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Dr Nguyen Hoan Phu

Dr Nguyen Hoan Phu

More recent teams

Group photos with Nguyen Hoan Phu, Bridget Wills, Nick White, Guy Thwaites and colleagues

Nguyen Hoan Phu

Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in Tropical Medicine

Dr Nguyen Hoan Phu is a clinical researcher with expertise in malaria pathophysiology, treatment, and tuberculous meningitis. Dr Phu has worked as a clinical researcher at OUCRU since January 1991. His research interests include malaria pathophysiology, malaria treatment, and tuberculous meningitis.

He graduated from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 1983, and later completed a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK in 1996. He earned his doctoral degree from the Open University, UK in 2009, with a thesis on the clinical and pathophysiological aspects of severe falciparum malaria.

Dr Phu worked at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City from 1983 to 2019 and served as a short-term consultant for the WHO on vivax malaria in North Korea. One of his key achievements is the application of haemofiltration in the treatment of severe malaria, which has significantly reduced mortality and is now included in the WHO treatment guidelines.

In addition to his research, Dr Phu is currently a clinical lecturer in infectious diseases and tropical medicine at the School of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City.

WHO training in 2011

OUCRU opening

OUCRU in Vietnam was established in 1991 with its main campus in Ho Chi Minh City, later expanding to include a unit in Hanoi in 2006.

Early days

Group photos with Nguyen Hoan Phu, Nick White, Nick Day, Mike English and colleagues