Dr. Nhung Nghiem

Biography

Nhung Nghiem is an Associate Professor in Health Economics at the Australian National University. She leads Health Economics Modelling alongside national and international clinical trials. Having worked at the University of Otago in New Zealand, she is recognized as an honorary Associate Professor and possesses interdisciplinary expertise in modeling and data science. Her internationally recognized research focuses on modeling public health interventions and the integration of machine learning in healthcare. Nhung has led the prestigious Marsden Fast Start project funded by the Royal Society of New Zealand, which has contributed to securing competitive research funding, including a $5 million NHMRC grant as Chief Investigator. She has served on various scientific panels, including the Grant Assessment for the New Zealand Health Research Council and the NHMRC. Her works have been published in high-impact journals like Lancet Public Health and Tobacco Control. Notably, her modeling research contributed to the development of New Zealand's tobacco-endgame law passed in 2022, and provided evidence to the UK Parliament for the Tobacco Vapes Bill in 2024-25. Additionally, her contributions align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in Zero Hunger and Reducing Inequalities. Currently, she serves as an advisor to the World Health Organization on health economics modeling and co-chairs the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance's Health Economics Alongside Trials group.

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