Tung H. Nguyen

First Name

Tung

Last Name

Nguyen

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Category

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Research Interest

SARS-COV2, Evolution, Computational

Scholar Type

NIH Cambridge Scholar MD/PhD

Degrees

B.S., Biology, Brown University, 2017
M.S., Pathobiology, Brown University, 2017
M.D., University of Wisconsin School of Medicine (In progress)

Student's Research

Tung developed an interest in genomics in immunology as a 2016 NYU SURP student with Dr. Dan Littman and pursued experimental genomics at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. As a research associate of Drs. Eric Lander and Jesse Engreitz, he investigated the noncoding genome in immune-mediated diseases. After witnessing the effects of COVID-19 on patientcare during medical school at UW-Madison, he became interested in how SARS-CoV-2 evolves, especially in immunocompromised hosts. His research at NIAID and University of Cambridge aims to infer SARS-CoV-2 genomic epidemiology and viral evolution at antibody epitopes. After completion of the PhD, he will return to the University of Wisconsin to complete his last year of medical training in 2027

Institute Center Mentor

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Mentors

Dr. Elodie Ghedin (NIAID) and
Dr. Pietro Sormanni (Cambridge)

Homepage Description

As a NIH OxCam MD/PhD Scholar, Tung's research at NIAID and University of Cambridge Department of Zoology will involve analyzing large SARS-CoV2 datasets to elucidate viral genomic epidemiology in the immunocompromised, accompanied by bench-side validation.

Entry Year

2022

Thesis Pending

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