SUBJECTS of PRESENTATION and DISCUSSION
for the FINAL ROUND
Imaging
Translation (Hints) and Innovations
Scientific Advisor: Derek Hausenloy PhD
Giảng viên Khoa Tim mạch và Rối loạn chuyển hóa thuộc Đại học Y khoa Duke – NUS, Chuyên gia tim mạch cao cấp và Nhà khoa học lâm sàng thuộc Viện nghiên cứu tim quốc gia Singapore.
Vietnamese MD advisor: Truong Thanh Vien MD
Junior advisor: Truyen Thien Tan Tri Tai
Protocol: Need to learn how to read MRI of the heart in VN then spend 2 days at the National U of Singapore doing research on MRI of the heart with Dr Derek Hausenloy
Traveling scholarship: 1500 USD for airfares, hotel for 2 days, transportation and stipend for the trip to Singapore. Need to speak good English.
Biology
Translation (Hints) and Innovations
Scientific Advisor: Hector Cabrera PhD
Vietnamese MD advisor: Khanh Doan PhD
Junior advisor: Nguyen Si Tuan
Protocol: Need to learn how to do basic experiments in biology then spend 2 days at the National U of Singapore doing research with Dr Hector Cabrera
Traveling scholarship: 1500 USD for airfares, hotel for 2 days, transportation and stipend for the trip to Singapore. Need to speak good English.
Physics-Hydraulics
Translation (Hints) and Innovations
Medical Advisor: Thach Nguyen MD
Scientific advisor: Physicist from the U of Chicago
Vietnamese MD advisor: Nguyen Van Tan MD
Junior advisor: Pham Minh Tri
Protocol: Need to learn how to read coronary angiogram. Look for laminar and turbulent flow according to the Bernoulli’s principle. Correlate with location of plaque formation in the coronary artery.
Presentation and publication: If doing well, the student can be junior co-author of the chapter Dynamic Coronary Angiography in the book “Practical Handbook of Advanced Interventional Cardiology, 5th edition”. Lead editor and author: Thach Nguyen MD, to be published by Wiley Blackwell, Oxford UK, 2018.
The data will be presented on Monday March 12, at the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific meeting in Orlando FL
4. Assessment of the venous blood volume in patients with heart failure by measuring the size and the expansion of the femoral vein
Translation (Hints) and Innovations
Scientific Advisor: Thach Nguyen MD
Vietnamese MD advisor: Le Bao Huy MD
Junior advisor: Le Nguyen Tuong Vy
Protocol: Need to learn how to read ultrasound of the femoral vein and how to exam a patient with heart failure.
Presentation and publication: If doing well, the student can be junior co-author of the chapter High risk angioplasty in the book “Practical Handbook of Advanced Interventional Cardiology, 5th edition”. Lead editor and author: Thach Nguyen MD, to be published by Wiley Blackwell, Oxford UK, 2018.
The data will be presented on Saturday March 10, at the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific meeting in Orlando FL
Interventional Radiology
Translation (Hints) and Innovations
Scientific Advisor: Le Van Truong MD
Junior advisor: Vo Minh Viet
Protocol: Need to learn how to do angioplasty of the artery in the brain for the treatment of stroke.
Biomechanics
Explain the mechanical characteristics of this new design (flexibility, stiffness, risk of stent fracture, etc)
Translation (Hints) and Innovations
American Advisor: Thach Nguyen MD
Vietnamese advisor: Cao T Dung PhD
Protocol: Need to visit a state of the art factory producing stent Learn the physical and mechanical characteristics of the struts. Learn the mechanistic behavior of the stents. Then design a stent for human use.
Presentation and publication: If doing well, the student can be junior co-author of the chapter Stenting in the book “Practical Handbook of Advanced Interventional Cardiology, 5th edition”. Lead editor and author: Thach Nguyen MD, to be published by Wiley Blackwell, Oxford UK, 2018.
7. Design the biochemical make-up of a coronary stent
(polymer and drug on the stent, including bioreabsorbable stent)
American Advisor: Kwan Lee MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiology, Banner – University Medical Center South, Director, Catheterization Lab, Banner – University Medical Center South
Associate Chief of Cardiology for Clinical Operations – Banner University Medical Center South, Tucson AZ USA
Vietnamese MD advisor: Truong Nguyen PhD
Dean of the School of Biotechnology, TTU VN
Junior advisor: Le Hoang Duc Toan
Protocol: Need to visit a state of the art factory producing stent Learn the bio-chemical of the polymer and drug on the stent. Learn the biomedical aspects of the stent. Then design biomedical aspect of a stent for human use.
Presentation and publication: If doing well, the student can be junior co-author of the chapter High risk angioplasty in the book “Practical Handbook of Advanced Interventional Cardiology, 5th edition”. Lead editor and author: Thach Nguyen MD, to be published by Wiley Blackwell, Oxford UK, 2018.
Biochemistry
8. State of the Art research and clinical application in biochemistry
Translation (Hints) and Innovations
Scientific Advisor: Klaus Preissner PhD
Professor of biochemistry
Justus-Liebig Universitat
Giessen Germany
Vietnamese MD advisor: Khanh Doan PhD
Junior advisor: Nguyen Si Tuan
Protocol: Need to learn how to the basic research in biochemistry and its clinical application.
Traveling scholarship: 2500 USD for airfares, hotel for 5 days, transportation and stipend for the trip to the medical school of Justus-Liebig U in Giessen, Germany (need to be careful with weather of full winter in Europe and problem with visa). Need to speak good English.
9. State of the Art in Antiplatelet research and therapy
Translation (Hints) and Innovations
Scientific Advisor: Moo-Hyun Kim MD
Vietnamese MD advisor: Nguyen Thuong Nghia MD
Junior advisor: Nguyen Van Viet Thang
Protocol: Need to learn how to do basic research on antiplatelet testings
Traveling scholarship: 1500 USD for airfares, hotel for 3 days, transportation and stipend for the trip to Busan Korea (need to be careful with weather of full winter in Korea. Need to speak good English.
Computers in medicine
Translation (Hints) and Innovations
Scientific Advisor: Gianluca Rigatelli MD
Vietnamese MD advisor: Nguyen Thuong Nghia MD
Junior advisor: Truyen Thien Tan Tri Tai
Protocol: Need to learn how to read coronary angiogram and check for velocity and pressure