‘I met Thao during the master honour programme U/Select. She was eager to expand her knowledge and skills in epidemiology and decided to take a less conventional route and study in the US. She is very persistent in achieving what she wants and has a joyful character, which makes her a great addition to a team.’
Thao Lam
Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
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PhD candidate in Environmental Epidemiology focusing on neighborhood determinants of chronic non-communicable diseases. Hard-working and a long-time recipient of various scholarships, I have developed discipline, ambition and strong work ethics. Looking forward to co-operations in the field!
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I am thrilled to announce that I have officially embarked on my PhD journey at the University of Leicester, working within the esteemed Leicester…
I am thrilled to announce that I have officially embarked on my PhD journey at the University of Leicester, working within the esteemed Leicester…
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As someone who has worked with satellite imagery and wildfire detection previously, Google's new AI-driven approach to detect wildfires faster looks…
As someone who has worked with satellite imagery and wildfire detection previously, Google's new AI-driven approach to detect wildfires faster looks…
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I am pleased to share that I presented the initial findings of our project titled “Investigation of the Short-Chain Fatty Acid Formation Amount of…
I am pleased to share that I presented the initial findings of our project titled “Investigation of the Short-Chain Fatty Acid Formation Amount of…
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Ervaring
Opleiding
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Activiteiten en verenigingen:OnStage Committee, Vietnamese Students Associations in the Netherlands (VSNL)
Major in Environmental Sciences and Minor in Environmental Policy and International Relations
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Activiteiten en verenigingen:Music Ambassadors, Green Ambassadors, Class representatives, NUS High School Choir
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Activiteiten en verenigingen:UCD Choir
Exchange student
Licenties en certificaten
Ervaring als vrijwilliger
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Translating volunteer
New Dutch Connections
- 3 maanden
Opleiding
Every Wednesday I help translate for young refugees (<18 years old) to help them understand and participate in training sessions. These sessions aim to help them plan their future in the Netherlands.
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Volunteer
Project SUGAR
- 1 jaar 1 maand
Kinderen
I participated in this volunteer project for 2 consecutive summers, visiting orphanages for children with HIV/Aids and organizing activities for them. We also organized AbunDANCE, a community event in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam to raise awareness and erase social stigma around children with HIV.
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Project AMPlify team member
Habitat for Humanity Indonesia
- 4 maanden
Armoedebestrijding
In a team we carried out fundraising activities in Singapore and travelled to Bandung, Indonesia to help a family build their new home.
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Volunteer
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
- 4 maanden
Kunst en cultuur
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Student Liaison Offficer
Singapore International Mathematics Competition (SIMC)
- heden 12 jaar 5 maanden
Opleiding
Taking charge of team South Korea during the competition
Publicaties
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Associations between the built environment and obesity: an umbrella review
International Journal of Health Geographics
Abstract
Background: In the past two decades, the built environment emerged as a conceptually important determinant of obesity. As a result, an abundance of studies aiming to link environmental characteristics to weight-related outcomes have been published, and multiple reviews have attempted to summarise these studies under diferent scopes and domains. We set out to summarise the accumulated evidence across domains by conducting a review of systematic reviews on associations between any…Abstract
Background: In the past two decades, the built environment emerged as a conceptually important determinant of obesity. As a result, an abundance of studies aiming to link environmental characteristics to weight-related outcomes have been published, and multiple reviews have attempted to summarise these studies under diferent scopes and domains. We set out to summarise the accumulated evidence across domains by conducting a review of systematic reviews on associations between any aspect of the built environment and overweight or obesity.
Methods: Seven databases were searched for eligible publications from the year 2000 onwards. We included systematic literature reviews, meta-analyses and pooled analyses of observational studies in the form of cross-sectional, case–control, longitudinal cohort, ecological, descriptive, intervention studies and natural experiments. We assessed risk of bias and summarised results structured by built environmental themes such as food environment, physical activity environment, urban–rural disparity, socioeconomic status and air pollution.
Results: From 1850 initial hits, 32 systematic reviews were included, most of which reported equivocal evidence for associations. For food- and physical activity environments, associations were generally very small or absent, although some characteristics within these domains were consistently associated with weight status such as fast-food exposure, urbanisation, land use mix and urban sprawl. Risks of bias were predominantly high.
Conclusions: Thus far, while most studies have not been able to confrm the assumed infuence of built environments on weight, there is evidence for some obesogenic environmental characteristics.
Registration: This umbrella review was registered on PROSPERO under ID CRD42019135857.
Keywords: Obesity, Overweight, Built environment, Umbrella review, Food environment, Physical activity, Obesogenic environmentAndere auteursPublicatie weergeven -
Long-term effects of latitude, ambient temperature, and ultraviolet radiation on the incidence of multiple sclerosis in two cohorts of US women
Environmental Epidemiology
Background: Differences in multiple sclerosis (MS) risk by latitude have been observed worldwide; however, the exposures driving these associations are unknown. Ultraviolet radiation (UV) has been explored as a risk factor, and ambient temperature has been correlated with disease progression. However, no study has examined the impact of all three exposures. We examined the association between these exposures and incidence of MS within two nationwide prospective cohorts of women, the Nurses’…
Background: Differences in multiple sclerosis (MS) risk by latitude have been observed worldwide; however, the exposures driving these associations are unknown. Ultraviolet radiation (UV) has been explored as a risk factor, and ambient temperature has been correlated with disease progression. However, no study has examined the impact of all three exposures. We examined the association between these exposures and incidence of MS within two nationwide prospective cohorts of women, the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) and Nurses’ Health Study II (NHSII). Methods: Both cohorts were followed with biennial questionnaires to ascertain new diagnoses and risk factors. Time-varying exposures to latitude, cumulative average July temperature (°C), and cumulative average July erythemal UV (mW/m2) were predicted at each participant’s biennially updated residential addresses. Using Cox proportional hazards models adjusted for MS risk factors, we calculated hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) within each cohort and pooled via meta-analyses.
Results: In multivariable models, there were suggestions that decreasing latitude (meta-analysis multivariable-adjusted HR = 0.72; 95% CI 0.55, 0.94 for women living <35.73° compared with those ≥42.15°, P-for-trend = 0.007) and increasing cumulative average July temperature (meta-analysis multivariable-adjusted HR = 0.81; 95% CI 0.72, 0.91 for each interquartile range increase [3.91°]) were associated with decreasing risk of MS. There was no evidence of heterogeneity between cohorts. We did not observe consistent associations with cumulative average UV.
Conclusion: Our results suggest that adult exposures to decreasing latitude and increasing temperature, but not UV, were associated with reduced MS risk in these two cohorts of women. Studies of MS incidence may want to consider temperature as a risk factor. -
Multigeneration toxicity of imidacloprid and thiacloprid to Folsomia candida
Ecotoxicology
In a recent study, we showed that the springtail Folsomia candida was quite sensitive the neonicotinoid insecticides imidacloprid and thiacloprid. This study aimed at determining the toxicity of both compounds to F. candida following exposure over three generations, in natural LUFA 2.2 standard soil. In the first generation, imidacloprid was more toxic than thiacloprid, with LC50s of 0.44 and 9.0 mg/kg dry soil, respectively and EC50s of 0.29 and 1.5 mg/kg dry soil, respectively. The higher…
In a recent study, we showed that the springtail Folsomia candida was quite sensitive the neonicotinoid insecticides imidacloprid and thiacloprid. This study aimed at determining the toxicity of both compounds to F. candida following exposure over three generations, in natural LUFA 2.2 standard soil. In the first generation, imidacloprid was more toxic than thiacloprid, with LC50s of 0.44 and 9.0 mg/kg dry soil, respectively and EC50s of 0.29 and 1.5 mg/kg dry soil, respectively. The higher LC50/EC50 ratio suggests that thiacloprid has more effects on reproduction, while imidacloprid shows lethal toxicity to the springtails. In the multigeneration tests, using soil spiked at the start of the first generation exposures, imidacloprid had a consistent effect on survival and reproduction in all three generations, with LC50s and EC50s of 0.21–0.44 and 0.12–0.29 mg/kg dry soil, respectively, while thiacloprid-exposed animals showed clear recovery in the second and third generations (LC50 and EC50 > 3.33 mg/kg dry soil). The latter finding is in agreement with the persistence of imidacloprid and the fast degradation of thiacloprid in the test soil.
Andere auteursPublicatie weergeven
Cursussen
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Annual Meeting of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) 2021
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ISEE Conference 2020
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WEON2021 (Conference for Dutch epidemiologists)
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Projecten
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Lend A Building Hand - Chung tay một mái trường
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This charity project successfully raised EUR11,000 to rebuild a primary school in the rural province of Xín Mần, Ha Giang, Vietnam. The school construction is complete as of February 2018.
Andere bijdragersProject weergeven
Onderscheidingen
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U/Select Honour Programme
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An research-intensive honour programme where candidates organize workshops on academic skills and propose their own research to execute overseas at a prestigious university. Successful candidates will receive EUR2,500 for their overseas research project.
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Utrecht Excellence Scholarship
Utrecht University Alumni
Tuition fee + EUR11,000 stipend for Master's programme
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Holland Scholarship
Nuffic Neso Nederland
Once-off amount of EUR5000 for pursuit of Master of Earth Sciences at the Universiteit van Amsterdam
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Erasmus Exchange Scholarship
European Union
EUR900 for semester abroad
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Amsterdam University College Scholarship
Amsterdam Scholarship Fund
Annual scholarship of EUR15,000 for bachelor programme
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ASEAN Undergraduate Scholarship (AUS)
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Tuition fees (after Ministry of Education Tuition Grant Subsidy) and S$5,800 annual living allowance for 4 years of undergraduate study at National University of Singapore's Business School
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AP Scholar with Distinction Award
Advanced Placement (AP)
Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams
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Singapore Youth Festival (SYF): choir, junior college category: Silver Medal
Singapore Ministry of Education
The Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) is an annual event in Singapore organised by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to celebrate the achievements of youths in co-curricular activities (CCAs)
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Principal's List
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Awarded to the top 5% of the level
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A*STAR Scholarship
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Total amount of SGD64,000 for high school education
Testscores
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Advanced Placement (AP): Calculus BC
Score: 5/5
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AP Biology
Score: 5/5
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AP Chemistry
Score: 5/5
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AP Physics
Score: 5/5
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AP Statistics
Score: 5/5
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SAT Chemistry
Score: 800/ 800
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SAT Physics
Score: 760/ 800
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Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) I: Reasoning Test
Score: 2040/2400, 95th PCTL
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The Association Board Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) Music Theory Grade 5
Score: Merit
Talen
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English
Moedertaal of tweetalig
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Vietnamese
Moedertaal of tweetalig
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Dutch
Beperkte werkvaardigheid
Organisaties
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Vietnamese Student Association in the Netherlands (VSNL)
Charity team leader
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Children of Vietnam
Student Intern
-- Carrying out health surveys during community outreach sessions - Doing translation works for documents - Attending training sessions
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