Associate Professor Tuan Nguyen
Senior Research Fellow; Group leader, Bone and Mineral Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research; Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales
Email: t.nguyen 'at' garvan.org.au
Research Group: Bone Genetics and Epidemiology
Education
PhD
Awards and Honours
Garvan Best Thesis Award
Outstanding in Research Award - The University of New South Wales and St Vincent's Research Symposium
Publications
Nguyen ND, Center JR, Eisman JA, Nguyen TV. Bone loss, weight loss, and weight fluctuation predict mortality risk in elderly men and women. J Bone Miner Res 2007 Aug;22(8):1147-54.
Center JR, Bliuc D, Nguyen TV, Eisman JA. Risk of subsequent fracture after low-trauma fracture in men and women. Jama 2007; 297(4):387-94.
Nguyen TV, Center JR, Eisman JA. Femoral neck bone loss predicts fracture risk independent of baseline BMD. J Bone Miner Res 2005; 20(7):1195-201.
Nguyen TV. Pharmacogenetics of anti-resorptive therapy efficacy: a Bayesian interpretation. Osteoporos Int 2005; 16(8):857-60.
Nguyen TV, Esteban LM, White CP, Grant SF, Center JR, Gardiner EM, Eisman JA. Contribution of the collagen I alpha1 and vitamin D receptor genes to the risk of hip fracture in elderly women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2005; 90(12):6575-9.
Nguyen TV, Center JR, Pocock NA, Eisman JA. Limited utility of clinical risk indices in the identification of postmenopausal women with incident fractures. Osteoporosis Int 2004; 15:49-55.
Nguyen TV, Livshits G, Center JR, Yakovenko K, Eisman JA. Genetic determination of bone mineral density: evidence for a major gene. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003; 88(8):3614-20.
Nguyen TV, Center JR, Sambrook PN, Eisman JA. Risk factors for proximal humerus, forearm, and wrist fractures in elderly men and women: the Dubbo Osteoporosis Epidemiology Study. Am J Epidemiol 2001; 153(6):587-95.
Jones G, Nguyen TV. Associations between maternal peak bone mass and bone mass in prepubertal male and female children. J Bone Miner Res. 2000; 15(10):1998-2004.
Nguyen TV, Blangero J, Eisman JA. Genetic epidemiological approaches to the search for osteoporosis genes. J Bone Miner Res 2000; 15(3):392-401.
