On October 10, 2024, TMRC invited Trinh Thi Thanh Huong – Biosafety Manager at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology to train on “Laboratory Safety Practices”. Free training session for attendees. In addition to members of the Research Board, the training session attracted the participation of nearly 40 teachers from the university’s faculties/centers such […]
Tropical Medicine Research Center for Talaromycosis in Vietnam: Talaromycosis (formerly penicilliosis) is a life-threatening invasive fungal infection caused by the dimorphic fungus Talaromyces marneffei (Tm) that is endemic in countries of Southeast Asia , including Vietnam. This is one of seven endemic mycoses of medical importance. Diagnosis based on culrure appoarch is often unfavorably slow. […]
From October 20, 2023 to March 27, 2024, the community team of the TMRC Research Board conducted GCP training, training and sample collection support for research partners in 5 provinces: Tien Giang Province: October 20 to 21, 2023. Cu Chi District (HCMC): November 1, 2024. Dak Lak Province: November 14 to 16, 2024. Binh Phuoc […]
On March 11-12, 2024, TMRC invited Associate Professor Amy Cornelli and Mr. Kelvin McKenna from Duke University (USA) to conduct training on qualitative research. The workshop took place both in person and online on MS Teams to expand the program to a wider audience. This workshop was completely free to attend. The workshop was attended […]
On the morning of January 23, 2024, BRC invited Prof. Dr. David Boulware, Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota, to lead a workshop on “How to Write scientific manuscripts efficiently?”. The interactive workshop will provide an opportunity for discussion and experience sharing on 4 topics: The traditional role of scientific authors. What is […]
Within the framework of the business trip of Associate Professor. Le Thuy in Vietnam, at 9:30 a.m, June 15, 2023; TMRM members include Associate Professor. Thuy; Associate Professor. Dr. Ngo Thi Hoa, a member of the lab team, field team, admin team and data management team, was present at PNTUM to attend the meeting with […]
Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine and Duke University (US) has cooperated on a newly awarded grant from the US National Institute of Health (NIH): TMRC for Talaromycosis in Vietnam – Investigating the diagnostic methods and the relations between talaromycosis and environmental exposures. The study aims to compare the accuracy of the four diagnostic tests […]
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) is the international ethical, scientific and practical standard for conducting the biomedical research which involving the participation of humans. This is also a critical guidance for members participating in the research to identify their roles and responsibilities in term of detailed designing, conducting, recording and reporting data necessesary for appropriate research. […]
On June 28 2022, PNTU greatly welcomed Assoc. Prof. Thuy Le, a representative of Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University came to work on the collaborative project. The project mainly focus on Talaromycosis, a main cause of death in patients with immunodeficiency Fig. 1: Welcome meeting was held at PNTU with the […]