Dong-Luu Tran

Dong-Luu is an NIHR Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Health Economics Research Centre (HERC) at Oxford Population Health. Her research investigates system-level metrics of health-related inequalities, with a focus on the UK health system. It aims to inform and optimise resource allocation, enhance NHS service efficiency, and promote population health outcomes.

Dong-Luu has several years of experience supporting health-related research projects at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the Oxford Martin School. She joined the Nuffield Department of Population Health (NDPH) in March 2023. Prior to this, she worked on the Partnership for Health System Sustainability and Resilience (PHSSR) project in the Department of Health Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Her research at LSE explored how PHSSR frameworks can be effectively translated from conceptual models to practical implementation.

Dong-Luu holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics. She has two postgraduate degrees from
the LSE: an MSc in International Health Policy (Health Economics) and an MSc (by Research) in Economic History. Her postgraduate studies at the LSE were funded by the British Chevening Scholarship, awarded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). Earlier in her career, she was the recipient of a US Fulbright Exchange Fellowship to read postgraduate coursework in economic development at the University of California, Davis, and Michigan State University.

Her research interests include health system economics, applied health econometrics, health inequalities and economic development.