Overview
Background
Dr. Dung Phung has a background in medicine and public health. He has experienced diverse roles in clinical practices, health policy and management, and research and teaching in epidemiology, research methods, and environmental health.
Dr. Phung’s research now focuses on the adverse health effects of occupational and environmental pollution, climate change, and health interventions. He has developed research expertise and skills in epidemiologic methods, systematic review and meta-analysis, health risk assessment, needs assessment, and policy evaluation. He has recently conducted a series of studies on the health effects of extreme weather events and adaptation interventions to reduce climate-sensitive health risks. He has a special interest in translating complex scientific evidence into health policy and practices.
Dr. Phung has been awarded several research, fellowship, and global partnership grants totaling> $20 million as a chief/associate investigator (approx. $8.5 million as the principal investigator). He has published over 130 peer-reviewed publications in highly reputable journals and has disseminated research findings at national and international scientific conferences. He has supervised 20 PhD students to conduct research projects on a wide range of public health topics worldwide.
Availability
- Associate Professor Dung Phung is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of General Medicine, Hanoi Medical University
- Masters (Research) of Public Health, University of Washington-Seattle Campus
- Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University
Research interests
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Occupational and environmental contamination and health effects
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Climate change and health
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Health interventions
Research impacts
Working in both academic teaching and research in public health, Dr Dung Phung has a keen on translating from complex scientific evidence into policy and practices to meet the needs of population health in developing settings. For instance, his PhD research conducted a probabilistic quantitative health risk assessment to gather evidence on health impact. He then conducted a community needs assessment in order to develop tailored suited strategy to improve farmers’ safety resulting in a set of policy recommendations to health authorities, guidelines to the relevant agricultural sector, and health education for the farming communities in Vietnam. Another example is related to dengue prevention in the Mekong Delta Region. He first developed a climate-based dengue prediction model. Then he took an extra step to design an innovative method to transform the complex statistical models to a user-friendly climate-based dengue prediction score schemes that is easy to use by local preventive medicine authorities and practitioners.
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Respiratory risks from wildfire-specific PM2.5 across multiple countries and territories
Zhang, Yiwen, Xu, Rongbin, Huang, Wenzhong, Ye, Tingting, Yu, Pei, Yu, Wenhua, Wu, Yao, Liu, Yanming, Yang, Zhengyu, Wen, Bo, Ju, Ke, Song, Jiangning, Abramson, Michael J., Johnson, Amanda, Capon, Anthony, Jalaludin, Bin, Green, Donna, Lavigne, Eric, Johnston, Fay H., Morgan, Geoffrey G., Knibbs, Luke D., Zhang, Ying, Marks, Guy, Heyworth, Jane, Arblaster, Julie, Guo, Yue Leon, Morawska, Lidia, Coelho, Micheline S. Z. S., Saldiva, Paulo H. N. ... Li, Shanshan (2025). Respiratory risks from wildfire-specific PM2.5 across multiple countries and territories. Nature Sustainability. doi: 10.1038/s41893-025-01533-9
2025
Journal Article
Hospitalization risks associated with floods in a multi-country study
Yang, Zhengyu, Huang, Wenzhong, McKenzie, Joanne E., Xu, Rongbin, Yu, Pei, Wu, Yao, Liu, Yanming, Wen, Bo, Zhang, Yiwen, Yu, Wenhua, Ye, Tingting, Zhang, Yuxi, Ju, Ke, Hales, Simon, Coelho, Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Staglior, Matus, Patricia, Tantrakarnapa, Kraichat, Guo, Yue Leon, Kliengchuay, Wissanupong, Lavigne, Eric, Phung, Dung, Saldiva, Paulo Hilario Nascimento, Guo, Yuming and Li, Shanshan (2025). Hospitalization risks associated with floods in a multi-country study. Nature Water. doi: 10.1038/s44221-025-00425-8
2025
Journal Article
Factors associated with sleep quality among medical students in Vietnam: a national cross-sectional study
Nguyen, Cuong Tat, Dam, Vu Anh Trong, Nguyen, Long Hoang, Phung, Dung, Vu, Tung Son, Do, Huyen Phuc, Vu, Thuc Minh Thi, Latkin, Carl, Ho, Roger C M and Ho, Cyrus S H (2025). Factors associated with sleep quality among medical students in Vietnam: a national cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 15 (3) e083168, 1-7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083168
2025
Journal Article
A longitudinal study of heatwave-health vulnerability in Australia
Amoatey, Patrick, Osborne, Nicholas J., Xu, Zhiwei, Trancoso, Ralph and Phung, Dung (2025). A longitudinal study of heatwave-health vulnerability in Australia. Urban Climate, 60 102346, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102346
2025
Journal Article
Evaluating the association between heatwave vulnerability index and related deaths in Australia
Amoatey, Patrick, Trancoso, Ralph, Xu, Zhiwei, Darssan, Darsy, Osborne, Nicholas J. and Phung, Dung (2025). Evaluating the association between heatwave vulnerability index and related deaths in Australia. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 112 107812, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107812
2025
Journal Article
Assessing the impact of individual exposure to air pollution via biomarkers in sputum of children in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Le Tran, Linh, Le Pham, An, Duc Do, Minh, Nguyen, Quynh Nhat, Ngo, Hieu K.T., Le, Hong H.T.C., Nguyen, Vinh Nhu, Phung, Dung, Sly, Peter D. and Thai, Phong K. (2025). Assessing the impact of individual exposure to air pollution via biomarkers in sputum of children in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Environmental Pollution, 367 125544, 125544. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125544
2025
Journal Article
Advancing adoptability and sustainability of digital prediction tools for climate-sensitive infectious disease prevention and control
Phung, Dung, Colón-González, Felipe J., Weinberger, Daniel M., Bui, Vinh, Nghiem, Son, Chu, Cordia, Phung, Hai, Sinh Vu, Nam, Doan, Quang-Van, Hashizume, Masahiro, Lau, Colleen L., Reid, Simon, Phan, Lan Trong, Tran, Duong Nhu, Pham, Cong Tuan, Do, Kien Quoc and Dubrow, Robert (2025). Advancing adoptability and sustainability of digital prediction tools for climate-sensitive infectious disease prevention and control. Nature Communications, 16 (1) 1644, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-56826-6
2025
Journal Article
Impact of extreme heat on health in Australia: a scoping review
Amoatey, Patrick, Xu, Zhiwei, Odebeatu, Chinonso Christian, Singh, Neha, Osborne, Nicholas J. and Phung, Dung (2025). Impact of extreme heat on health in Australia: a scoping review. BMC Public Health, 25 (1) 522, 1-20. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-21677-9
2025
Conference Publication
Human vulnerability to heatwave in Australia: a country-wide suburb level longitudinal study
Amoatey, Patrick, Osborne, Nicholas, Xu, Zhiwei, Trancoso, Ralph and Phung, Dung (2025). Human vulnerability to heatwave in Australia: a country-wide suburb level longitudinal study. 105th Annual Meeting American Meteorological Society, New Orleans, LA USA, 12-16th January 2025.
2025
Journal Article
An upward trend of dyslipidemia among adult population in Vietnam: Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis
Dang, Anh Kim, Thi Le, Linh Thao, Pham, Ngoc Minh, Nguyen, Dung Quang, Thi Nguyen, Ha Thu, Dang, Son Cong, Le Nguyen, Anh Tuan, Le, Huong Thi, Mamun, Abdullah A., Phung, Dung and Thai, Phong K. (2025). An upward trend of dyslipidemia among adult population in Vietnam: Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis. Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome, 19 (1) 103171, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2024.103171
2024
Journal Article
The impact of diurnal temperature range on the risk of hospitalizations in a low-income setting: the case of the Central Coast of Vietnam
Ngo, Hieu K. T., Tri, Ton T. C., Thu, Dang Thi Anh, Phung, Dung, Dang, Tran Ngoc, Nguyen, Kien Duc, Nguyen, My H. D., Tin, Hoang Cong and Thai, Phong K. (2024). The impact of diurnal temperature range on the risk of hospitalizations in a low-income setting: the case of the Central Coast of Vietnam. International journal of biometeorology, 69 (2), 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s00484-024-02828-w
2024
Journal Article
Towards improvement of heatwave warnings for older adults: the case of Queensland Australia
Oberai, Mehak, Baker, Steven, Bach, Aaron J. E., Forbes, Connor, Jackman, Ella, Binnewies, Sebastian, Xu, Zhiwei, Cunningham, Sarah, Nghiem, Son, Phung, Dung and Rutherford, Shannon (2024). Towards improvement of heatwave warnings for older adults: the case of Queensland Australia. Journal of Primary Care and Community Health, 15. doi: 10.1177/21501319241286584
2024
Journal Article
Non-optimum temperatures led to labour productivity burden by causing premature deaths: a multi-country study
Wen, Bo, Ademi, Zanfina, Wu, Yao, Xu, Rongbin, Yu, Pei, Liu, Yanming, Yu, Wenhua, Ye, Tingting, Huang, Wenzhong, Yang, Zhengyu, Zhang, Yiwen, Zhang, Yuxi, Ju, Ke, Hales, Simon, Lavigne, Eric, Hilario Nascimento Sadiva, Paulo, de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coêlho, Micheline, Matus, Patricia, Kim, Ho, Tantrakarnapa, Kraichat, Kliengchuay, Wissanupong, Capon, Anthony, Bi, Peng, Jalaludin, Bin, Hu, Wenbiao, Green, Donna, Zhang, Ying, Arblaster, Julie, Phung, Dung ... Li, Shanshan (2024). Non-optimum temperatures led to labour productivity burden by causing premature deaths: a multi-country study. Environment International, 193 109096, 1. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.109096
2024
Journal Article
The effect of ambient temperatures on hospital admissions for kidney diseases in Central Australia
Talukder, Mohammad Radwanur, Islam, Md. Tauhidul, Mathew, Supriya, Perry, Chris, Phung, Dung, Rutherford, Shannon and Cass, Alan (2024). The effect of ambient temperatures on hospital admissions for kidney diseases in Central Australia. Environmental Research, 259 119502. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119502
2024
Journal Article
Corrigendum to ‘The effect of ambient temperatures on hospital admissions for kidney diseases in Central Australia’ [Environ. Res. 259 (2024) 119502]
Talukder, Mohammad Radwanur, Islam, Md Tauhidul, Mathew, Supriya, Perry, Chris, Phung, Dung, Rutherford, Shannon and Cass, Alan (2024). Corrigendum to ‘The effect of ambient temperatures on hospital admissions for kidney diseases in Central Australia’ [Environ. Res. 259 (2024) 119502]. Environmental Research, 262 120116, 120116. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.120116
2024
Journal Article
Risks of infectious disease hospitalisations in the aftermath of tropical cyclones: a multi-country time-series study
Huang, Wenzhong, Vogt, Thomas, Park, Jinah, Yang, Zhengyu, Ritchie, Elizabeth A, Xu, Rongbin, Zhang, Yiwen, Hales, Simon, Yu, Wenhua, Hundessa, Samuel, Otto, Christian, Yu, Pei, Liu, Yanming, Ju, Ke, Lavigne, Eric, Ye, Tingting, Wen, Bo, Wu, Yao, Kliengchuay, Wissanupong, Tantrakarnapa, Kraichat, Guo, Yue Leon, Kim, Ho, Phung, Dung, Li, Shanshan and Guo, Yuming (2024). Risks of infectious disease hospitalisations in the aftermath of tropical cyclones: a multi-country time-series study. The Lancet Planetary Health, 8 (9), e629-e639. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00158-X
2024
Journal Article
Reducing consequences of extreme heat: the role of weather information access
Kien, Nguyen Duc, My, Nguyen H.D., Thu, Dang Thi Anh, Phong, Thai Khanh, Chau, Tran H.B. and Dung, Phung Tri (2024). Reducing consequences of extreme heat: the role of weather information access. Dialogues in Health, 4 100177, 100177. doi: 10.1016/j.dialog.2024.100177
2024
Journal Article
Progress toward universal health coverage in Vietnam: evidence on dispensing trends of diabetes medications from 2015 to 2021
Dang, Anh Kim, Vu, Binh Ngan, Lam, Toi Phung, Ho, Thanh Kim Thi, Nguyen, Anh Kieu Thi, Le, Huong Thi, Mamun, Abdullah A., Phung, Dung and Thai, Phong K. (2024). Progress toward universal health coverage in Vietnam: evidence on dispensing trends of diabetes medications from 2015 to 2021. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 212 111691, 111691. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111691
2024
Journal Article
Temporal changes in temperature-related mortality in relation to the establishment of the heat-health alert system in Victoria, Australia
Osborne, Nicholas J., Amoatey, Patrick, Selvey, Linda and Phung, Dung (2024). Temporal changes in temperature-related mortality in relation to the establishment of the heat-health alert system in Victoria, Australia. International journal of biometeorology, 68 (8), 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s00484-024-02691-9
2024
Journal Article
Practical cooling interventions for preventing heat strain in indoor factory workers in Thailand
Bach, Aaron J. E., Thepaksorn, Phayong, Hom Thepaksorn, Elizabeth K., Borg, David N., Rutherford, Shannon, Osborne, Nicholas J., Darssan, Darsy and Phung, Dung (2024). Practical cooling interventions for preventing heat strain in indoor factory workers in Thailand. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 67 (6), 1-6. doi: 10.1002/ajim.23589
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Dung Phung is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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The health effects of extreme weather events
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The impact of air pollution on human health
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The cooling methods for reducing heat-related morbidity and mortality
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Evaluating the effects of policy on health
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
The effects of maternal exposure to heatwaves on adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes in Queensland, Australia.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Dwan Vilcins, Dr Darsy Darssan
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Doctor Philosophy
The cost-effectiveness of the E-Dengue, a decision support tool, in the Mekong Delta Region
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kim-Huong Nguyen, Associate Professor Son Hong Nghiem
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Master Philosophy
Risk factors associated with Dengue infection in a province of Southern Vietnam: A district-matched case-control study
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Darsy Darssan
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Doctor Philosophy
Effectiveness of digital Dengue early warning system (E-DENGUE) for Dengue control in the Mekong Delta Region
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Colleen Lau
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Doctor Philosophy
Spatiotemporal evaluation of human heat-health vulnerability in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nicholas Osborne
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Doctor Philosophy
FORECASTING MODELS AND EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR DENGUE PREVENTION IN MEKONG DELTA REGION- VIETNAM
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Simon Reid
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Doctor Philosophy
The effects of maternal exposure to heatwaves on adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes in Queensland, Australia.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Dwan Vilcins, Dr Darsy Darssan
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Doctor Philosophy
Biodiversity and Immune Health
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Dwan Vilcins, Dr Darsy Darssan, Associate Professor Nicholas Osborne
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Doctor Philosophy
The metabolic syndrome in relation to nutritional status among adults in Vietnam
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Abdullah Mamun, Associate Professor Phong Thai
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Traffic-related air pollution: impact on respiratory health and attitudes to self-protective behaviours amongst urban Vietnamese children
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Phong Thai, Professor Peter Sly
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Evaluating the Effects of Atmospheric Environment on Children's Health in Hanoi, Vietnam
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jochen Mueller, Associate Professor Phong Thai, Professor Peter Sly
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