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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2013
Journal Article
Volatile aromatic hydrocarbons (VAHs) in residential indoor air in Brisbane, Australia
Hamidin, Nasrul, Yu, Jimmy, Phung, Dung Tri, Connell, Des and Chu, Cordia (2013). Volatile aromatic hydrocarbons (VAHs) in residential indoor air in Brisbane, Australia. Chemosphere, 92 (11), 1430-1435. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.03.050
2013
Journal Article
Health risk characterization of chlorpyrifos using epidemiological dose-response data and probabilistic techniques: a case study with rice farmers in Vietnam
Phung, Dung Tri, Connell, Des, Yu, Qiming and Chu, Cordia (2013). Health risk characterization of chlorpyrifos using epidemiological dose-response data and probabilistic techniques: a case study with rice farmers in Vietnam. Risk Analysis, 33 (9), 1596-1607. doi: 10.1111/risa.12023
2013
Journal Article
Risk of pneumonia in relation to body mass index in Australian Aboriginal people
Phung, D. T. and Wang, Z. (2013). Risk of pneumonia in relation to body mass index in Australian Aboriginal people. Epidemiology and Infection, 14 (12), 2497-2502. doi: 10.1017/S0950268813000605
2012
Journal Article
Probabilistic assessment of chlorpyrifos exposure to rice farmers in Viet Nam
Phung, Dung Tri, Connell, Des, Miller, Greg and Chu, Cordia (2012). Probabilistic assessment of chlorpyrifos exposure to rice farmers in Viet Nam. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 22 (4), 417-423. doi: 10.1038/jes.2012.32
2012
Journal Article
Pesticide regulations and farm worker safety: the need to improve pesticide regulations in Viet Nam
Phung, Dung Tri, Connell, Des, Miller, Greg, Rutherford, Shannon and Chu, Cordia (2012). Pesticide regulations and farm worker safety: the need to improve pesticide regulations in Viet Nam. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 90 (6), 468-473. doi: 10.2471/blt.11.096578
2012
Journal Article
Biological monitoring of chlorpyrifos exposure to rice farmers in Vietnam
Phung, Dung Tri, Connell, Des, Miller, Greg, Hodge, Mary, Patel, Renu, Cheng, Ron, Abeyewardene, Manel and Chu, Cordia (2012). Biological monitoring of chlorpyrifos exposure to rice farmers in Vietnam. Chemosphere, 87 (4), 294-300. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.11.075
2010
Journal Article
Association between dioxin concentrations in breast milk and food group intake in Vietnam
Saito, Kae, Nhu, Dang Duc, Suzuki, Hiroyuki, Kido, Teruhiko, Naganuma, Rie, Sakakibara, Chiaki, Tawara, Kenji, Nishijo, Muneko, Nakagawa, Hideaki, Kusama, Kaoru, Dung, Phung Tri, Thom, Le Hong and Hung, Nguyen Ngoc (2010). Association between dioxin concentrations in breast milk and food group intake in Vietnam. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 15 (1), 48-56. doi: 10.1007/s12199-009-0106-9
2008
Journal Article
Occupational injuries reported in a population-based injury survey in Vietnam
Phung, Dung Tri, Nguyen, Hong Tu, Mock, Charles and Keifer, Matthew (2008). Occupational injuries reported in a population-based injury survey in Vietnam. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 14 (1), 35-44. doi: 10.1179/oeh.2008.14.1.35
2002
Journal Article
Dioxin reservoirs in southern Viet Nam - a legacy of Agent Orange
Dwernychuk, L. Wayne, Cau, Hoang Dinh, Hatfield, Christopher T., Boivin, Thomas G., Hung, Tran Manh, Dung, Phung Tri and Thai, Nguyen Dinh (2002). Dioxin reservoirs in southern Viet Nam - a legacy of Agent Orange. Chemosphere, 47 (2), 117-137. doi: 10.1016/s0045-6535(01)00300-9
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
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 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
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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