MSc, MD Ngo Thi Tam is a preventive medicine physician and epidemiology PhD candidate at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (2024–2028, expected). She earned her medical degree in Preventive Medicine from Hanoi Medical University (2016), an MSc in Preventive Medicine from Hanoi Medical University (2018), and a BA in English Language from Thai Nguyen University (2024). Her career includes research administration at the School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam National University Hanoi (2016–2019), lecturing at Thang Long University (2019–2022), serving as Deputy Head of Department at Dai Nam University (2022–2025), and working as a Research Assistant at the Institute for Advanced Study and Technology, Ton Duc Thang University since 2026. She has also served as Secretary of the Vietnam Journal of Community Medicine since 2020.

Her research focuses on digital health, artificial intelligence and machine learning in healthcare; medical and health-sciences education; public health, epidemiology, healthcare utilization and ageing; and clinical and real-world medication-use research. Her methodological interests include quantitative and mixed-methods research, statistical analysis, scale validation, multivariable analysis and health-data analytics.

Her long-term vision is to apply AI, digital health and real-world data to disease prevention, quality of care, evidence-based decision-making and health-workforce development.

COMPLETED PROJECTS

1. Healthcare needs and access to and utilization of health services in Northern mountainous Vietnam – Principal Investigator; Thang Long University; 2020–2021.
2. eHealth literacy and associated factors among medical students at Dai Nam University in 2022 – Principal Investigator; Dai Nam University; 2022–2023.
3. Associations of self-efficacy, learning-related emotions and learning strategies with academic outcomes among medical students at Dai Nam University in 2024 – Principal Investigator; Dai Nam University; 2023–2024.
4. Career orientation of medical students at Dai Nam University and influencing factors – Principal Investigator; Dai Nam University; 2023–2024.
5. Project codes, budgets and acceptance dates are not stated in the provided records.

Undergraduate

Successfully supervised one undergraduate student to graduation.

Outstanding publications

1. Ngo, T. T., Ha, H. G., Nguyen, H. L., & Hoang, M. D. (2026). Future pharmacists in the age of Artificial Intelligence: A mixed-methods study of first-year students in Vietnam. BMC Medical Education, 26(1), 1169. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-09368-4
2. Ngo, X. K., Vo, T. H., Nguyen, X. T., Ngo, T. T., Cham, T. L., & Hanh, H. D. (2026). Nutritional status and attitudes toward overweight and obesity among health-science students in Vietnam. BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-27900-5
3. Nguyen, B. N., Ngo, T. T., Nguyen, T. L. H., Nguyen, T. C., Bui, T. T. V., & Tran, Q. T. (2026). Health and eHealth literacy in Vietnam: Evidence from a National survey. Patient Education and Counseling, 148, 109583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2026.109583
4. Nguyen, T. N., Ngo, T. T., Nguyen, T. L. H., Nguyen, T. C., Pham, V. D., & Nguyen, H. T. (2026). EQ-5D-5L Values and Determinants for a Vietnamese Population. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 24(2), 407–419. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-025-01019-x
5. Le, H. T., Le, T. A., Mac, T. D., Nguyen, D. N., Vu, H. N., Truong, A. T. M., et al., & Ngo, T. T. (2022). Non-communicable diseases prevention in remote areas of Vietnam: Limited roles of health education and community workers. PLOS ONE, 17(9), e0273047. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273047

Editorial Board member:

Vietnam Journal of Community Medicine – Journal Secretary / Editorial Office Secretariat (03/2020–present).

• Encouragement Prize, 21st Young Scientists Conference of the Health Sector (2022), for the work “Happiness among medical and pharmacy students: Associations with individual and social factors”.
• First Prize, Scientific and Youth Conference, Hanoi Medical University (2026), for “Application of artificial intelligence to develop a model supporting symptom recognition based on voice” (Nguyen Tra Giang, Hoang Dinh Tri Dung, Ngo Thi Tam).