Professor

Phạm Thanh Tùng

Affiliation: VinUniversity, Hanoi, Viet Nam

College of Health Sciences

Scopus ID: 57203715794

Introduction

Dr. Tung holds an MD from HMU (2015) and an MPH from Johns Hopkins (2017, sponsored by the Vietnam Education Foundation), with a focus on global cancer epidemiology and prevention. After returning to Vietnam and working at Hanoi Medical University for 2 years, he pursued dual degrees at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: a Ph.D. in Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention and an MSc in Biostatistics. At Harvard, Dr. Tung served as Lead Teaching Fellow, Lead Statistical Consultant, and Curriculum Fellow for the Master of Public Health in Epidemiology (MPH-EPI) program. His accolades include the Excellence in Teaching Award, Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvey Fineberg Fellowship in Cancer Prevention, and David H. Peipers Fellowship. His research interests span cancer prevention strategies in low-resource settings, gene-environment interactions, cancer risk, mental health, and medical education.

Affiliation: VinUniversity, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Research Output

Sleep quality by clinical training status among medical students and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study in Da Nang, Vietnam

Truong Nguyet, Nguyen Hung, Pham Tung, Chu Duyen, Bui Linh

Scientific Reports

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-18256-8

Anxiety
Clinical
Depression
Medical students
Preclinical
Sleep quality

Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Naghavi Mohsen, Kyu Hmwe Hmwe, Bhoomadevi, Aalipour Mohammad Amin, Aalruz Hasan, Ababneh Hazim S., Abafita Bedru J., Abaraogu Ukachukwu O., Abbafati Cristiana, Abbasi Madineh, Abbaspour Faezeh, ...

Lancet

DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01917-8

Global age-sex-specific all-cause mortality and life expectancy estimates for 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1950–2023: a demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Schumacher Austin E., Zheng Peng, Barber Ryan M., Bhoomadevi, Aalipour Mohammad Amin, Aalruz Hasan, Ababneh Hazim S., Abaraogu Ukachukwu O., Abbafati Cristiana, Abbas Nasir, Abbasifard Mitra, ...

Lancet

DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01330-3

The global, regional, and national burden of cancer, 1990–2023, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Force Lisa M, Kocarnik Jonathan M, May Miranda L, Bhangdia Kayleigh, Crist Andrew, Penberthy Louise, Pritchett Natalie, Acheson Alistair, Deitesfeld Lee, A Bhoomadevi, Aalruz Hasan, ...

Lancet

DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01635-6

I Wait for Leftover Morphine: A Qualitative Study of Barriers to Safe Opioid Access for Cancer Pain Relief in Vietnam

Nguyen Trang, Dam Anh, Bui Linh, Pham Tung, Krakauer Eric L., Phelan Caroline

JCO Global Oncology

DOI: 10.1200/GO-25-00026

To save or not to save: Knowledge, attitude, skills and effects of an experimental intervention on advancing first aid skills in high school students in Hue City, Vietnam

Huy Le Duc, Tung Pham Thanh, Tra Dinh Thanh, Nhu Le Nguyen Quynh, Linh Nguyen Tuan, Tien Tran Xuan, Vu Phuong Thao Nguyen, Le Vy Trinh Thi, Hang Tran Thi, Hoang Huu Hai, Van Khoa Vo, ...

Plos One

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0322505

Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Kerr Jessica A., Patton George C., Cini Karly I., Abate Yohannes Habtegiorgis, Abbas Nasir, Abd Al Magied Abdallah H.A., Abd ElHafeez Samar, Abd-Elsalam Sherief, Abdollahi Arash, Abdoun Meriem, Abdulah Deldar Morad, ...