Hoang Tu Anh, MD, Ph.D.

Director/ Founder

• Medical doctor at Hanoi Medical University from 1987 to 1993
• Master in Health Systems Management at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine from 1998 to 2000
• Ph.D at Anthropology Department, University of Amsterdam 2012-2021

Dr. Hoang Tu Anh is both a founding member and Director of the Center for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population (CCIHP). She works in several research, training, and intervention programs on gender, sexuality, and HIV. She has extensive experience of working with disadvantaged groups such as adolescents, gender-based violence survivors and perpetrators, people living with HIV, and sexual minorities using a participatory and right-based approach in Vietnam and the region. Much of her effort is on building research and dissemination capacity in Vietnam and transforming research into effective advocacy and interventions. She is the former chair of the Vietnam Sexual Rights Alliance, faculty member of the SouthEast Asia Consortium on Gender, Sexuality and Health, Directory Board member of the Asia-Pacific Research and Resource Center for Women (ARROW), and member of the IDAHO International advisor committee. Her current interests are civil society movement and gender-based violence toward married women and LGBT people using symbolic violence, heteronormativity, and panopticon framework.

Her publications can be found at:

http://aissr.uva.nl/staff/employee-search/item/t.a.hoang.html?f=hoang

 Email: tuanh@ccihp.org

Tel: +844 3577 0261 (Ext: 21)

Tran Hung Minh, MD., MSc.

Vice-director/ Founder

• A medical doctor specialized in Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi Medical University
• Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Language, Hanoi Pedagogical University for Foreign Language
• Master of Science  in Health Systems Management, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - London University

Dr. Minh is a medical doctor, researcher, and public health professional with more than 20 years of professional experience in research and M&E of a wide range of public health programs. He has expertise in the design, management, analysis, and dissemination of a wide range of quantitative and qualitative research projects. He also has extensive experience in the development and implementation of M&E systems. At CCIHP, he is currently responsible for day-to-day office operations, fundraising, work planning, budget monitoring, and partner relations. In addition, Dr. Minh is the principal researcher for studies focusing on health system reform, reproductive health, and gender. He also provides technical assistance on research methodology for health professionals and medical students, focusing on quantitative research methods, and designs and implements operational research integrated with M&E systems of health interventions at different levels in Vietnam. Before founding CCIHP with colleagues, Dr. Minh was a researcher and lecturer at the Community Health Research Unit of Hanoi Medical University. He is the author of numerous peer-reviewed international journal articles, working papers, and research reports focusing on reproductive health and gender.

Email: minh@ccihp.org
Tel: +844 3577 0261 

Vu Song Ha, MD., PhD.

Vice-Director, Founder

A medical doctor specialized in Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi Medical University in 1995

Master of Public Health, Columbia University, the USA in 2002

Philosophy of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Australia in 2014

Ha is a medical doctor and public health specialist, whose Ph.D. research was on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Hanoi, Vietnam. She is the founder of the Center for Creative Initiates in Health and Population (CCIHP), an NGO in Vietnam with its mission of promoting health equality, diversity, and health for all people in society. For the past 20 years, her research has focused on gender, sexuality and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, and disability. Currently, Ha is working on the research component of a five-year project on HIV, and leading operational research to develop mobile health to promote early identification of and interventions for children with ASD, a study on using social media to promote early identification of developmental disorders, and public engagement research with young people and siblings of individuals with ASD using photovoice and visual-art based methods. She is the author and co-author of a number of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and policy briefs

Her ORCID id: 0000-0002- 6351-8953

Email: ha@ccihp.org 

Tel: +844 3577 0261 (ext: 23)

Pham Vu Thien, MD., MSc.

 Founder

Graduated from Hanoi Medical University in 1993 as a General Practitioner and MSc. Of Health System Management from London University, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 2001. Working as an expert in the field of Communication and Media on health, population, community development, environment, and health care system. Dr. Thien has been co-founder and member of the director board of CCIHP since 2008.

Email: thien@ccihp.org

Tel: +84 435770261 (ext 24)

Hoang Tu Anh, MD, Ph.D.

Director/ Founder

• Medical doctor at Hanoi Medical University from 1987 to 1993
• Master in Health Systems Management at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine from 1998 to 2000
• Ph.D at Anthropology Department, University of Amsterdam 2012-2021

Dr. Hoang Tu Anh is both a founding member and Director of the Center for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population (CCIHP). She works in several research, training, and intervention programs on gender, sexuality, and HIV. She has extensive experience of working with disadvantaged groups such as adolescents, gender-based violence survivors and perpetrators, people living with HIV, and sexual minorities using a participatory and right-based approach in Vietnam and the region. Much of her effort is on building research and dissemination capacity in Vietnam and transforming research into effective advocacy and interventions. She is the former chair of the Vietnam Sexual Rights Alliance, faculty member of the SouthEast Asia Consortium on Gender, Sexuality and Health, Directory Board member of the Asia-Pacific Research and Resource Center for Women (ARROW), and member of the IDAHO International advisor committee. Her current interests are civil society movement and gender-based violence toward married women and LGBT people using symbolic violence, heteronormativity, and panopticon framework.

Her publications can be found at:

http://aissr.uva.nl/staff/employee-search/item/t.a.hoang.html?f=hoang

 Email: tuanh@ccihp.org

Tel: +844 3577 0261 (Ext: 21)

Tran Hung Minh, MD., MSc.

Vice-director/ Founder

• A medical doctor specialized in Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi Medical University
• Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Language, Hanoi Pedagogical University for Foreign Language
• Master of Science  in Health Systems Management, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - London University

Dr. Minh is a medical doctor, researcher, and public health professional with more than 20 years of professional experience in research and M&E of a wide range of public health programs. He has expertise in the design, management, analysis, and dissemination of a wide range of quantitative and qualitative research projects. He also has extensive experience in the development and implementation of M&E systems. At CCIHP, he is currently responsible for day-to-day office operations, fundraising, work planning, budget monitoring, and partner relations. In addition, Dr. Minh is the principal researcher for studies focusing on health system reform, reproductive health, and gender. He also provides technical assistance on research methodology for health professionals and medical students, focusing on quantitative research methods, and designs and implements operational research integrated with M&E systems of health interventions at different levels in Vietnam. Before founding CCIHP with colleagues, Dr. Minh was a researcher and lecturer at the Community Health Research Unit of Hanoi Medical University. He is the author of numerous peer-reviewed international journal articles, working papers, and research reports focusing on reproductive health and gender.

Email: minh@ccihp.org
Tel: +844 3577 0261 

Vu Song Ha, MD., PhD.

Vice-Director, Founder

A medical doctor specialized in Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi Medical University in 1995

Master of Public Health, Columbia University, the USA in 2002

Philosophy of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Australia in 2014

Ha is a medical doctor and public health specialist, whose Ph.D. research was on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Hanoi, Vietnam. She is the founder of the Center for Creative Initiates in Health and Population (CCIHP), an NGO in Vietnam with its mission of promoting health equality, diversity, and health for all people in society. For the past 20 years, her research has focused on gender, sexuality and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, and disability. Currently, Ha is working on the research component of a five-year project on HIV, and leading operational research to develop mobile health to promote early identification of and interventions for children with ASD, a study on using social media to promote early identification of developmental disorders, and public engagement research with young people and siblings of individuals with ASD using photovoice and visual-art based methods. She is the author and co-author of a number of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and policy briefs

Her ORCID id: 0000-0002- 6351-8953

Email: ha@ccihp.org 

Tel: +844 3577 0261 (ext: 23)

Pham Vu Thien, MD., MSc.

 Founder

Graduated from Hanoi Medical University in 1993 as a General Practitioner and MSc. Of Health System Management from London University, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 2001. Working as an expert in the field of Communication and Media on health, population, community development, environment, and health care system. Dr. Thien has been co-founder and member of the director board of CCIHP since 2008.

Email: thien@ccihp.org

Tel: +84 435770261 (ext 24)

Mrs. Quach Thi Thu Trang

Master of Art in Medical Sociology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Mrs. Trang graduated Masters degree in Medical Sociology focusing on Gender, Sexuality, and Health at Mahidol University in 2006. Trang has accumulated extensive experience in designing and implementing qualitative research, intervention models, and capacity building in gender equality, prevention of gender-based violence, and sexual diversity.

Since 2014, Mrs. Trang has prioritized the activities on stigma and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation, health equity for minorities (LGBT, people with disabilities, people living with HIV), and promoted the participation of private sectors in health equity for minority groups.

Email: qttrang@ccihp.org

Phone No.: +844 3577 0261 (ext: 21)