Associate in Research
Department of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Duke University Medical Center
USA
Biography
Thu Nguyễn is currently a Laboratory Manager in Dr Lê’s laboratory at Duke University and actively contributes to the Tropical Medicine Research Center (TMRC) at PNTU. She provides a broad range of support, including laboratory operations management, SOP development, staff training, data analysis, and data visualization.
Thu has worked in fungal diagnostics, with a particular focus on Talaromyces marneffei, since 2012 at Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) at the Hospital of Tropical Disease in Ho Chi Minh City.
Prior to joining OUCRU, she spent four years at the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City working on national enterovirus surveillance and laboratory quality management in accordance with ISO 15189 standards. She earned a Master’s degree in Microbiology from the University of Sciences, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City. Her master’s research focused on evaluating the clinical performance of the Mp1p immunoassay for the rapid diagnosis of talaromycosis.