THE FACULTY OF ODONTO-STOMATOLOGY, CAN THO UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY PARTICIPATED IN AN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT IN ORAL HEALTH
On May 12th, 2022, the Faculty of Odonto-Stomatology, Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy (CTUMP) had joined an initial meeting for implementation of an international collaborative research project with Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, the Philippines and the United States.
This
project was expected to run for 5 years, organized by the University of Khon
Kaen (KKU), Thailand on the topic of “Clinical and Public Health Research
Training in Oral Health for Southeast Asia”, and funded by the US National
Institutes of Health (NIH/NIDCR/FIC).
Representing
the CTUMP, there were Assoc. Prof. PhD. NGUYEN Van Lam (Vice Rector), Assoc.
Prof. PhD. TRUONG Nhut Khue (Head of the Faculty of Odonto-Stomatology), PhD.
DO Thi Thao (Deputy Head of the Faculty of Odonto-Stomatology).
This
project was aimed to develop the human resource for scientific research through
a number of short-term courses and postgraduate training for the lecturers of
local universities.
At the
moment, this project supported MSc. MD. NGUYEN Hoang Giang, lecturer of the
Department of Restorative Dentistry in participating in the virtual course “Craniofacial Oral Health Online (COHO) Summer
Institute in Clinical Research Methods” at the University of Washington from
May 10th to July 5th, 2022, and the two-week course on
writing scientific manuscripts in the United States in October, 2022.
It is hoped that the project would promote
cooperation and oral health research in the Faculty of Odonto-Stomatology,
CTUMP in the next five years.