Nguyen Dang Dung

Specialty: Immunology

Areas of expertise:

• General and in-depth health screening of the immune system, and prediction of the risk of chronic disease and cancer
• Research into and application of immunotherapy to strengthen the immune system and support the prevention and treatment of cancer

Career:

• Doctor, Department of Immunology, Vietnam Military Medical University (1990 – 1993)
• Lecturer, Department of Immunology, Vietnam Military Medical University (1993 – 2005)
• Deputy Head, Department of Immunology, Vietnam Military Medical University (2005 – 2008)
• Head, Department of Immunology, Vietnam Military Medical University (2008 – present)
• Researcher, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University (5/1999 – 6/1999)
• Researcher, Department of Immunology, Flinders Medical School, Flinders University (10/2000 – 12/2000)
• Researcher, Department of Molecular Virology, Linköping University (10/2006 – 12/2006)
• Researcher, Wound Healing Laboratory, National University of Singapore (11/2007 – 12/2007)

Education and training

• Graduated as a military doctor from the Vietnam Military Medical University (1990)
• PhD in Immunology, Vietnam Military Medical University (2005)
• Postgraduate research trainee in transplant immunology, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand (1999)
• Postgraduate research trainee in immunology, Flinders Medical School, Flinders University, Australia (2000)
• Postgraduate research trainee in the isolation and culture of umbilical cord stem cells, National University of Singapore (2007)

Published research and scientific reports

Co-author of nearly 50 in-depth studies on immunology and its application in treating disease, published in the Journal of Military Pharmaco-Medicine (Vietnam Military Medical University) and the Vietnam Medical Journal, notably:

• A study of the relationship between serum IL-1 beta levels and certain biochemical indicators in patients with type 2 diabetes.
• A study of changes in serum TNF-alpha levels in patients with type 2 diabetes.
• Changes in immune cell counts in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
• A study of changes in certain immune factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
• The liver-protective effect of the VID herbal formula in a carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatitis model in white mice.

Along with a number of notable studies published in English:

• Delayed graft function and acute rejection  in kidney transplant patients with positive PRA antibody and negative DSA | Nephro-Urol. Mon. Vol 12 (No.4): e107969 (11/2020)
• A survey on some immune indicators in the group of Vietnamese children who did not respond to Rotavac vaccine | Journal of Military Pharmaco-Medicine, Vietnam Military Medical University.
• Immunogenicity, safety and reactogenicity of ROTAVAC in healthy infants aged 6–8 weeks in Vietnam | Vaccine, Vol 39(7), 2021.
• The inhibitory effect of anti-urease IgY on Helicobacter pylori infection in Swiss albino mice | Pharm Sci Asia 2021.

Leading and taking part in many science and technology projects

• A study of changes in oxidant/antioxidant status and certain immune indicators in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (2006 – 2008, principal investigator)
• Research on the production of IgY antibodies against cholera bacteria and toxin (2011 – 2015, principal investigator)
• Research on the development of a diagnostic test for cobra (Naja atra) bites (2013 – 2016, principal investigator)
• Oxidative damage in biological systems during aging (2001 – 2003, participant)
• Pro-oxidant/antioxidant balance in certain pathological conditions and the potential for intervention with antioxidants from medicinal plants (2004 – 2005, participant)