Dr Nguyá»…n Thanh ThÃ¹y NhiÃªn

Vice Head of Malaria

Dr Thuy Nhien joined OUCRU in June 2010 and has experience as an investigator involved in many clinical trials/laboratory researches related to anti-malarial drug resistance, new drug development, and genetic surveillance and supervisedÂ the MalariaÂ laboratory.

Dr Thuy Nhien is leading genetic surveillance activities in Vietnam, in close collaboration with Vietnam NMCPs, GenRe-Mekong project, MORU and Wellcome Sanger Institute (UK) to monitor and understand how drug resistance emerges and spreads in malaria parasites and provide timely quality information to support drug policy decision marking.

Dr Thuy Nhienâ€™s current research focuses on drug resistance molecular markers, molecular epidemiology of drug resistance in Vietnam and GMS, and malaria elimination.