Dr Le Van Tan

Associate Professor Lê Văn Tấn

Head of Emerging Infections Group

As an independent investigator, his aim is to develop local and national expertise within Viet Nam and the wider region so that ongoing and future emerging infectious disease challenges can be addressed from within the affected regions and communities.

His early work focused on pathogen discovery, which led to the discovery of a novel cyclovirus in 4% of Vietnamese patients with encephalitis.

Currently, he is the principal investigator of Southeast Asia initiative to combat SARS-CoV-2 variants (SEACOVARIANTS) Consortium. SEACOVARIANTS aims to develop and apply a multidisciplinary research platform in Southeast Asia for rapid assessment of the biological significance of SARS-CoV-2 variants, thereby informing coordinated local, regional and global responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and emerging infectious disease outbreaks.

Timeline

2021 – Present

Associate Professor, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford

2017 – 2022

Wellcome Intermediate Fellowship to study the translational potential of new technologies such as mass spectrometry and next-generation sequencing in patients with brain infections in Vietnam,

2013 – 2017

Wellcome Training Fellowship, studying molecular epidemiology of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Viet Nam and its implication for vaccine development and implementation.

2011

PhD in Life and Biomolecular Sciences from Open University, UK

2003

Joined OUCRU

Publications

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Author Correction: Pathogen genomic surveillance status among lower resource settings in Asia
Marya Getchell, Suci Wulandari, Ruklanthi de Alwis, Shreya Agoramurthy, Yoong Khean Khoo, Tze-Minn Mak, La Moe, Anne-Claire Stona, Junxiong Pang, Muhd Haziq Fikry Haji Abdul Momin, Afreenish Amir, Lucia Rizka Andalucia, Ghows Azzam, Savuth Chin, Thanat Chookajorn, Govindakarnavar Arunkumar, Do Thai Hung, Aamer Ikram, Runa Jha, Erik A Karlsson, Mai Quynh Le Thi, Surakameth Mahasirimongkol, Gathsaurie Neelika Malavige, Jessica E Manning, Syarifah Liza Munira, Nguyen Vu Trung, Imran Nisar, Firdausi Qadri, Farah Naz Qamar, Matthew T Robinson, Cynthia P Saloma, Swe Setk, Tahmina Shirin, Le Van Tan, Timothy John R Dizon, Ravindran Thayan, Hlaing Myat Thu, Hasitha Tissera, Phonepadith Xangsayarath, Zainun Zaini, John C W Lim, Sebastian Maurer-Stroh, Gavin J D Smith, Lin-Fa Wang, Paul Pronyk; Asia Pathogen Genomics Initiative (Asia PGI) consortium
Nat Microbiol
October 16, 2024
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-024-01848-x
STROBE-metagenomics – a STROBE extension statement to guide the reporting of metagenomics studies
Tehmina Bharucha, Clarissa Oeser, Francois Balloux, Julianne R Brown, Ellen Carbo, Andre Charlett, Charles Chiu, Eric C J Claas, Marcus de Goffau, Jutte J C de Vries, Marc Eloit, Susan Hopkins, Jim F Huggett, Duncan MacCannell, Sofia Morfopoulou, Avindra Nath, Denise M O’Sullivan, Lauren B Reoma, Liam P Shaw, Igor Sidorov, Patricia J Simner, Le Van Tan, Emma C Thomson, Lucy van Dorp, Michael R Wilson, Judith Breuer, Nigel Field
Lancet Infect Dis
August 5, 2020
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30199-7
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