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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Thach Tran is a senior research fellow at the Women’s and Global Health, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University and the recipient of the NHMRC Early Career Fellowship. Currently, he was awarded a Monash Strategic Bridging Fellowship by Monash University. He also has more than ten years’ experience as a public health research officer in Vietnam, working for the Research and Training Centre for Community Development (RTCCD, 1998-2010).
His research focuses on social determinants of women’s mental health, child health, nutrition and development in early childhood in low- and middle-income countries, and measurement in health sciences.
Dr Tran established a global public health research team including two postdoctoral fellows, four HDR students and three research assistants. The team is conducting two NHMRC-funded research programs in Vietnam: the Learning Clubs research program for women’s health and child health and development and a cluster-randomised controlled trial of the Resourceful Adolescent Program – Vietnamese Version to improve adolescent mental health. The team is also undertaking secondary analyses of data from existing longitudinal studies in Australia (The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children; Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children; and Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health) and multi-country studies (The Demographic and Health Surveys and UNICEF’s Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys).
Dr Tran has supervised to successful completion 3 PhD students at Monash University. As a member of the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine expert statistical advisors’ group, he has contributed substantially to the design and analysis of many PhD students and colleagues’ research projects. Dr Tran is a World Health Organization expert adviser in early childhood development and maternal mental health. He is an Academic Editor of PLOS ONE and BMC Public Health.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
International Health, PhD, University of Melbourne
Award Date: 3 Aug 2014
External positions
Research Fellow, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
The Deputy Director (Research), Research and Training Center for Community Development (RTCCD), Vietnam
Research area keywords
- Public Health
- common mental disorders
- infant development
- micronutrient deficiencies
- pregnancy
- vietnam
- Social determinants of health
- low- and middle-income countries
Network
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Co-designed adaptation and evaluation of a structured program to prevent postnatal mental health problems for culturally and linguistically diverse families
Fisher, J., Tran, T., Rowe, H., Zeleke, B., Herrman, H. E., Rodrigues, M. L., Shaikh, A. & King, I.
Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (trading as VicHealth) (Victoria), Orygen, Community Works Associates Pty Ltd
12/07/21 → 31/07/23
Project: Research
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Impact on men's attitudes and behaviours of a multi-component, gender-informed, father-inclusive intervention for early child development in Vietnam
Fisher, J., Tran, T., Nguyen, T., Tran, T. & Tran, H.
1/06/20 → 31/05/22
Project: Research
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Addressing an unrecognised public health problem in Vietnam: a clustered randomised controlled trial of the culturally adapted Resourceful Adolescent Program (RAP-V) to improve adolescent mental health
Tran, T., Nguyen, H. T., Fisher, J., Shochet, I. M., Le, T. H. M. & Holton, S.
1/01/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Cohort investigation of women admitted with their infants or toddlers to Masada Private Hospital Early Parenting Centre to identify indicators of immediate- and medium-term program impact
Fisher, J., Tran, T., Thean, P. & Nguyen, H. T. M.
15/05/20 → 14/05/22
Project: Research
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Establishing epigenetic evidence of the impact of a multi-component intervention to improve women’s health and infant’s health and development in rural Vietnam
O'Donnell, K. J., Fisher, J., Tran, T., Nguyen, T. & Ha, T. T. T.
31/07/19 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Determinants of worse care for non-COVID-19 health or disability needs in Australia in the first month of COVID-19 restrictions: A national survey
Cicuttini, F. M., Tran, T. D., Hussain, S. M., Wluka, A. E., Fisher, J. R. W. & for the Monash COVID Restrictions Research Group, Jan 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Health and Social Care in the Community. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Economic Evaluations of Child Nutrition Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review and Quality Appraisal
Baek, Y., Ademi, Z., Paudel, S., Fisher, J., Tran, T., Romero, L. & Owen, A., Jan 2022, In: Advances in Nutrition. 13, 1, p. 282-317 36 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Impact of economic factors, social health and stressful life events on physical health-related quality of life trajectories in older Australians
Phyo, A. Z. Z., Gonzalez-Chica, D. A., Stocks, N. P., Woods, R. L., Fisher, J., Tran, T., Owen, A. J., Ward, S. A., Britt, C. J., Ryan, J., Freak-Poli, R. & on behalf of the ASPREE Study Group, May 2022, In: Quality of Life Research. 31, 5, p. 1321-1333 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Community-Based Learning Club for Women's Health and Infant Development in Rural Vietnam
Nguyen, T., Tran, T., Tran, H., Hanieh, S., Luchters, S., Biggs, B-A., Tran, T. & Fisher, J., 2021, Innovations in Global Mental Health. Okpaku, S. O. (ed.). Cham Switzerland: Springer, p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Continuing breastfeeding for at least two years after birth in rural Vietnam: prevalence and psychosocial characteristics
Doma, H., Tran, T. D., Tran, T., Hanieh, S., Tran, H., Nguyen, T., Biggs, B. A. & Fisher, J., 12 Oct 2021, In: International Breastfeeding Journal. 16, 1, 10 p., 78.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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Monash Strategic Bridging Fellowship - 2020
Tran, Thach (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
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Damien Jolley Award for Early Career Research Excellence
Tran, Thach (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Award for Excellence – Best Paper Early Career Researcher
Tran, Thach (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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