Professor Nguyễn Thụy Thương Thương

Head of Tuberculosis Group

Professor Nguyen Thuy Thuong Thuong leads the TB group to improve TB diagnosis and treatment by carrying out clinical trials of new diagnostic tests and therapeutic approaches.

Professor Thuong received her PhD training at OUCRU, Vietnam and postdoctoral training at Cornell University, USA, in host genetics and cellular immunity in tuberculosis.

She currently holds a Wellcome International Intermediate Fellowship focused on linking human genotype and immunological phenotype to better understand TB pathogenesis using transcriptomics.

TB Group also seeks to understand more about how genetic variations in both host and pathogen influence disease presentations, treatment response and outcomes.

2026

Appointed Full Professor of Tuberculosis Immunobiology at the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford.

2015

Became the Head of TB Group

2008

Obtained her PhD from Open University, UK

Publications

Xuling Chang, Zheng Li, Phan Vuong Khac Thai, Dang Thi Minh Ha, Nguyen Thuy Thuong Thuong, Denise Wee, Alya Sufiyah Binte Mohamed Subhan, Matthew Silcocks, Cynthia Bin Eng Chee, Nguyen Thi Quynh Nhu, Chew-Kiat Heng, Yik Ying Teo, Amit Singhal, Stefan H Oehlers, Jian-Min Yuan, Woon-Puay Koh, Maxine Caws, Chiea Chuen Khor, Rajkumar Dorajoo, Sarah J Dunstan.

Genome Med

May 27, 2026

DOI: 10.1186/s13073-026-01670-6

Evan Pepper-Tunick, Vivek Srinivas, Fred D Mast, Song Li, Sagan Russ, Weston Hanson, Amy D Zamora, Wei-Ju Wu, Matthew Silcocks, Dang Thi Minh Ha, Sarah J Dunstan, Thuong Nguyen Thuy Thuong, Serdar Turkarslan, John D Aitchison, Mario L Arrieta-Ortiz, Nitin S Baliga

Nat Commun

May 7, 2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72496-4

Matthew Silcocks, James P Lingford, Chen-Yi Cheung, William J Jowsey, Rita M McCall, Christopher D Rae, Liam K Harold, David Edwards, Evan Pepper-Tunick, Stephanie L Neville, Megan J Maher, Aleix Canalda-Baltrons, Xuling Chang, Phan Vuong Khac Thai, Kathryn E Holt, Nitin S Baliga, Gregory M Cook, Thomas R Hawn, Nguyen Thuy Thuong Thuong, Maxine Caws, Chris Greening, Christopher A McDevitt, Jeffery S Cox, Matthew B McNeil, Sarah J Dunstan.

Nat Commun

March 13, 2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71566-x

Stephen H Gillespie, Andrew R DiNardo, Sophia B Georghiou, Wilber Sabiiti, Mikashmi Kohli, Ursula Panzner, Irina Kontsevaya, Norbert Hittel, Lieven J Stuyver, Jia Bin Tan, Reinout van Crevel, Christoph Lange, Thuong Nguyen Thuy Thuong, Jan Heyckendorf, Morten Ruhwald, Norbert Heinrich

Lancet Microbe

May 9, 2024

DOI: 10.1016/S2666-5247(24)00085-5

Peter J. Dodd, Muhammad Osman,Fiona V. Cresswell, Anna M. Stadelman, Nguyen Huu Lan, Nguyen Thuy Thuong Thuong, Morris Muzyamba, Lisa Glaser, Sicelo S. Dlamini, James A. Seddon

Lancet Glob Health

December 8, 2021

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000069

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Projects

Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) characteristics and intracerebral inflammatory biomarkers responses in tuberculous meningitis (TBM)

October 22, 2025

Evaluating long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in Vietnamese and Indonesian children with Tuberculous meningitis

October 22, 2025

Understanding host protein post-translational modifications in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected macrophages from people with different tuberculosis clinical manifestations

October 22, 2025

UNITE4TB consortium: Academia and Industry United Innovation and Treatment for Tuberculosis

October 22, 2025

Multi-Omics Analysis on Pathogenesis and Survival in Children (INTERCEPT)

May 11, 2024

Active|Observational clinical study

Combining GBP5 Gene Expression and Adenosine Deaminase To Improve Diagnosis Of Tuberculosis

July 4, 2023

Active|Observational clinical study

Using New Omics Technologies To Understand Pathophysiology And Improve Diagnosis Of Central Nervous System Infectious Diseases

July 3, 2023

Active|Observational clinical study

Making An Early Diagnosis Of Talaromycosis – A Strategy To Reduce Morbidity And Mortality In Advanced HIV Disease In Southeast Asia

May 23, 2023

Active|Observational clinical study

Epidemiological Characteristics, Gene Expression Signatures And Immunological Mechanisms Of Human Resistance To Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection

March 6, 2023

Completed|Observational clinical study

Epidemiologic Study To Assess The IGRA Positivity In Populations With A High TB Burden

March 6, 2023

Completed|Laboratory study

Use Of Novel Targeted Sequencing Technique FLASH-Mtb For Early Detection Of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis In Sputum

March 6, 2023

Active|Laboratory study

Variation of the Mtb-Host Interactome & Tuberculosis Pathogenesis (TBRU)

March 6, 2023

Research Focus

Photos of AMR Photovoice Exhibition at Giao Tien

Drug-Resistant Infections

January 10, 2023

2019_OUCRU photographer in residence_TB Indonesia (42)

Tuberculosis

January 9, 2023

Locations

OUCRU Ho Chi Minh

January 9, 2023

Professor Nguyễn Thụy Thương Thương

Head of Tuberculosis Group

Professor Nguyen Thuy Thuong Thuong leads the TB group to improve TB diagnosis and treatment by carrying out clinical trials of new diagnostic tests and therapeutic approaches.

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2026

2015

2008

Publications

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