Profile
Dr Liem serves as Programme Manager on Social Welfare at ERIA since October 2024. He is also a sociologist and demographer by training. His research interests encompass health equity, social determinants of health, health systems, digital health, migration, and disability-inclusive development. He is particularly focused on enhancing health and social assistance for vulnerable groups, including marginalised migrants, ethnic minorities, residents of hard-to-reach areas, women and children, and persons with disabilities.
Dr Liem has extensive experience in developing and managing multidisciplinary projects, designing and conducting national and complex sample surveys, building capacity in quantitative research methods, and applying social data in developing countries. His diverse research and consultancy journey includes collaboration with government bodies, local NGOs, and international organisations such as DFAT, UNESCAP, UNFPA, WHO, the World Bank, IOM, UNICEF, DFID, CIDA, SIDA, the Population Council, USAID, Humanity & Inclusion, and UN Women.
Expertise
- Health Equity & Social Determinants of Health
- Migration & Migrant Health
- Disability-inclusive Development
- Social Welfare & Social Protection
- Social Survey, Quantitative Data, and Evidence-based Policies
Education
| 2004 |
PhD, Demography & Sociology Brown University, Population Studies and Training Centre (PSTC), Department of Sociology, USA |
| 2001 |
MA, Demography & Sociology Brown University, PSTC & Department of Sociology |
|
1996 |
BA, Economics National Economic University, Department of Labour Economics and Demography, Vietnam |
Experience
| October 2024 - Present |
Programme Manager on Social Welfare, Healthcare Unit ERIA |
| January 2020 - September 2024 |
Freelance Consultant Associate of PHAD |
| March 2017 - December 2019 |
Senior Technical Advisor. Disability Inclusion for Health and Development Unit, Nossal Institute for Global Health The University of Melbourne |
| July 2014 - December 2016 |
Research Officer (casual), School of Occupational Therapy & Social Work Curtin University |
| May 2009 - March 2017 |
Deputy Director (full-time 2011-2014) & Co-Founder Institute of Population Health and Development (PHAD), Vietnam |
| 2012 - 2014 |
Country Coordinator (part-time), International Honors Program - Cities in the 21st Century World Learning, USA |
| June 2004 - June 2005 |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Asian MetaCenter for Population and Sustainable Development Analysis National University of Singapore |
| May 1996 - March 2011 |
Deputy Head (2006-2011) & Research Fellow. Department of Population & Development, Institute of Sociology Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences |
Select Publications
- Dao BTT, Trinh HT, Lai PH, Elsner T, Kane S, Nguyen L. A Cluster Randomised Control Trial of an SMS-Based Intervention to Promote Antenatal Health amongst Pregnant Women in a Remote, Highland Region of Vietnam. Healthcare(Basel). 2023 Aug 28;11(17):2407. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11172407. PMID: 37685444; PMCID: PMC10487153.
- McBride B, O'Neil J, Nguyen PC, Linh DT, Trinh HT, Vu NC, Nguyen LT (2023). Adapting and Scaling a Digital Health Intervention to Improve Maternal and Child Health Among Ethnic Minority Women in Vietnam Amid the COVID-19 Context: Protocol for the dMOM Project. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Apr 24;12:e44720. doi: 10.2196/44720. PMID: 37058576; PMCID: PMC10167587.
- Nguyen L, Lee J, Hulse E, Hoang M, Kim G, and Le D (2021). 'Health service utilization and out-of-pocket expenditure associated with the continuum of disability in Vietnam'. International Journal of Environment Research and Public Health 18(11), 5657. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115657.
- Robinson A, Nguyen L, Smith F. Use of the Washington Group Questions in Non-Government Programming. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021 Oct 23;18(21):11143. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111143. PMID: 34769661; PMCID: PMC8582947.
- Pryor W, Nguyen L, Islam Q N, Jalal F A, Marella M (2018). 'Unmet Needs and Use of Assistive Products in Two Districts of Bangladesh: Findings from a Household Survey'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health15(12), 2901. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15122901.
- McBride B, J D O'Neil, Trinh T Hue, R Eni, C Vu Nguyen, L T Nguyen (2018). 'Improving health equity for ethnic minority women in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam: qualitative results from an mHealth intervention targeting maternal and infant health service access'. Journal of Public Health, published 25 September 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdy165.
- McBride B, Nguyen LT, Wiljer D, Vu NC, Nguyen CK, O'Neil J (2018). 'Development of a Maternal, Newborn and Child mHealth Intervention in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam: Protocol for the mMom Project'. Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) Research Protocol, Vol.7(1): e6. DOI: 10.2196/resprot.7912.
- The Republic of the Union of Myanmar & UNFPA (2017). The 2014 Myanmar Population & Housing Census: Thematic Report on Disability. Contributed by Nguyen Thanh Liem, Khin Khin Nyo, San San Thwin, Zin Zin Thaw, Mi Mi Zin Kyan, Zaw Moe Aung, and others.
- Stian H Thoresen, Angela Fielding, Sue Gillieatt, Barbara Blundell, Liem Nguyen (2017). 'A snapshot of intellectual disabilities in Lao PDR: Challenges for the development of services'.Journal of Intellectual Disabilities,Vol 21(3), pp: 203-219.
- Daniel Abrams, Liem T Nguyen, Jill Murphy, Younji (Angie) Lee; Nhu K. Tran, and David Wiljer (2016). 'Perceptions and experiences of perinatal mental disorders in rural, predominantly ethnic minority communities in northern Vietnam'. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 10:10. DOI: 10.1186/s13033-016-0043-0. Paper published 24 February 2016.
- Van Minh H, Giang KB, Liem NT, Palmer M, Thao NP, and Duong LB (2015). 'Estimating the extra cost of living with disability in Vietnam'. Global Public Health, Vol. 10 (S1): pp. S70-S79.
- Nguyen Thanh Liem, Le Bach Duong, and Nguyen Le Trang (2015). 'Facilitating labor emigration for security and prosperities: the case of Vietnam', in Mely Caballero-Anthony and Toshihiro Menju (Ed.), Asia on the Move: Regional Migration and the Role of Civil Society, Publisher: Japan Center for International Exchange, p.163-182.
- Liem T. Nguyen, Zarah Rahman, Mark R. Emerson, Minh H. Nguyen, and Laurie Schwab Zabin (2012). "Cigarette Smoking and Drinking Behavior of Migrant Adolescents and Young Adults in Hanoi, Vietnam". Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 50 (3s): pp. S61-S67.
- ADB, General Department of Population and Family Planning, and UNFPA (2010). Smoking and Alcohol Use among Vietnamese Youth. Contributed by Nguyen Thanh Liem, Nguyen Hanh Nguyen, and Vu Cong Nguyen. Hanoi: 54p.