Hien T.T. Ngo, PhD
Innovation in Health Sciences (IHS)
Postdoctoral Researcher
VinUni-Illinois Smart Health Center
Postdoctoral Researcher
Biography
Hien T.T. Ngo has been with the VinUni-Illinois Smart Health Center (VISHC) since 2022, currently serving as a full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow. She obtained her Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Kyung Hee University, South Korea, in 2019, where she continued her postdoctoral research until 2020 before joining Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. Her current research at VISHC focuses on wastewater-based epidemiology, bacteriophages, and the genomic surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and infectious diseases, contributing to the development of advanced molecular tools for public health protection.
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Microbiology, Bacteriophage
- Cellular toxicology & bioassays
- Molecular diagnostics
- Environmental health surveillance
- Bioactive compounds & Emerging contaminants
1. In-silico Phage Prediction: Optimizing Lytic Phage Discovery for Pathogens by Benchmarking Strain-Level Models. (Accepted Poster) The NIAMRRE 2026 Annual Conference, hosted by Food Forward and Iowa State University. 2026 May.
2. Core resistomes are shared across diverse One Health sources. (Accepted Poster) The NIAMRRE 2026 Annual Conference. 2026 May.
3. Pandemic-Associated Redistribution of Enterobacterales in Urinary Tract Infections and Implications for Empirical Therapy. (Accepted Poster) The NIAMRRE 2026 Annual Conference. 2026 May.
4. Farm2Vet: A Virtual Veterinary Platform for Swine Producers in Vietnam. (Accepted Poster) The NIAMRRE 2026 Annual Conference. 2026 May.
5. Dose-dependent biphasic effect of environmental UVA on stem cell function through PRPF40A, TGF-β1, NFATc1 signaling. Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology. 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2026.113435
6. Current smartphone-assisted point-of-care cancer detection: Towards supporting personalized cancer monitoring. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2024.117681
7. Efficacy of the TMPRSS2 inhibitor camostat mesilate in patients hospitalized with Covid-19-a double-blind randomized controlled trial. EClinicalMedicine. 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100849
8. Aquitalea aquatilis sp. nov., isolated from Jungwon waterfall. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM). 2020. DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004351
9. Antiinflammatory effects of Achillea millefolium L. on atopic dermatitis-like skin lesions in NC/Nga mice. The American Journal of Chinese Medicine. 2020. DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X2050055X
10. Conditioned medium from human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell culture prevents UVB- induced skin aging in human keratinocytes and dermal fibroblasts. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2019. DOI: 10.3390/ijms21010049
11. Evaluation of in-vitro antimicrobial activity of Artemisia apiacea H. and Scutellaria baicalensis G. extracts. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2018. DOI:10.1099/jmm.0.000709
12. Protective effect of dietary Alchemilla mollis on UVB-irradiated premature skin aging through regulation of transcription factor NFATc1 and Nrf2/ARE pathways. Phytomedicine. 2018. DOI:10.1016/j.phymed.2017.12.025
13. Topical application of neem leaves prevents wrinkles formation in UVB-exposed hairless mice. Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology. 2017. DOI:10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2017.03.010
14. Emticicia aquatilis sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater sample near Donghaksa temple. IJSEM. 2017. DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.001840
15. Niabella hibiscisoli sp. nov., isolated from soil of a Rose of Sharon garden. IJSEM. 2016. DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.001595
- 2019 Ph.D. in Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University (KHU), South Korea
- 2015 M.S. in Life Science, KHU, South Korea
- 2012 B.Sc. in Biotechnology, Hanoi University of Agriculture (Vietnam National University of Agriculture)
- 2019 The Excellent Ph.D. Thesis (one of two prizes for natural science) awarded by KHU
- 2016-2017 Woojung Education and Culture Foundation Scholarship awarded by the Booyoung Business Group (Korea)
- 2013-2019 International Excellent Student Scholarships & Research Excellence Scholarships awarded by KHU
- 2012 The 1st Student Scientific Research Prize awarded by Hanoi University of Agriculture, Vietnam
Current research topics:
- One Health AMR Surveillance & AI Early Warning Systems
- Microbial Bioprospecting & Enzyme Discovery
- Automated Primer Design for Rapidly Evolving Viruses & Viral Evolution Analysis
- In Silico Lytic Phage Discovery
- Targeted Phage Cocktail Formulation
Current projects:
- 2026-2027: Investigating phage-host interactions to combat AMR (VinUni AREP)
- 2024-2027: Pathogen detection in Vietnamese livestock & development of human-driven AI Knowledge Hub to support veterinarians and producers (Farm2Vet, https://www.farm2vets.com/en)
- 2022-2032: CRISPR-Cas9 ARG-targeted metagenomics for wastewater surveillance modeling (VISHC, https://smarthealth.vinuni.edu.vn/project/wastewater-epidemiological-surveillance-in-vietnam/)
