Phong Hong Vu
Halifax,Canada
Summary
A professional with 20 years of experience and extensive training in database development, data analysis, public health, medical anthropology, and sociology.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Genealogical Researcher and Library Assistant
Scotiabank Family History Centre, Canada Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Halifax, Nova Scotia
05.2023 - Current
- Developed five desktop applications (Microsoft Access Database Applications) that help collect, store, query, aggregate and report on immigrants and ships.
- Extracted, transformed, and loaded information from different sources for application development.
- My applications saved hundreds of hours of staff work.
Statistician
Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Ottawa, Ontario
06.2022 - Current
- Transformed and analyze clinical data sets using SAS 9.4
- Conducted proportion comparisons, chi-square tests, t-tests, and logistic regressions.
- Enabled the team’s success in presenting study results in scientific workshops and publications.
Manager of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning
Save the Children International
Ha Noi, Vietnam
09.2018 - 07.2021
- Helped the organization identify strategic outcomes that projects need to achieve, design strategies for each project, design and implement a system of indicators, tools, forms, and databases to collect project data, evaluate project effectiveness.
- Built capacity for 12 staff responsible for monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning.
Data Analysis Coordinator
Monkey Forest Consulting
Thanh Hoa, Vietnam
07.2016 - 12.2017
- Helped consolidate secondary data, collect primary quantitative and qualitative data, clean the collected data, establish a method to measure livelihood changes, perform statistical and qualitative analyses, present key findings, and finalize evaluation reports.
- Help saving 50% of the cost of final evaluation.
Research Manager Cum Medical Sociology Lecturer
Center for Training and Research on Substance Abuse – HIV, Hanoi Medical University
Ha Noi, Vietnam
01.2014 - 12.2014
- Supervised a study on applications of motivational interviewing techniques, lectured on medical sociology, chaired, and discussed key contents of research seminars.
- Won a US $50,000 research grant for a study on contribution of local NGOs on HIV/AIDS prevention in Vietnam.
Senior Researcher
Institute for Studies on Society, Economics and Environment
Ha Noi, Vietnam
03.2013 - 12.2013
- Led studies on Vietnamese people's perception of charitable donations and fund-raising opportunities for non-governmental organizations, and livelihoods of cocoa growers in Central Vietnam
- Promoted gender equality and rights of LGBT and ethnic minorities.
- Published an influential book on Vietnamese’s charitable behaviors.
Research Project Coordinator
Institute of Sociology
Ha Noi, Vietnam
04.2004 - 08.2006
- Planned and implemented research activities, managed research budget, facilitated training workshops, analyzed qualitative and quantitative.
- Published a book chapter on interethnic marriages and a journal article on intimate sexual violence.
Researcher
Research Centre for Gender, Family, and Environment in Development
Ha Noi, Vietnam
03.1999 - 06.2002
- Planned and implemented studies focusing on gender inequality, domestic violence, trafficking in girls and women, social impact of road expansion.
- Published a book chapter on partner selection criteria in Vietnam.
Education
Diploma, IT - Database Administration - Database Engineering
Institute of Technology, Nova Scotia Community College
Nova Scotia, Canada06-2023
PhD, Sociology - Health Behaviors
University of Essex
Essex, United Kingdom01-2013
European Master of Public Health - Quantitative Assessment
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom06-2008
Amsterdam’s Master's in Medical Anthropology (AMMA) - Ethnography
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands02-2004
Bachelor of Science, Sociology - Health Behaviours
Hanoi University of Social Sciences And Humanities
Hanoi, Vietnam06-1998
Skills
Analyzing data with STATA, SAS, Excel
Building dashboards with Excel Pivot Tables, Power BI, or Tableau
Writing technical reports, academic papers, project evaluations
Developing applications with Access, Visual Basic
Database programming (PostgreSQL, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server)
Extracting, Transforming and Loading Data (Power Query)
Client-oriented attitude, excellent team member
Canada Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
Certification
- SAS Programming Certification Fast Track, 22th November 2022
- Canada Good Clinical Practice (GCP), July 2022
Accomplishments
- Awarded three major scholarships by Ford Foundation (2002), Erasmus Mundus (206), University of Essex Oversea Research Award (2008)
- Scientific publications cited by authors globally.
Affiliations
- Mentor for students from University of Sheffield since 2015
- Mentor for master students of European Master of Public Health Program since 2023
Timeline
Genealogical Researcher and Library Assistant
Scotiabank Family History Centre, Canada Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
05.2023 - Current
Statistician
Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
06.2022 - Current
Manager of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning
Save the Children International
09.2018 - 07.2021
Data Analysis Coordinator
Monkey Forest Consulting
07.2016 - 12.2017
Research Manager Cum Medical Sociology Lecturer
Center for Training and Research on Substance Abuse – HIV, Hanoi Medical University
01.2014 - 12.2014
Senior Researcher
Institute for Studies on Society, Economics and Environment
03.2013 - 12.2013
Research Project Coordinator
Institute of Sociology
04.2004 - 08.2006
Researcher
Research Centre for Gender, Family, and Environment in Development
03.1999 - 06.2002
Diploma, IT - Database Administration - Database Engineering
Institute of Technology, Nova Scotia Community College
PhD, Sociology - Health Behaviors
University of Essex
European Master of Public Health - Quantitative Assessment
University of Sheffield
Amsterdam’s Master's in Medical Anthropology (AMMA) - Ethnography
University of Amsterdam
Bachelor of Science, Sociology - Health Behaviours
Hanoi University of Social Sciences And Humanities
- SAS Programming Certification Fast Track, 22th November 2022
- Canada Good Clinical Practice (GCP), July 2022
Researchgate
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Phong-Vu-23
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=d75GOYAAAAAJ&hl=en
Hobbies and Interests
- Computational social science
- Desktop application development (I can do simple applications ('WinForms') with Visual Basic, C#)
- Linux system administration
- Database programming
Hobbies and Interests
- Computational social science
- Desktop application development
- Linux system administration
- Database programming
References
References available upon request.
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