Dr Phạm Ngọc Thanh

Dr Phạm Ngọc Thanh

Psychology Advisor

Dr Thanh graduated from Saigon Medical Faculty in 1973 as a medical doctor, has worked as a pediatrician, a head of the Gastroenterology, Outpatients, and Clinical Psychology departments for 50 years, as a child psychologist for more than 20 years at the Children’s Hospital No.1, and as a psychological advisor at OUCRU since November 2012.

At OUCRU, she has been a research member for two pieces of research on the neurological development of children infected with Enterovirus 71 using the Baley Scales Infant and Toddler Development adapted to Vietnamese children. As a member of the Public and Community Engagement team (since 2012) she has been involved in research on patient experiences post-discharge (Beyond the Hospital), mental health of staff at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases (HTD), provided capacity building on communications for health staff at HTD, and is a mental health consultant for OUCRU.

She has contributed to several resources including a booklet for discharged patients suffering from central nervous system infections and a Directory of mental health services for people living in Vietnam.

Timeline

2019

Bayley III in Vietnamese children: lessons for cross-cultural comparisons

2016

Survey on the mental health of health workers in the Hospital of Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh city

Publications

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