Hoa Thi Ngo
Associate Professor
- Head of Zoonosis Group
Zoonosis
Dr Ngo Thi Hoa, a molecular microbiologist, joined the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine in 2005. She is Head of Zoonosis Group at Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, the Wellcome Programme. She is a visiting lecturer at University of Science and Open University, Ho Chi Minh City. She studies the genetic and antimicrobial resistance of the zoonotic pathogens and the burden of zoonotic infections for potential intervention for prevention/ reduction of zoonotic transmission/ infections. One of the current researched zoonotic pathogens is Streptoccocus suis, the important emerging pathogen of central nervous system in Viet Nam and Asia.