The Vietnam Education Foundation 2011 Annual Report

Annual Report 2011 Page 107
APPENDIX 11:
FELLOWSHIP ALUMNI (118)
As of September 30, 2011
SUMMARY: As of September 30, 2011, 118 (31%) of the total number of 381 VEF Fellows had completed their
academic program and, if they so chose, Academic Training (AT) 1 as well. The degrees completed were as
follows: 62 doctoral degrees (53%) and 56 master’s degrees (47%).
Of all 118 Fellowship Alumni:
− 101 (86%) are employed in various sectors: 40 (39%) are working in the corporate sector; 35 (35%)
are working in the academic or research sector; 12 (12%) are heading their own private companies
or are self-employed; 11 (11%) are working in the development sector; and 3 (3%) are working in
the civil service sector.
−
−
−
12 (10%) are continuing their doctoral study with other sources of funding.
3 (2%) have just returned to Vietnam.
2 (2%) are currently in the United States on J-2 status (spouse of a J-1 student).
The table below is organized alphabetically by name, presented in Vietnamese order; specifically, the LAST
(Family) name is followed by the Middle name(s) and then the First (Given) name. A Fellow without a middle
name is listed at the end of the alphabetical listing of a set of the same LAST (Family) names. Fellows with the
same name are listed chronologically according to cohort year. The cohort year is the fall of the academic year
that the Fellow began graduate school. The field of study listed in the table below is determined by what is written
in the admission letter, the enrollment verification, the transcript, and/or the diploma. Acronyms used for the
degrees listed are as follows: MSPH (Master of Science in Public Health), DMD (Doctor of Medical Dentistry),
DPH (Doctor of Public Health), and PhD (Doctor of Philosophy).
#
1
2
3
4
5
Name
(LAST
Middle
First)
BACH
Hung
Nguyen
BUI Cong
Thanh
BUI My
Hanh
BUI
Quang
Vinh
BUI
Trung
Ngoc
Gender
Cohort
Year
M 2003
M 2004
F 2003
M 2006
M 2005
U.S. University
Johns Hopkins
University
University of
Texas at
Houston
University of
Pennsylvania
Emory
University
University of
Illinois at
Urbana -
Champaign
Field of Study
Computer Science
Health Promotion
and Health Education
Dentistry
Biological and
Biomedical Sciences
Degree
Received
Master's
DPH
DMD
PhD
Term of
Degree
Completion
Summer
2005
Summer
2010
Summer
2007
Summer
2011
Computer Science Master's Fall 2010
Present Status
Doctoral Student in Computer Science at
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for
Interventions, Treatment and Addictions
Research Project of University of Texas at
Houston - School of Public Health, Ho Chi
Minh City
Researcher, Program in Periodontics and
Implantology at Temple University,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Lecturer, Pediatric Department, Medical
School, Ho Chi Minh City University of
Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City
Vice Director, Go.vn Website, Vietnam
Telecommunication Corporation Online
Joint Stock Company, Hanoi
1 AT is optional. While VEF Fellows are urged to do AT, not all choose to do so.