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Trinh Quan Huan , M.D , Ph.D
 
Prof. Trinh Quan Huan, Vice Minister of Health, Director General of Vietnam Administration of Preventive Medicine, is an epidemiologist, has been working in preventive medicine area for 28 years as a researcher, concurrent lecturer of National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology and Hanoi Medical University. In 1999, he took position of Director General of Vietnam Administration of Preventive Medicine, guiding preventive medicine activities, directly conducting communicable disease control and vaccine management in the nation wide. He is also Head of Steering Committee of National Program for Control of DF/DHF, Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Deputy Head of National Steering Committee of Avian Influenza in Human.

In 1995, after successful protection of Ph.D thesis on Implementation of Poliomyelitis Eradication in Vietnam, he has recommended concrete solutions in using of Polio vaccine for different age groups in certain time, based on disease progress, to save vaccines and vaccination cost. He has been member of National Steering Committee of Expanded Program on Immunization, Vice Chairman of National Consultation Council for Production and Use of Vaccines, medical Biologicals in Vietnam, Chairman of National Council for Approving registration of Vaccines and Biologicals in Vietnam.

Prof. Trinh Quan Huan is an expert in charge of preventive medicine for many national organizations such as WHO, UNICEF, UNDP, JICA, UNAIDS, FINIDA, AUSAID, EC, WB,... He is experienced in management and research on measures for disease control and vaccine management. He has published more than 50 scientific documents, of those he wrote and translated 24 books used for training and learning in universities and for health workers at medical organizations.