Youngest Vietnamese professor receives 2025 global healthcare innovation award

The award was presented during the 16th Annual Conference of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) held from February 20-23 in Atlanta, USA. The award honors scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the development and implementation of innovative initiatives that have a positive impact on public health, especially in low-income countries.

Professor Tran Xuan Bach was honored to receive an award from the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH).

In 2025, the Association awarded this prize to Professor Tran Xuan Bach (lecturer at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam National University, Hanoi) in recognition of his important contributions in the field of health innovation, including research on health economics , health systems and digital health technologies to increase access to health care services for vulnerable groups.

This young professor is also a pioneer in integrating cost-effective healthcare models to optimize healthcare systems, improve response capacity to global health challenges and prevent pandemics in developing countries.

Honorary record of Professor Tran Xuan Bach at the conference.

Previously, Professor Tran Xuan Bach was also awarded the 2023 Outstanding Research Award by ISPOR, the world's largest association for health economic evaluation. Over the years, the CUGH Global Health Innovation Leadership Award has been continuously awarded to outstanding professors from leading US universities.

In 2024, the award honored Professor Quentin Eichbaum, Chair of the Council on Education, American Society for Clinical Pathology and Director of the Vanderbilt University Center for Transfusion Medicine, and Professor Rajiv Chowdhury, Dean of the Department of Global Health, University of Florida, for their 20 years of leadership and development of global health curricula at many of the world's leading medical institutions.

Professor Tran Xuan Bach, lecturer at University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) is a Washington, DC-based organization that brings together nearly 200 universities and educational institutions worldwide to work together to address global health challenges.

After 35 years of establishment, CUGH has grown strongly, becoming a network connecting universities, research organizations and international partners to promote innovation and cooperation in the field of global health, with the participation of the world's leading universities such as Harvard University, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Yale, Cornell, Duke, Columbia...

Prof. Dr. Tran Xuan Bach (born 1984) was awarded the International Clinical and Prevention Research Award by the AIDS Research Center, Johns Hopkins University (USA). He received the Noam Chomsky Award - 2020 Research Achievement Award.

He was recognized as the youngest Associate Professor in 2016 and the youngest Professor in 2023, and is also a scientist in the top 1% of Clarivate's most cited scientists in 2023.

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