Overview
Background
Dr. Dung Phung has background in both medicine and public health. He has experienced diversity roles from clinical practice, health management, and research and teaching academic before joining to the UQ School of Public Health as a senior lecturer in environmental health.
His research interests focus on health effects in relation to occupational and environmental pollution, climate change, and health interventions. He has developed research expertise and skills in environmental epidemiology, systematic review and meta-analysis, health risk assessment, needs assessment, and policy evaluation. He has published more than 80 peer-reviewed papers in ISI journals and been awarded as a chief investigator for 9 research grants (NHMRC and international grants) in climate change, air pollution and health. He has been supervising 21 PhD students (5 principal supervisor - 2 conferred, 16 associate supervisor - 7 conferred) to conduct research in a wide range of public health topics worldwide.
Availability
- Dr 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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2019
Journal Article
Difference of trace element exposed routes and their health risks between agriculture and pastoral areas in Bay County Xinjiang, China
Tudi, Muyesaier, Phung, Dung Tri , Ruan, Huada Daniel, Yang, Lin-sheng, Guo, Hai-Jun, Connell, Des, Sadler, Ross and Chu, Cordia (2019). Difference of trace element exposed routes and their health risks between agriculture and pastoral areas in Bay County Xinjiang, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26 (14), 14073-14086. doi: 10.1007/s11356-019-04606-3
2019
Journal Article
Effects of extreme temperatures on mortality and hospitalization in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Dang, Tran Ngoc, Honda, Yasushi, Do, Dung Van, Pham, Anh Lan Thi, Chu, Cordia, Huang, Cunrui and Phung, Dung (2019). Effects of extreme temperatures on mortality and hospitalization in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (3), 432. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16030432
2019
Journal Article
Impact of ambient air pollution and wheeze-associated disorders in children in Southeast Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Luong, Ly M.T., Sly, Peter D., Thai, Phong K. and Phung, Dung (2019). Impact of ambient air pollution and wheeze-associated disorders in children in Southeast Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Reviews on Environmental Health, 34 (2), 125-139. doi: 10.1515/reveh-2018-0079
2019
Journal Article
Is the World Health Organization predicted exposure assessment model for space spraying of insecticides applicable to agricultural farmers?
Phung, Dung, Miller, Greg, Connell, Des and Chu, Cordia (2019). Is the World Health Organization predicted exposure assessment model for space spraying of insecticides applicable to agricultural farmers?. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26 (1), 896-904. doi: 10.1007/s11356-018-3701-8
2018
Journal Article
Mortality burden attributable to heatwaves in Thailand: a systematic assessment incorporating evidence-based lag structure
Huang, Cunrui, Cheng, Jian, Dung Phung,, Tawatsupa, Benjawan, Hu, Wenbiao and Xu, Zhiwei (2018). Mortality burden attributable to heatwaves in Thailand: a systematic assessment incorporating evidence-based lag structure. Environment International, 121, 41-50. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.08.058
2018
Journal Article
Effects of temperature on hospitalisation among pre-school children in Hanoi, Vietnam
Luong, Ly M. T., Phung, Dung, Sly, Peter D., Dang, Tran Ngoc, Morawska, Lidia and Thai, Phong K. (2018). Effects of temperature on hospitalisation among pre-school children in Hanoi, Vietnam. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26 (3), 2603-2612. doi: 10.1007/s11356-018-3737-9
2018
Journal Article
Correlates of climate variability and dengue fever in two metropolitan cities in Bangladesh
Islam, Mohammad Zahirul, Rutherford, Shannon, Phung, Dung, Uzzaman, Md Nazim, Baum, Scott, Huda, M. Mamun, Asaduzzaman, Muhammad, Talukder, Mohammad Radwanur Rahman and Chu, Cordia (2018). Correlates of climate variability and dengue fever in two metropolitan cities in Bangladesh. Cureus, 10 (10) e3398, e3398. doi: 10.7759/cureus.3398
2018
Journal Article
Spatial variation of heat-related morbidity: a hierarchical Bayesian analysis in multiple districts of the Mekong Delta Region
Phung, Dung, Chu, Cordia, Tran, Dang Ngoc and Huang, Cunrui (2018). Spatial variation of heat-related morbidity: a hierarchical Bayesian analysis in multiple districts of the Mekong Delta Region. Science of the Total Environment, 637, 1559-1565. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.131
2018
Conference Publication
Seasonal association between ambient ozone and hospital admission for respiratory in Hanoi, Vietnam
Luong, Ly Mai, Dang, Tran Ngoc, Phung, Dung, Sly, Peter, Morawska, Lidia and Thai, Phong (2018). Seasonal association between ambient ozone and hospital admission for respiratory in Hanoi, Vietnam. International Society of Exposure Science and International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Joint Annual Meeting 2018, Ottawa, Canada, 26–30 August 2018. Durham, NC USA: Environmental Health Perspectives. doi: 10.1289/isesisee.2018.p01.1280
2018
Journal Article
Seasonal association between ambient ozone and hospital admission for respiratory diseases in Hanoi, Vietnam
Luong, Ly M. T., Phung, Dung, Dang, Tran Ngoc, Sly, Peter D., Morawska, Lidia and Thai, Phong K. (2018). Seasonal association between ambient ozone and hospital admission for respiratory diseases in Hanoi, Vietnam. PLoS ONE, 13 (9) e0203751, 1-15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203751
2018
Journal Article
Biomonitoring of chlorpyrifos exposure and health risk assessment among applicators on rice farms in Ghana
Atabila, Albert, Sadler, Ross, Phung, Dung Tri, Hogarh, Jonathan N., Carswell, Stewart, Turner, Scott, Patel, Renu, Connell, Des and Chu, Cordia (2018). Biomonitoring of chlorpyrifos exposure and health risk assessment among applicators on rice farms in Ghana. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25 (21), 20854-20867. doi: 10.1007/s11356-018-2259-9
2018
Journal Article
Health risk assessment of dermal exposure to chlorpyrifos among applicators on rice farms in Ghana
Atabila, Albert, Phung, Dung Tri, Hogarh, Jonathan N., Sadler, Ross, Connell, Des and Chu, Cordia (2018). Health risk assessment of dermal exposure to chlorpyrifos among applicators on rice farms in Ghana. Chemosphere, 203, 83-89. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.03.121
2018
Journal Article
Association between salinity and hospital admission for hypertension: an ecological case-control study in the Mekong Delta Region in Vietnam
Talukder, Mohammad Radwanur Rahman, Rutherford, Shannon, Chu, Cordia, Nguyen, Trung Hieu and Phung, Dung (2018). Association between salinity and hospital admission for hypertension: an ecological case-control study in the Mekong Delta Region in Vietnam. Journal of Public Health, 40 (1), 75-81. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdx041
2018
Journal Article
The effects of socioecological factors on variation of communicable diseases: a multiple-disease study at the national scale of Vietnam
Phung, Dung , Nguyen, Huong Xuan , Nguyen, Huong Lien Thi , Luong, Anh Mai , Do, Cuong Manh , Tran, Quang Dai and Chu, Cordia (2018). The effects of socioecological factors on variation of communicable diseases: a multiple-disease study at the national scale of Vietnam. PLoS One, 13 (3) e0193246, e0193246. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193246
2018
Journal Article
Spatiotemporal variation of hand-foot-mouth disease in relation to socioecological factors: a multiple-province analysis in Vietnam
Phung, Dung, Nguyen, Huong Xuan, Nguyen, Huong Lien Thi, Do, Cuong Manh, Tran, Quang Dai and Chu, Cordia (2018). Spatiotemporal variation of hand-foot-mouth disease in relation to socioecological factors: a multiple-province analysis in Vietnam. Science of the Total Environment, 610, 983-991. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.158
2017
Journal Article
The impact of prevention and control of infectious disease law on diarrhoea control: a 5-year evaluation in multiple provinces in Vietnam
Phung, Dung, Tran, Phu Dac, Nguyen, Lien Huong, Do, Cuong Manh, Rutherford, Shannon and Chu, Cordia (2017). The impact of prevention and control of infectious disease law on diarrhoea control: a 5-year evaluation in multiple provinces in Vietnam. Health Policy and Planning, 32 (10), 1347-1353. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czx099
2017
Journal Article
Can wastewater-based epidemiology be used to evaluate the health impact of temperature? – an exploratory study in an Australian population
Phung, Dung, Mueller, Jochen, Lai, Foon Yin, O'Brien, Jake, Dang, Nhung, Morawska, Lidia and Thai, Phong K. (2017). Can wastewater-based epidemiology be used to evaluate the health impact of temperature? – an exploratory study in an Australian population. Environmental Research, 156, 113-119. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.03.023
2017
Journal Article
Cardiovascular risk from water arsenic exposure in Vietnam: application of systematic review and meta-regression analysis in chemical health risk assessment
Phung, Dung, Connell, Des, Rutherford, Shannon and Chu, Cordia (2017). Cardiovascular risk from water arsenic exposure in Vietnam: application of systematic review and meta-regression analysis in chemical health risk assessment. Chemosphere, 177, 167-175. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.03.012
2017
Conference Publication
How important is culture to sanitation uptake? The influence of local values in rural Bali
Dwipayanti, N., Rutherford, S., Phung, D. and Chu, C. (2017). How important is culture to sanitation uptake? The influence of local values in rural Bali. International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities (SOSHUM), Kota Kinabalu Malaysia, 19-21 April 2016. Valencia, CA USA: American Scientific Publishers. doi: 10.1166/asl.2017.9160
2017
Journal Article
Towards sustained sanitation services: a review of existing frameworks and an alternative framework combining ecological and sanitation life stage approaches
Dwipayanti, Ni Made Utami, Phung, Tri Dung, Rutherford, Shannon and Chu, Cordia (2017). Towards sustained sanitation services: a review of existing frameworks and an alternative framework combining ecological and sanitation life stage approaches. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 7 (1), 25-42. doi: 10.2166/washdev.2017.086
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr 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
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
The cost-effectiveness of the E-Dengue, a decision support tool, in the Mekong Delta Region
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kim-Huong Nguyen
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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
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: Associate 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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