Miss Duong Duy An on being awarded her MSc in genetics from the University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City. She completed her thesis on "Investigation of fluoroquinolone resistance- conferring mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rapid detection of fluoroquinolone resistance by Real-time PCR via mutations in gyrA of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ". Duy An has worked with OUCRU in the TB group since 2006, first completing her BSc thesis and then working as a research assistant. She is a bibliophile and a keen student.

Dr Dang Thi Minh Ha won a prize for an excellent presentation on her research entitled "Diagnosing tuberculosis in children using the microscopic observation drug susceptibility (MODS) assay" at the National Conference on Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases held at the Saigon Conference and Exhibition Centre 27-28 November 2009.

Dr Ha is a PhD student working at Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital on novel ways to diagnose smear negative tuberculosis"

Tran Thi Bich Chieu joined OUCRU VN in Dec 2006 as an Msc student and was appointed a member of staff in the Microbiology group in Oct 2007. She enjoys her research into infectious diseases and has a passion to learn more about life science in general and specifically medical microbiology. Working on this field has enabled her to understand more about the contribution of science research in effective treatment, prevention and disease pathology.

Marcel leads the newly founded biostatistics unit at OUCRU which is involved in statistical consulting and collaborative research with OUCRU members from many fields, as well as in independent methodological research in biostatistics. His research interests include the design and analysis of complex randomized clinical trials and observational studies, the development of prognostic models in the presence of competing risks, and pharmacokinetic modeling. He particularly enjoys developing and applying abstract and complex statistical models to solve real-life problems in medicine.