The Hao Chung

Dr. The Hao Chung is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore's Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit. His work focuses on microbial evolution and public health, combining genomic data with clinical studies to address infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance. He holds a DPhil in Clinical Medicine from the University of Oxford (2019) and a BSc in Biotechnology from the University of Nottingham (2012).

• Affiliations: NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, and the Nuffield Department of Medicine

Research interests include molecular epidemiology, bacterial genomics, and phylogenetics, with applications to public health challenges like antimicrobial resistance. His recent work investigates the genomic basis of pathogen spread and resistance mechanisms in Southeast Asia.

Selected publications highlight studies on Salmonella clonal expansions, colorectal cancer microbiomes, and Shigella resistance evolution. Awards include the SASEA fellowship (2024–2026) and Wellcome International Training fellowship (2020–2024).

His career includes roles as a postdoctoral scientist and graduate researcher at Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam.