Luong Nguyen Thanh

Luong Nguyen Thanh works on the gap between what research shows about antibiotic resistance and what governments actually do. His methods run from epidemiology and causal inference to machine learning applied to policy documents.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Department of Women's and Children's Health at Uppsala University

nguyen.luong@uu.se

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Research focus and interests

  • Nguyen Thanh's research interests encompass a broad spectrum of health and sustainability, with a primary emphasis on developing sustainable global governance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), bridging epidemiological evidence with multi-sectoral policy frameworks to drive equitable and actionable responses across human, animal, and environmental health systems.

Research expertise and methodologies

Nguyen Thanh's methodological expertise spans epidemiological study design and analysis, evidence synthesis and policy analyses. He is also proficient in causal inference methods, natural language processing and machine learning for evidence synthesis, building reproducible analytical pipelines in R and Python.

Ongoing research projects

The BRIDGE-ABR project is part of the Uppsala University Conflicting Objectives Nexus (UUniCORN). Led by ReAct Europe in collaboration with the Stockholm Resilience Centre, the project systematically maps and analyzes synergies and trade-offs between antibiotic resistance (ABR) mitigation objectives and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It also aims to strengthen the research-to-policy interface and support the development of integrated, context-appropriate solutions, with a particular focus on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Key Publications

  1. Nguyen Thanh L., Wernli D., Målqvist M., Søgaard Jørgensen P. (2025) 'When global health meets global goals': assessing the alignment between antimicrobial resistance and sustainable development policies in 10 African and Asian countries. BMJ Global Health, 10(3):e017837. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017837
  2. Søgaard Jørgensen P., Nguyen Thanh L., et al. (2025) Association between national action and trends in antibiotic resistance: an analysis of 73 countries from 2000 to 2023. PLOS Global Public Health, 5(4):e0004127. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004127
  3. Nguyen Thanh L., Wernli D., Målqvist M., Graells T., Søgaard Jørgensen P. (2024) Characterising proximal and distal drivers of antimicrobial resistance: an umbrella review. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 36:50–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2023.12.008
  4. Ngo H.T.H., Nguyen T.L., et al. (2021) Microbial contamination and associated risk factors in retailed pork from key value chains in Northern Vietnam. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 109163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2021.109163

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