Dr Phung Dung

Dr Dung Phung has background in both medicine and public health. He received Master of Public Health in Occupational and Environmental Medicine from University of Washington, and PhD in Environment and Population Health from Griffith University, Australia. He has experienced diversity roles from clinical practice, health management, and research and teaching academic before joining to the UQ School of Public Health. His research interests focus on health effects in relation to occupational and environmental pollution, climate change, and health interventions. He has developed research expertise and skills in environmental epidemiology, systematic review and meta-analysis, health risk assessment, needs assessment, and policy evaluation. Dr. Phung has conducted a series of studies on the health effects of extreme weather events and climate-sensitive infectious diseases. He has expressed a special interest on translating from complex scientific evidence into policy and practices to support climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies particularly in developing settings.