PhD student. Tran Cong Thanh
Lecturer
Vice Head of Department
Department of Environmental Science
Contact: Liên Hệ: Phòng C35, Cơ sở 227 Nguyễn Văn Cừ, Quận 5, TP.HCM
Email: tcthanh@hcmus.edu.vn
Teaching areas
- ENV00002: Environmental Science
- ENV10025 & ENE10022: Environmental Health
- ENV10030 & ENE10028: Analysis of Environmental Data
- ENV10101: Environmental Epidemiology
Research interests
- Applying low-cost particulate matter sensors for assessment of effects of PM2.5 on cardiorespiratory diseases
- Integrated approaches of epidemiological study designs, statistics and GIS-RS methods in environmental monitoring, exposure assessment, health assessment, and health risk assessment
- Keywords: PM2.5, cardiorespiratory diseases, low cost sensors, biostatistics, environmental health, environmental epidemiology, global health
Projects
Name of project or research focus
Body funding
Role/Period
Using particulate matter low-cost sensors to assess indoor and outdoor PM2.5 concentrations in urban households in Bien Hoa City
VNUHCM – University of Science
Principal
Investigator/
2022-now
Applying low-cost particulate matter sensors for assessing spatio-temporal variation of PM2.5 concentration in four urban districts of Ho Chi Minh City
VNUHCM, level C
Principal
Investigator/
2021-now
Using low-cost sensors to assess effects of PM2.5 exposure on human health: a panel study in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City
VNUHCM, level C
Research member/
2021-now
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and risks of cardiorespiratory diseases: a panel study in Ho Chi Minh City using low-cost sensors
Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Research member/
2020-now
Effects of climate change on epidemics circulating in Ho Chi Minh City
VNUHCM, level C
Principal
Investigator/
2015-2016
Key publications
- Tzong-Gang Wu, Yan-Da Chen, Bang-Hua Chen, Kouji H. Harada, Kiyoung Lee, Furong Deng, Mark J. Rood, Chu-Chih Chen, Cong-Thanh Tran, Kuo-Liong Chien, Tzai-Hung Wen, Chang-Fu Wu, 2022. Identifying low-PM2. 5 exposure commuting routes for cyclists through modeling with the random forest algorithm based on low-cost sensor measurements in three Asian cities. Environmental Pollution, 294, p.118597 (DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118597)
- Lung S-CC, Thi Hien T, Cambaliza MOL, Hlaing OMT, Oanh NTK, Latif MT, Lestari P, Salam A, Lee S-Y, Wang W-CV, Tsou M-CM, Cong-Thanh T, Cruz MT, Tantrakarnapa K, Othman M, Roy S, Dang TN, Agustian D, 2022. Research Priorities of Applying Low-Cost PM2. 5 Sensors in Southeast Asian Countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), p.1522 (DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19031522)
- Hien TT, Ngo TH, Lung SC, Ngan TA, Minh TH, Cong-Thanh T, Nguyen LS, Chi ND, 2022. Characterization of Particulate Matter (PM1 and PM2. 5) from Incense Burning Activities in Temples in Vietnam and Taiwan. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 22:220193 (DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.220193)
- Cong-Thanh TRAN, Tuyet-Nhan CHUNG, Tzong-Gang WU, Chang-Fu WU, Thi Hien TO, Kuo-Liong CHIEN, Jun 2022. Using low-cost sensors to assess indoor and outdoor PM2.5 concentrations at five homes in Bien Hoa City, Vietnam. The 12th Asian Aerosol Conference
- Cong-Thanh Tran, Anh-Ngan Tran, Le-My-Thuan Nguyen, Ly-Bao-Chau Tsan, Tzong-Gang Wu, Chang-Fu Wu, Thi-Hien To, Kuo-Liong Chien, Sep 2021. Fine particulate matter concentrations during 2020&2021 Lunar New Year holidays and the COVID-19 pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The 16th Annual International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Conference
- Tran Cong-Thanh, Nguyen Thi Quynh Giao, Duong Duy Khoa, To Thi Hien, 2018. Effects of climate variations on hand-foot-mouth disease in Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam Journal of Science and Technology, 54(2A), p. 120 (DOI: 10.15625/2525-2518/54/2a/11920)
- Nguyen Thi Que Nam, Tran Cong-Thanh, 2017. Assessing the thermal comfort in non-air-conditioned classrooms in Ho Chi Minh City. Science and Technology Development Journal – Natural Sciences, 1(T4), p. 232-240. (DOI: 10.32508/stdjns.v1it4.473)
Other information
- An excellent Early Career Poster Presentation at the MANGO session of the 16th IGAC Scientific Conference, the Monsoon Asia and Oceania Networking Group and the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project, 2021
- Advanced Institute on Health Investigation and Air Sensing for Asian Pollution, cademia Sinica, Taiwan, 2019-2022
- Integrated Programme for Better Air Quality in Asia Online Learning Series, Clean Air Asia, 2021
- The International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Meeting, Workshops & Training Course, India, 2019
- Research Fellowship for Outstanding International Doctoral Students, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 2016-2019
- Certificate of ESH Education and Training, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 2016