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Professor Tuan Nguyen

 

Senior Research Fellow; Group leader, Bone Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research; 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.


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Areas of Interest

population genetics, osteoporosis epidemiology, osteoporotic bone fractures, bone strength, bone fracture risk
 

News

 

Raising the question of obesity in Asia
MEDIA RELEASE: 12 Feb 2010
When it comes to obesity, it would seem that it’s very important to define terms, and equally important to ask questions about those terms. So say Garvan scientists and their American and Vietnamese collaborators who challenge findings published in 1994 which concluded that for a given Body Mass Index, Asians have a higher percentage of body fat than Caucasians.
Raising the question of obesity in Asia
 
 

Why measuring absolute risk of fracture could save many broken bones
MEDIA RELEASE: 28 Jul 2009
Garvan scientists stress the importance of measuring a person's absolute risk of fracture when determining their treatment options. Other factors currently determine whether or not the Australian Government will pay for preventative treatment.
Why measuring absolute risk of fracture could save many broken bones
 
 

Summarising a fractured debate about meat, fish, eggs, vegetables and bones
MEDIA RELEASE: 02 Jul 2009
Until now, medical opinion about the impact of vegetarian diets on bone health has been based on anecdotal evidence and a range of contradictory findings that sometimes rely on studies too small to be biologically relevant. A review and analysis of all relevant existing research shows that differences in bone mineral density between meat eaters and all vegetarians is 5%. The jury is still out on whether that translates into higher fracture risk.
Summarising a fractured debate about meat, fish, eggs, vegetables and bones
 
 
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