Vietnam
2012 EPP fellow at Sandec, Supervisor Rick Johnston
Tung Bui
Huy
August to
November 2012
Hanoi
Medical College, Hanoi, Vietnam
Master
student at Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam
Under my EPP fellowship at Eawag, I was able to work on my MS thesis titled “Assessing health risk due to exposure to arsenic in drinking water in Hanam Province, Vietnam”.
During my study, I used @Risk software and Environmental Health Risk Assessment method to have newer and deeper analysis on cancer risk of people using tube well water which is arsenic contaminated for drinking purpose. A draft of manuscript with new results has been written. I also used Endnote software well to build the electronic library on arsenic contamination and health risk. More importantly, I learned from my supervisor, from SANDEC members the skills (searching, document citations, issue analysis, writing skill…) and the logical, professional and very effective working style. I hope that I could apply all these things in my work in general and PhD thesis in particular in the future.
I would like to thank Rick very much for his enthusiastic, thoughtful help not only at work but also in everyday life. The SANDEC staffs were very friendly and supported me a lot. I will never forget you!
2010 EPP fellow at Sandec
Phuc Pham-Duc
May to August 2011
National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology,
Hanoi, Vietnam
PhD student, Swiss Tropical and Public Health
Institute, Basel University
During my fellowship at Eawag from May to August 2011, I am glad to have been able to write scientific articles for my PhD research on “Health risk assessment of wastewater and excreta reuse in agriculture in Vietnam using epidemiological and quantitative microbial risk assessment methods”. The following research articles have been or will be published in peer-reviewed journals:
- Risk factors for Entamoeba histolytica infection in an agricultural community in Hanam, Vietnam (accepted, Parasites & Vectors Journal)
- Ascaris and Trichuris are still a health concern in Northern Vietnam when wastewater and human excreta is used in agriculture. (to be submitted)
- Epidemiology of diarrhoeal disease related with the use of wastewater and excreta in agriculture in Hanam, Vietnam. (to be submitted)
- Assessment of microbial infection risks of diarrhea-related to the use of wastewater and excreta in agriculture in Vietnam. (to be submitted). This paper I will be presented by poster in the BioValley ScienceDay in Basel in September 2011.
My stay at Eawag was useful for sharing and discussing research results with other Sandec colleagues working on wastewater and excreta management and also helped to facilitate the link with Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Basel. At Eawag, I have been able to access many scientific papers, use the valuable facilities and to work with many friendly people. Now I am motivated and confident myself to serve my duties with more competence in the future. I would like to thank to everyone at Sandec/Eawag for all their help and support during the time I have been through.
2009 EPP fellow at Sandec, C. Zurbrügg
Tu Vu Van
August – November 2009
Master student at Hanoi
School of Public Health
I am a student of the Hanoi School of Public Health, and it is a great honour to benefit from the Eawag Partnership fellowship Program. During my fellowship at Eawag I was able to accomplish the following:
- Completion of my MSc work which dealt with developing a questionnaire to assess human behavior towards reusing wastewater and excreta in agriculture based on the Protection Motivation Theory framework.
- Eawag also funded an English class to help me improve my English. Now I feel confident about my English, but I know that learning English is a continuous process, and I will put all my effort into improving my English.
- I learned a lot from my supervisors and my colleagues about carrying out research and academic study.
I am thankful for your support, which helped me having the motivation in my work now and in the future.
2009 EPP fellow in Water Resources and Drinking Water, Michael Berg
Hoai Pham Manh
February - May 2009
PhD student at Hanoi University of
Science, Vietnam
The main objective of my three months fellowship at Eawag was the assessment of analytical data on persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals in water and sediment of Hanoi sewer system. I successfully completed two manuscripts - one has been submitted to the Journal of Environmental Pollution, and the second one is being revised by my supervisor. It can gladly say that I was one of the luckiest Vietnamese to have had the opportunity to visit Eawag under the EPP fellowship program. During my stay in Eawag, I had a good chance to learn about new research and obtain significant knowledge related to my work from experienced scientists. I was able to enhance my skills in methodology of data assessment and writing scientific papers. I had the best working conditions with the enthusiastic interest of my supervisor and laboratory staff. In my opinion, Eawag is one of the best equipped institutes that I have visited so far.