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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NGUYEN THANH HIEP, M.D., PH.D.
Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hiep is Rector of Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine (PNTU). He is currently leading a research team working on artificial intelligence (AI) in health and medicine. He is also head of Digital Transformation at PNTU.
He held the Ph.D. degree in Medical Science in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Bordeaux in 2005. He has held the appointment as Associate Professor by the State Professorship Title Council, Vietnam since 2015.
His research group consists of clinicians, postdoc fellows and Ph.D. students, local as well as overseas. His following projects are ongoing: applied epidemiology, family medicine, medical education, and grassroots healthcare, health leadership and management, and artificial intelligence in health.
His advice has been much sought after in research and practice. He has been recognized as Distinguished Physician for his outstanding contributions to the health field since 2020.