Dr. Thach Tran

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Thach Tran is a Senior Research Fellow at the Global Women’s Health unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University. He has received notable fellowships including the NHMRC Early Career Fellowship and the Monash Strategic Bridging Fellowship. With over ten years of experience as a public health research officer in Vietnam, he has worked with the Research Training Centre for Community Development from 1998 to 2010. His research interests are centered around social determinants of women’s mental health, child health, nutrition, development, adolescent health, and health sciences measurement. Dr. Tran has led significant projects, such as conducting an NHMRC-funded cluster-randomised controlled trial to improve adolescent mental health. He has also been involved in secondary analyses of longitudinal studies on women and child health in Australia. As an academic, he has supervised the successful completion of four PhD students and is a member of the expert statistical advisors' group at the School of Public Health. Dr. Tran serves as an expert adviser on early childhood development and maternal mental health for the World Health Organization and is an Academic Editor for PLOS BMC Public Health. His work contributes to various UN Sustainable Development Goals and involves numerous collaborations and projects focused on public health and mental health in low- and middle-income countries.

Research Interests

Experience

Senior Research Fellow

2020-01-01 — Present

Monash University • Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Conducting research on women's health and the social determinants affecting mental health.

Awards

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Monash Strategic Bridging Fellowship

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Early Career Fellowship

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Damien Jolley Award Early Career Research Excellence

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Prize for Paper Excellence - Early Career Researcher

Requirements for Monash University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:12
Reading
Required:13
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:18
Total
Required:79
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in a related field
Application Checklist
  • Academic Transcripts
  • Proof of English Proficiency
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Copy of Passport
Specialization Notes

Requirements are standardized across the Faculty of Information Technology for most Master's programs including Computer Science and Data Science.