On the afternoon of September 9, 2022, at Hanoi Medical University, the Honorary Professor Award Ceremony took place for Professor. Michael Patrick Dunne of Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
Attending the ceremony were Prof. Dr. Nguyen Huu Tu - Principal of Hanoi Medical University; Associate Professor, Dr. Kim Bao Giang - Deputy Director of the School of Preventive Medicine and Public Health; Dr. Truong Quang Trung - Deputy Head of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery; Representative of the Australian Embassy in Vietnam; and numerous alumni of Queensland University of Technology in Vietnam.
Professor. Michael Dunne began teaching and researching Psychology at Murdoch University and Curtin University in Western Australia. He worked at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Queensland School of Medicine and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research from 1987-1996. He was a senior lecturer and professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health - Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane until September 2020.
Professor. Michael Dunne is currently a Professor at the Australian Health Law Research Center at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane and an Honorary Professor at Hue University, Vietnam.
He focuses on teaching and research on psychological, social and health dimensions. He has more than 20 years of experience working with colleagues and graduate students from East Asian countries (mainly Vietnam, Malaysia and China). In 2011, he was a co-founder of the Institute of Public Health Research at Hue University, Vietnam. In 2015, he was awarded a Medal by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health for his important contributions to public health in Vietnam.
Professor. Michael has cooperated with Hanoi University of Medicine and Pharmacy for the past 15 years. As a professor of epidemiology, he has provided important support in teaching and research at the School of Preventive Medicine and Public Health. He has guided many PhD students who are lecturers at Hanoi University of Medicine (School of Preventive Medicine and Public Health; Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery) and former students of Hanoi University of Medicine, with research projects on public health and community health. He and his colleagues at Hanoi Medical University have published many scientific articles in prestigious international journals.
To recognize achievements in scientific and teaching activities as well as deep affection and valuable contributions to develop cooperative and friendly relations between Hanoi Medical University and Queensland University of Technology, Australia; Professor. Nguyen Huu Tu - Principal of Hanoi Medical University and the school's Science and Training Council considered conferring the title of Honorary Professor to Professor. Michael Dunne.
Below are some pictures from the ceremony:
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