Dr. Bach Tran is a Health Economist, Professor at Vietnam National University, Hanoi, and Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University. He specializes in decision-analytic modeling to guide the development and assessment of health technologies and policies. With extensive experience consulting for United Nations agencies, international organizations, and governments across Asia, his work focuses on identifying cost-effective interventions, evaluating health services and innovations, and strengthening health systems. His efforts address critical global health challenges, including HIV/AIDS, substance use, mental health, and pandemic preparedness and response.
Dr. Tran has received numerous international research awards, including the 2025 CUGH’s Velji Faculty Leader in Global Health Innovation Award, the 2024 IBTN LMIC Investigator Award, the 2023 ISPOR LMIC Research Excellence Award, the Hopkins Center for AIDS Research’s International Research Award, and was a runner-up for the 2022 APEC Research Prize on Healthy Women, Healthy Economies.
Dr. Tran earned his PhD in Health Services and Policy from the University of Alberta, Canada (2011), completed a NIH/IAS postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, and obtained a Habilitation-to-Direct Research (HDR) from Aix-Marseille University, France. He also holds an MSc in Finance and Management (University of Toulon), a BA in Law, and a BS in Public Health. He is an alumnus of the InterAcademy Medical Panel’s Young Physician Leaders program (2013) and served as an Executive Committee Member of the Global Young Academy (2018–2019). Since 2015, he has co-chaired the Global Health Innovations Network (GHIN), which fosters innovations, research, and publications for sustainable health and development in LMICs. As Vice President of the Vietnam Young Physician Association, Dr. Tran has been a pioneer in promoting research and evidence-based medicine within the healthcare system.
