Dr. Le Thi Huong, Chair of VOHUN, Hanoi Medical University (HMU)

Le Thi Huong, MD, PhD, Dean of Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Prof Huong Le’s initial training was medicine at Hanoi Medical University. After the initial training, she pursued my PhD training in Nutrition, food technology and biotechnology from Wageningen University of the Netherlands. Since then, she has accumulated a wealth of experiences in conducting research on HIV/AIDS, environmental health, nutritional science, community health, primary healthcare and communicable and non-communicable diseases. Over the past 20 years, she has developed strong expertise not only in the field of nutrition, but also in the field of HIV/AIDS and MSM as well. As a professor at Hanoi Medical University, the Dean of the Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health (IPMPH), Hanoi Medical University and the Head of Nutrition and Food Safety, IPMPH. She has mentored more than 40 students, including Vietnamese and international students to acquire Master and PhD trainings. Moreover, she also has experiences in project management as the coordinator of the nation-wide project funded by the Netherlands titled “Strengthening Teaching and Research Capacity of Preventive Medicine in Vietnam”; the vice chair of the SEAOHUN (the South-East Asia One Health University Network) foundation board.