Collab Lab

Collab Lab, led by OUCRU’s Youth Science Ambassadors (YSAs), aims to equip young people with public engagement skills and knowledge in health science.

Collab Lab is a co-creation platform that brings young people and biomedical scientists together with three main goals:

  1. Build connections between young people and biomedical scientists.
  2. Allow scientists to share research findings with young people and gain their understanding and trust in science.
  3. Provide a space for young people to provide feedback on the research work of the scientists through online and offline events.

To achieve these goals, the YSAs work with research scientists to create a series of 2-minute animation videos to summarise and explain research findings. Audiences can provide feedback through an online form, social media platforms’ comments, and direct verbal feedback during the offline event called “Meet The Scientists” after the videos are published.

Key Milestones

2022

Collab Lab team launched with only three members at this time.

They produced five videos on topics such as mental health, infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, climate change, and pollution.

Five scientists, who were the authors of the selected research, and over 40 university students and young professionals from health science institutions in Ho Chi Minh City attended the offline event “Meet The Scientists”.

2023

In 2023, wanting to improve the quality of the videos and reach a wider audience, the YSAs recruited a new team of 12 collaborators from both health science and social science backgrounds. The expanded team is working on the same five topics but aims to find research that is more relevant to the daily life of the public. The project team hopes to continue bridging the gap between scientists and young people, produce more creative and helpful videos, and attract more young people to engage in health science research.

Videos produced by Collab Lab

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RESEARCH AREA
Mental Health
PROJECT INVESTIGATORS
International University (IU), Vietnam National University – HCMC Read full report here

watch video here

RESEARCH AREA
Climate Change
PROJECT INVESTIGATORS

Fulbright University Vietnam
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Earthworms can mobilise arsenic in soil via their cast, research in Red River Delta

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RESEARCH AREA

Environment

PROJECT INVESTIGATORS
Dr. Nguyễn Thị Huyền Trang
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Antimicrobial Resistance Salmonella in Hospitalised Children in HCMC, Vietnam

watch video here

RESEARCH AREA
PROJECT INVESTIGATORS

watch video here

RESEARCH AREA

Environment

PROJECT INVESTIGATORS

Vũ Hoàng Ngọc Khuê
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watch video here

RESEARCH AREA
PROJECT INVESTIGATORS

Dr. Nguyễn Thanh Thùy Nhiên
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watch video here

RESEARCH AREA

Environment

PROJECT INVESTIGATORS

Dr. Tô Thị Hiền
MSc Trần Ánh Ngân
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Collab Lab YSA Alumni

2022

Vũ Hoàng Long
Social Sciences
Fulbright University Vietnam
Phạm Nguyễn Hoàng Lê
Integrated Sciences – concentration in Environmental Science, Fulbright University Vietnam
Bùi Huỳnh Phương Vy
Biotechnology
University of Science, Viet Nam National University (HCMC)
Trịnh Xuân Cương
Biology teacher
Nguyen An Ninh Highschool
Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên Lam

Media and Communication
Swinburne University, Ho Chi Minh City Campus

Mai Bảo Trân
International University (IU), Vietnam National University – HCMC
Mai Thảo Phương
Art & Media Studies Fulbright University Vietnam
Trần Minh Quân
Graphic Design FPT Polytechnic College
Phan Thảo Linh
Sale Planning Yamaha Motor Vietnam
Võ Đoan Trang
Biology University Of Science, Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City
Nguyễn Xuân Quang Huy
Media Marketing/Digital Marketing Ecombestt LLC
Nguyễn Lê Quốc Trung
Preventive Medicine University of Medicine, Hue

2023

Đinh Hoàng Phương Thanh
Graduate School University of Medicine HCMC
Nguyễn Hà Linh Tú
Integrated Science Fulbright University Vietnam
Nguyễn Trọng Nguyên
Psychology
University of Pedagogy HCMC

Collaborating Research Scientists

International University (IU), Vietnam National University – HCMC
Fulbright University Vietnam
Emerging Infection, OUCRU
Zoonoses, OUCRU
Molecular Epidemiology, OUCRU

Dengue, OUCRU

Vũ Hoàng Ngọc Khuê

Ph.D. student at Mendel University in Brno
Researcher at The Global Change Research Institute and The Institute for Environment and Resources

Dr. Tô Thị Hiền

University of Natural Science – Vietnam National University HCMC

MSc Trần Ánh Ngân

University of Natural Science – Vietnam National University HCMC

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