Rate My Professor Dung Phung

Associate Professor Dung Phung serves as an academic in the School of Public Health at the University of Queensland, where he holds the position of Associate Professor. He is also Theme Leader for Climate Change and Health at the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences and Program Director for the Master of Environmental Health Sciences. Trained in medicine and public health, he earned a Bachelor of General Medicine from Hanoi Medical University, a Master of Public Health (Research) from the University of Washington-Seattle Campus, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Griffith University. Throughout his career, Dung Phung has undertaken diverse roles in clinical practices, health policy and management, as well as research and teaching focused on epidemiology, research methods, and environmental health. His expertise encompasses epidemiologic methods, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, health risk assessment, needs assessment, and policy evaluation.

Dung Phung's research specializations center on the adverse health effects of occupational and environmental pollution, climate change impacts, and health interventions, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. He leads the E-DENGUE project, developing a user-friendly digital prediction tool for dengue prevention in the Mekong Delta using ensemble modeling. Other key projects include investigations into environmental and behavioral drivers of dengue dynamics, climate change and human health in Asia, and climate and enteric diseases through the ClimED project. He has been awarded research, fellowship, and global partnership grants totaling over $20 million as chief or associate investigator, with approximately $8.5 million as principal investigator, funded by entities such as the Wellcome Trust, NHMRC, and HEAL Innovation Fund. Notable publications include "Data resource profile: Climate and Enteric Diseases research project (ClimED)" (2026, International Journal of Epidemiology), "A district-level ensemble model to enhance dengue prediction and control for the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam" (2025, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases), "Hospitalization risk and burden for cause-specific cardiovascular diseases following tropical cyclones: a multicountry study" (2025, Science Advances), "Health risks of exposure to wildfire-toxic air" (2025, Nature Sustainability), and "Climate change and human health in Vietnam" (2023, The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific). With over 130 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals, he has supervised 20 PhD students on diverse public health topics worldwide and regularly presents at national and international conferences. His contributions emphasize translating complex scientific evidence into actionable health policies and practices, enhancing adaptation to climate-sensitive health risks.