Pham Quang Thai

Associate Professor Dr. Pham Quang Thai, Deputy Head of the Department of Communicable Disease Control at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) was appointed in 2011. A/Prof. Thai is an expert in vaccination and infectious disease surveillance with over 20 years of experience. 

A/Prof. Thai graduated as a medical doctor from Hanoi Medical University, obtained a master’s degree from the University of Bergen, Norway, with support from the NORAD fund, and completed a doctoral program at the Open University in the United Kingdom, in collaboration between the University of Oxford and NIHE. In addition to his work in vaccination and epidemic prevention, A/Prof. Thai also engages in research activities with domestic and international research groups, contributing to various stages of vaccine development and clinical trials. 

With over 20 years of service at NIHE, A/Prof. Thai has established close relationships with colleagues at Pasteur Institutes and Epidemiology Institutes in the region. He also collaborates effectively with Disease Control Centers/Provincial CDCs, which form the backbone of Vietnam’s disease control system. A/Prof. Thai’s work focuses on the infectious disease surveillance system and rapid epidemic response. Moreover, he serves as the head of the epidemiology team for projects such as the Oxford-NIHE Project (Infectious Disease Research and Development Program) and the surveillance project for anthrax and brucellosis in the mountainous provinces of northern Vietnam in cooperation with NIHE-UF (University of Florida – USA). 

During the COVID-19 pandemic, A/Prof. Thai has been actively involved in the Rapid Response Information Team under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, serving as the deputy team leader. His responsibilities include managing the SARS-CoV-2 laboratory database and being a member of the National Contact Tracing Team. 

Simultaneously, A/Prof. Thai works as a visiting lecturer at Hanoi Medical University, bringing over 14 years of teaching experience in statistics, medical informatics, and medical research. In 2019, he was appointed as the Deputy Head of the Statistics and Medical Informatics Department. A/Prof. Thai has authored eight books, over 40 domestic articles, and 30 international publications. 

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