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Mr Vincent Nguyen
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UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care
1-19 Torrington Place
London
WC1E 6BT
Appointment
- Research Fellow in Causal methods for Public Health
- Population, Policy & Practice Dept
- UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
- Faculty of Pop Health Sciences
Biography
Vincent Nguyen is a doctoral candidate in diabetic epidemiology, a COVID-19 researcher and an MBA student. He qualified in Computer Science from University College London in 2011, gained an MSc from the Farr Institute of Health Informatics in 2016 and is currently contributing to COVID-19 research.
Research Themes
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Vincent's research focuses on using gold-standard epidemiology methods alongside emerging yet robust public health data science to understand how the COVID-19 virus spreads and how specific activities in the community setting may change one's risk of catching COVID-19.
Vincent's doctoral research evaluates the effectiveness of public health interventions on developing Type II Diabetes using linked electronic health records. In this work he has created methods to generate evidence-based phenotyping algorithms to identify cases of cardiovascular disease in primary care records. His work in this area also focuses on controlled trial emulation and reduction of confounding by indication in retrospective observational research
Teaching Summary
Vincent has contributed to three masters student's dissertations. The first was an MSc in the areas of Parkinson's disease at University College, University of London. The second was an MPH in Helicobacter Pylori prevalence in South and Central America at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The third was an MRes in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences at Queen Mary College, University of London.
Appointments
| 01-AUG-2020 | Virus Watch Research Assisstant | Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care, United Kingdom |
