Award (AusAID).
Current
- PhD student, Federation University, ‘An Exploration of The Interconnections Between Chronic Physical and Mental Health Conditions, Health-Related Behaviours, and Parenting an Autistic Child’, co-supervisor.
- PhD student, Federation University, ‘Motivational interviewing and behaviour change for chronic disease management in rural and regional Australia’, co-supervisor.
- PhD student, Federation University, ‘Omics profiling in cross-ancestry cardiovascular disease prediction and predictive utility of polygenic risk scores in Australian populations’, co-supervisor.
- PhD student, Federation University, ‘Interventions to reduce gambling harm in autistic adults & adults with ADHD’, co-supervisor.
- PhD student, The University of Queensland, ‘Economic evaluation of E-dengue in the Mekong delta, Vietnam’, co-supervisor.
- PhD student, The University of Queensland, ‘The effectiveness of digital early warning system in reducing dengue in the Mekong Delta region, Vietnam’, co-supervisor.
Past
- Honours student, Federation University, ‘The Relationship between Physical Activity and Multimorbidity: A Cross-Sectional Study’, co-supervisor.
- Honours student, Federation University, ‘Evaluating the Role of Physical Activity in a Behavioural Risk Factor Model for Hypertension: A Cross-Sectional Study’, co-supervisor.
- PhD student, Hanoi Medical University, ‘The situation on physicians’ knowledge of and adherence to national clinical guidelines to treatment of type II diabetes and effect of several interventions’, co-supervisor.
- PhD student, Hanoi Medical University, ‘Clinical teaching and learning of the module “Infectious diseases” and evaluation of the effect of e-medical record-based intervention at Vinh Medical University’, co-supervisor.
- Biostatistics
- Statistics
- Epidemiology
- Statistical modelling
- Research methods
- Data analysis
- Survival analysis
- Data science
Specialist roles
- Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, UQ
- Adjunct Senior Fellow, Umass Chan Medical School
- Adjunct Senior Fellow, Cuu Long University
- Adjunct Senior Fellow, Hanoi Medical University
- Publications
G-Computation Quantifying Caries Reduction by World Health Organization Sugar Limits in Children
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1177/00220345251406559
Translating Observational Data Into Public Health Action: Reducing Early Childhood Caries Burden Related to Socioeconomic Disparities
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/cdoe.70064